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Chuck Roberson
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Born May 10, 1919Died June 8, 1988 (69 years)
Charles Hugh Roberson (May 10, 1919 – June 8, 1988) was an American actor and stuntman.
Roberson was born near Shannon, Texas, the son of farmer Ollie W. Roberson and Jannie Hamm Roberson. Raised on cattle ranches in Shannon, Texas, and Roswell, New Mexico, he left school at 13 to become a cowhand and oilfield roughneck. He married and took his wife and daughter to California, where he joined the Culver City Police Department and guarded the gate at MGM Studios. Following army service in World War II, he returned to the police force. During duty at Warner Bros. studios during a labor strike, he met stuntman Guy Teague, who alerted him to a stunt job at Republic Pictures. Teague had been John Wayne's stunt double for many years and was able to show him the ropes. Chuck also resembled John Carrol whom Roberson doubled in his first picture, Wyoming (1947). He played small roles and stunted in other roles in the same film. He graduated to larger supporting roles in Westerns for Wayne and John Ford, and to a parallel career as a second-unit director.
His television appearances include The Lone Ranger, The Adventures of Kit Carson, Lawman, Death Valley Days, Have Gun – Will Travel, Laramie, Gunsmoke, The Virginian, Laredo, Bonanza, Daniel Boone, and The Big Valley. Roberson also appeared in Disney's television Westerns The Swamp Fox and Texas John Slaughter. They were part of The Wonderful World of Color. Before that, he portrayed a Confederate Prison Captain in The Great Locomotive Chase.
In 1980 he published an autobiography, The Fall Guy: 30 Years as the Duke's Double.
Roberson died of cancer on June 8, 1988, in Bakersfield, California, and is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Hollywood Hills, California, next to his brother, actor Lou Roberson. Bob Dylan drew him as Long Tom in his Beaten Path series, the drawing is entitled "Untitled 1" and is based on a frame from the film Winchester '73 (1950). Roberson and Wayne Burson, another stuntman, were partners in breeding and training racehorses, with Roberson furnishing the horses from his Bakersfield, California, ranch and Burson training them.
Roberson was born near Shannon, Texas, the son of farmer Ollie W. Roberson and Jannie Hamm Roberson. Raised on cattle ranches in Shannon, Texas, and Roswell, New Mexico, he left school at 13 to become a cowhand and oilfield roughneck. He married and took his wife and daughter to California, where he joined the Culver City Police Department and guarded the gate at MGM Studios. Following army service in World War II, he returned to the police force. During duty at Warner Bros. studios during a labor strike, he met stuntman Guy Teague, who alerted him to a stunt job at Republic Pictures. Teague had been John Wayne's stunt double for many years and was able to show him the ropes. Chuck also resembled John Carrol whom Roberson doubled in his first picture, Wyoming (1947). He played small roles and stunted in other roles in the same film. He graduated to larger supporting roles in Westerns for Wayne and John Ford, and to a parallel career as a second-unit director.
His television appearances include The Lone Ranger, The Adventures of Kit Carson, Lawman, Death Valley Days, Have Gun – Will Travel, Laramie, Gunsmoke, The Virginian, Laredo, Bonanza, Daniel Boone, and The Big Valley. Roberson also appeared in Disney's television Westerns The Swamp Fox and Texas John Slaughter. They were part of The Wonderful World of Color. Before that, he portrayed a Confederate Prison Captain in The Great Locomotive Chase.
In 1980 he published an autobiography, The Fall Guy: 30 Years as the Duke's Double.
Roberson died of cancer on June 8, 1988, in Bakersfield, California, and is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Hollywood Hills, California, next to his brother, actor Lou Roberson. Bob Dylan drew him as Long Tom in his Beaten Path series, the drawing is entitled "Untitled 1" and is based on a frame from the film Winchester '73 (1950). Roberson and Wayne Burson, another stuntman, were partners in breeding and training racehorses, with Roberson furnishing the horses from his Bakersfield, California, ranch and Burson training them.
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Filmography
| 1982 | Cinéma cinémas (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1976 | Quincy, M.E. (TV Series) · as Will Presstin |
| 1974 | 99 and 44/100% Dead! · as Gunman |
| 1974 | McQ · as Santiago's Bodyguard (uncredited) |
| 1973 | The Stone Killer · as Council Member (uncredited) |
| 1973 | Cahill U.S. Marshal · as Leader Of Bunch |
| 1971 | Big Jake · as Texas Ranger (uncredited) |
| 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones (TV Series) |
| 1970 | |
| 1970 | Chisum · as Trail Herder (uncredited) |
| 1969 | The Undefeated · as Yankee Sergeant At River (uncredited) |
| 1968 | Hellfighters · as Firefighter In Plane (uncredited) |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad (TV Series) |
| 1968 | Lancer (TV Series) · as Paul O'brien |
| 1968 | The Green Berets · as Sgt. Griffin |
| 1968 | The Scalphunters · as Scalphunter |
| 1967 | The War Wagon · as Brown / Mustachioed Guard At Blown Bridge |
| 1967 | Welcome to Hard Times · as Miner Fighting Bert (uncredited) |
| 1967 | The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin · as Cook (uncredited) |
| 1967 | Mr. Terrific (TV Series) · as Dawson |
| 1966 | El Dorado · as Jason's Gunman |
| 1966 | Blindfold · as Fitzpatrick's Henchman |
| 1966 | Smoky · as Chuck - A Ranch Hand |
| 1966 | Nevada Smith · as Deputy (uncredited) |
| 1966 | Daniel Boone: Frontier Trail Rider · as Dutch - Teamster |
| 1965 | Laredo (TV Series) |
| 1965 | The Big Valley (TV Series) · as Stage Driver |
| 1965 | Lost in Space (TV Series) · as Alien Fighter |
| 1965 | The Sons of Katie Elder · as Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1965 | Shenandoah · as Rebel Commander With Mustache |
| 1965 | Cat Ballou · as Armed Guard (uncredited) |
| 1965 | Black Spurs · as Norton - Prisoner |
| 1965 | The Rounders · as Brawler (uncredited) |
| 1964 | Cheyenne Autumn · as Jessie (uncredited) |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone (TV Series) · as Dutch |
| 1964 | Advance to the Rear · as Monk (uncredited) |
| 1964 | Mail Order Bride · as Saloon Brawler (uncredited) |
| 1963 | McLintock! · as Sheriff Jeff Lord |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV Series) · as The 1st Guard |
| 1963 | Shock Corridor · as Wilkes |
| 1963 | The Outer Limits (TV Series) · as First Player |
| 1963 | Donovan's Reef · as Festus |
| 1962 | How the West Was Won · as Officer (uncredited) |
| 1962 | The Lucy Show (TV Series) · as Fireman #1 |
| 1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as Wagon Driver |
| 1962 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance · as Henchman (uncredited) |
| 1962 | Merrill's Marauders · as Officer |
| 1961 | Two Rode Together · as Comanche |
| 1960 | Spartacus · as Slave (uncredited) |
| 1960 | The Alamo · as Tennesseean |
| 1960 | Stagecoach West (TV Series) · as Matt |
| 1960 | Dante (TV Series) · as Tate |
| 1960 | Sergeant Rutledge · as Court-Martial Board Member (uncredited) |
| 1959 | The Detectives (1959) (TV Series) · as Enforcer |
| 1959 | The Wonderful Country · as Barton |
| 1959 | Laramie (TV Series) · as Burke |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | Rio Bravo · as Gunman (uncredited) |
| 1959 | Rawhide (TV Series) · as Baxter |
| 1958 | Cimarron City (TV Series) · as Cowhand |
| 1958 | Man of the West · as Rifleman-Guard On Train (uncredited) |
| 1958 | Bat Masterson (TV Series) · as Henchman About To Be Sawn In Half |
| 1958 | Lawman (TV Series) · as Stage Driver |
| 1958 | Yancy Derringer (TV Series) · as Henchman |
| 1958 | The Big Country · as Terrill Cowboy |
| 1958 | Rescue 8 (TV Series) · as Crane Operator |
| 1957 | Zorro (1957) (TV Series) · as Assassin |
| 1957 | The Hired Gun · as Frank Cooper - Conroy Ranch Wrangler |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Junior |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel (TV Series) |
| 1957 | Forty Guns · as Howard Swain |
| 1957 | Run of the Arrow · as Sergeant |
| 1957 | Night Passage · as Roan |
| 1957 | Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series) · as Lee |
| 1957 | Panic (TV Series) |
| 1957 | The Wings of Eagles · as Officer |
| 1956 | The King and Four Queens · as Posseman |
| 1956 | Zane Grey Theater (TV Series) · as Brenner |
| 1956 | The Great Locomotive Chase · as Confederate Prison Captain (uncredited) |
| 1956 | 7 Men from Now · as Mason |
| 1956 | The Rawhide Years · as Johnny (uncredited) |
| 1956 | The Searchers · as Ranger At Wedding (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Red Sundown · as Henshaw's Man |
| 1955 | Lady Godiva of Coventry · as Soldier |
| 1955 | The Tall Men · as Alva Jenkin (uncredited) |
| 1955 | The Second Greatest Sex · as Brawler (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Sgt. Keller |
| 1955 | Kentucky Rifle · as Indian (uncredited) |
| 1955 | The Prodigal · as Chieftain |
| 1955 | Timberjack · as Lumberjack (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Ten Wanted Men · as Gunfighter (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Sign of the Pagan · as Mirrai |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Jenkins |
| 1954 | The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (TV Series) · as Manley Stevens |
| 1954 | The Far Country · as Latigo (uncredited) |
| 1954 | The Lone Gun · as Luke (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Jubilee Trail · as Man At Bar (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Hondo · as Otawanga |
| 1953 | Calamity Jane · as Barfly (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Gun Belt · as Oliver |
| 1953 | Hannah Lee: An American Primitive · as Cowboy |
| 1953 | Raiders of the Seven Seas · as Spanish Officer (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Cow Country · as Stubby (as Brett Houston) |
| 1953 | Fort Vengeance · as Mountie |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1952 | Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd · as Pirate (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Blackbeard, the Pirate · as Mounted Soldier |
| 1952 | The Blazing Forest · as Lumberjack (uncredited) |
| 1952 | The Lusty Men · as Cowboy |
| 1952 | Way of a Gaucho · as Gaucho |
| 1952 | Cowboy G-Men (TV Series) · as Lefty |
| 1952 | Cattle Town · as Rider |
| 1952 | Death Valley Days (TV Series) · as Oscar |
| 1952 | Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory · as Trooper (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Indian Uprising · as Taggart Man |
| 1951 | The Roy Rogers Show (TV Series) · as Deputy Randall |
| 1951 | Cattle Drive · as Chuck Saunders |
| 1951 | The Adventures of Kit Carson (TV Series) · as Deputy Trapp |
| 1951 | The Last Outpost · as Confederate Corporal |
| 1951 | Oh! Susanna · as Barfly |
| 1950 | Bandit Queen · as Deputy |
| 1950 | Lightning Guns · as Hank Burch - Henchman |
| 1950 | Rio Grande · as Officer/indian Fires Arrow Into Col. York's Chest (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Gene Autry Show (TV Series) · as Henchman In Leather Vest |
| 1950 | Hi-Jacked · as Police Officer (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Winchester '73 · as Long Tom (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Hills of Oklahoma · as Cowhand (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Atom Man vs. Superman · as Policeman On Road (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Cow Town · as Mike Grady - Henchman (as Charles Roberson) |
| 1950 | The Capture · as Employee (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Trail of the Rustlers · as Bob - Henchman (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Western Renegades · as Jones (uncredited) |
| 1949 | The Fighting Kentuckian · as Militiaman (uncredited) |
| 1949 | The Lone Ranger (TV Series) · as Todd Gunder |
| 1949 | The James Brothers of Missouri · as Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Hellfire · as Groper (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Law of the Golden West · as Wagon Driver (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Roughshod · as Deputy (uncredited) |
| 1949 | |
| 1948 | Wake of the Red Witch · as Seaman |
| 1948 | Last of the Wild Horses · as Deputy Chuck (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Homicide for Three · as Joe - Policeman |
| 1948 | The Gallant Legion · as Ranger |
| 1948 | The Arizona Ranger · as Henchman (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Albuquerque · as Man At Gambling Table (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Flame · as Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Jesse James Rides Again · as Lafe |
| 1947 | Song of Scheherazade · as Midshipman (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Calendar Girl · as Swedish Tug Of War Man |
| 1946 | Plainsman and the Lady · as Deputy (uncredited) |