Image of Chuck Roberson

Chuck Roberson

1919-05-10 Shannon, Texas, USA

Image of Chuck Roberson

Biografia

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.

Películas

John Wayne's 'The Alamo' Tennessean 1992-06-06
99 and 44/100% Dead Gunman 1974-08-29
McQ Santiago's Bodyguard (uncredited) 1974-01-04
The Stone Killer Council Member (uncredited) 1973-08-08
Cahill: United States Marshal Leader of Bunch 1973-07-11
Big Jake Texas Ranger (uncredited) 1971-05-26
Rio Lobo Corporal in Baggage Car (uncredited) 1970-04-01
Chisum Trail Herder (uncredited) 1970-07-23
The Undefeated Yankee Sergeant at River (uncredited) 1969-10-04
The Green Berets Sgt. Griffin 1968-07-04
Hellfighters Firefighter in Plane (uncredited) 1968-11-27
The Scalphunters Scalphunter 1968-02-29
Welcome to Hard Times Miner Fighting Bert (uncredited) 1967-04-30
The War Wagon Brown / Mustachioed guard at blown bridge 1967-05-26
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin Cook (uncredited) 1967-03-08
El Dorado Jason's Gunman 1966-12-17
Smoky Manuel 1966-08-03
Blindfold Fitzpatrick's Henchman 1966-05-23
Smoky Chuck - a Ranch Hand 1966-08-03
Nevada Smith Deputy (uncredited) 1966-06-10
Black Spurs Norton - Prisoner 1965-05-28
Cat Ballou Armed Guard (uncredited) 1965-06-24
The Sons of Katie Elder Townsman (uncredited) 1965-06-23
The Rounders Brawler (uncredited) 1965-01-08
Shenandoah Rebel Commander with Mustache 1965-06-03
Cheyenne Autumn Jessie (uncredited) 1964-10-15
Mail Order Bride Saloon Brawler (uncredited) 1964-03-10
Advance to the Rear Monk (uncredited) 1964-06-10
Shock Corridor Wilkes 1963-09-25
Donovan's Reef Festus 1963-06-12
McLintock! Sheriff Jeff Lord 1963-11-12
Merrill's Marauders Officer 1962-03-16
How the West Was Won Officer (uncredited) 1962-11-02
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Henchman (uncredited) 1962-04-13
Two Rode Together Comanche 1961-05-24
Two Rode Together Comanche (uncredited) 1961-05-24
Sergeant Rutledge Court-Martial Board Member (uncredited) 1960-05-25
The Alamo Tennesseean 1960-10-23
Spartacus Slave (uncredited) 1960-10-13
The Wonderful Country Barton 1959-10-21
Rio Bravo Gunman (uncredited) 1959-03-18
Man of the West Rifleman-Guard on Train (uncredited) 1958-06-20
The Western: A Lost TV Special Self 1958-06-08
The Big Country Terrill Cowboy 1958-09-30
The Hired Gun Frank Cooper - Conroy Ranch Wrangler 1957-09-20
Run of the Arrow Sergeant 1957-09-05
Night Passage Roan 1957-07-24
Forty Guns Howard Swain 1957-09-10
The Wings of Eagles Officer 1957-01-31
The King and Four Queens Posseman 1956-12-21
Red Sundown Henshaw's Man 1956-03-01
Kentucky Rifle Indian (uncredited) 1956-07-01
The Rawhide Years Johnny (uncredited) 1956-07-01
The Great Locomotive Chase Confederate Prison Captain (uncredited) 1956-06-08
The Searchers Ranger at Wedding (uncredited) 1956-05-16
Seven Men from Now Mason 1956-07-24
The Second Greatest Sex Brawler (uncredited) 1955-09-30
The Prodigal Chieftain 1955-05-06
Ten Wanted Men Gunfighter (uncredited) 1955-02-01
The Tall Men Alva Jenkin (uncredited) 1955-09-22
Lady Godiva of Coventry Soldier 1955-11-02
Timberjack Lumberjack (uncredited) 1955-02-18
The Far Country Latigo (uncredited) 1954-02-12
Jubilee Trail Man at Bar (uncredited) 1954-05-15
The Lone Gun Luke (uncredited) 1954-04-25
Sign of the Pagan Mirrai 1954-11-24
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive Cowboy 1953-07-13
Gun Belt Oliver 1953-07-24
Hondo Kloori / Cavalry Sergeant Killed in Indian Attack (uncredited) 1953-11-26
Calamity Jane Barfly (uncredited) 1953-11-04
Raiders of the Seven Seas Spanish Officer (uncredited) 1953-05-27
Cow Country Stubby (as Brett Houston) 1953-04-25
Cattle Town Rider 1952-09-06
Blackbeard, the Pirate Mounted Soldier 1952-12-24
Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory Trooper (uncredited) 1952-02-08
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd Pirate (uncredited) 1952-12-27
Way of a Gaucho Gaucho 1952-10-16
The Blazing Forest Lumberjack (uncredited) 1952-12-01
The Lusty Men Cowboy 1952-10-24
Indian Uprising Taggart Man 1952-01-02
The Capture Employee (uncredited) 1950-04-08
Winchester '73 Long Tom (uncredited) 1950-07-12
Hills of Oklahoma Cowhand (uncredited) 1950-06-01
Cow Town Mike Grady - Henchman (as Charles Roberson) 1950-05-19
Atom Man vs. Superman Policeman on Road (uncredited) 1950-07-20
Hi-Jacked Police Officer (uncredited) 1950-07-07
Trail of the Rustlers Bob - Henchman (uncredited) 1950-02-02
Rio Grande Officer / Indian Fires Arrow Into Col. York's Chest (uncredited) 1950-11-15
Outcasts of Black Mesa Kramer - Henchman (as Charles 'Chuck' Roberson) 1950-04-13
The Fighting Kentuckian Militiaman (uncredited) 1949-09-15
The James Brothers of Missouri Townsman (uncredited) 1949-08-31
Hellfire Groper (uncredited) 1949-05-29
Western Renegades Jones (uncredited) 1949-10-08
Law of the Golden West Wagon Driver (uncredited) 1949-05-23
Haunted Trails Ed - Ranch Hand (uncredited) 1949-08-21
Stampede Sandy (uncredited) 1949-05-01
Roughshod Deputy (uncredited) 1949-05-11
Albuquerque Man at Gambling Table (uncredited) 1948-02-20
Wake of the Red Witch Seaman 1948-12-30
The Arizona Ranger Henchman (uncredited) 1948-05-14
California Firebrand Gunman 1948-04-01
The Gallant Legion Ranger 1948-05-24
Last of the Wild Horses Deputy Chuck (uncredited) 1948-12-27
Homicide for Three Joe - Policeman 1948-12-08
The Flame Policeman (uncredited) 1947-11-24
Song of Scheherazade Midshipman 1947-02-26
Jesse James Rides Again Lafe 1947-08-02
Song of Scheherazade Midshipman (uncredited) 1947-02-26
Calendar Girl Swedish Tug of War Man 1947-01-31
The Plainsman and the Lady Deputy (uncredited) 1946-11-11