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Chuck Roberson

Chuck Roberson

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1919-05-10

Birth Place

Shannon, Texas, USA

Movies and TV shows :

7 Men from Now

7 Men from Now

1956

6.8

Movie
99 and 44/100% Dead

99 and 44/100% Dead

1974

4.6

Movie
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd

Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd

1952

5.9

Movie
Advance to the Rear

Advance to the Rear

1964

5.0

Movie
Albuquerque

Albuquerque

1948

6.8

Movie
poster

Alias Smith and Jones

1971

6.9

TV
Atom Man vs. Superman

Atom Man vs. Superman

1950

5.6

Movie
poster

Bat Masterson

1958

6.3

TV
Big Jake

Big Jake

1971

6.8

Movie
Black Spurs

Black Spurs

1965

6.0

Movie
Blackbeard, the Pirate

Blackbeard, the Pirate

1952

5.8

Movie
Blindfold

Blindfold

1966

5.9

Movie
Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory

Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory

1952

4.0

Movie
Cahill: United States Marshal

Cahill: United States Marshal

1973

6.1

Movie
Calamity Jane

Calamity Jane

1953

6.9

Movie
Calendar Girl

Calendar Girl

1947

5.9

Movie
California Firebrand

California Firebrand

1948

3.0

Movie
Cat Ballou

Cat Ballou

1965

6.3

Movie
Cattle Town

Cattle Town

1952

6.7

Movie
Cheyenne Autumn

Cheyenne Autumn

1964

6.7

Movie
Chisum

Chisum

1970

6.7

Movie
Cow Country

Cow Country

1953

4.4

Movie
Cow Town

Cow Town

1950

4.0

Movie
poster

Daniel Boone

1964

6.9

TV
poster

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

5.5

TV
Donovan's Reef

Donovan's Reef

1963

6.2

Movie
El Dorado

El Dorado

1966

7.3

Movie
Forty Guns

Forty Guns

1957

6.5

Movie
Gun Belt

Gun Belt

1953

6.3

Movie
poster

Gunsmoke

1955

6.5

TV
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive

Hannah Lee: An American Primitive

1953

4.0

Movie
Haunted Trails

Haunted Trails

1949

0.0

Movie
poster

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957

7.4

TV
Hellfighters

Hellfighters

1968

6.3

Movie
Hellfire

Hellfire

1949

5.8

Movie
Hi-Jacked

Hi-Jacked

1950

4.8

Movie
Hills of Oklahoma

Hills of Oklahoma

1950

0.0

Movie
Homicide for Three

Homicide for Three

1948

5.0

Movie
Hondo

Hondo

1953

6.5

Movie
How the West Was Won

How the West Was Won

1962

7.0

Movie
Indian Uprising

Indian Uprising

1952

6.2

Movie
Jesse James Rides Again

Jesse James Rides Again

1947

0.0

Movie
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'

John Wayne's 'The Alamo'

1992

6.0

Movie
Jubilee Trail

Jubilee Trail

1954

4.6

Movie
Kentucky Rifle

Kentucky Rifle

1956

5.1

Movie
Lady Godiva of Coventry

Lady Godiva of Coventry

1955

5.5

Movie
poster

Laredo

1965

6.3

TV
Last of the Wild Horses

Last of the Wild Horses

1948

2.6

Movie
Law of the Golden West

Law of the Golden West

1949

6.0

Movie
poster

Lost in Space

1965

7.1

TV
Mail Order Bride

Mail Order Bride

1964

6.8

Movie
Man of the West

Man of the West

1958

6.5

Movie
McLintock!

McLintock!

1963

6.5

Movie
McQ

McQ

1974

6.1

Movie
Merrill's Marauders

Merrill's Marauders

1962

6.1

Movie
poster

Mr. Terrific

1967

7.1

TV
Nevada Smith

Nevada Smith

1966

6.8

Movie
Night Passage

Night Passage

1957

6.3

Movie
Outcasts of Black Mesa

Outcasts of Black Mesa

1950

0.0

Movie
poster

Panic!

1957

0.0

TV
Raiders of the Seven Seas

Raiders of the Seven Seas

1953

5.7

Movie
poster

Rawhide

1959

7.1

TV
Red Sundown

Red Sundown

1956

6.1

Movie
Rio Bravo

Rio Bravo

1959

7.8

Movie
Rio Grande

Rio Grande

1950

6.8

Movie
Rio Lobo

Rio Lobo

1970

6.4

Movie
Roughshod

Roughshod

1949

5.3

Movie
Run of the Arrow

Run of the Arrow

1957

6.2

Movie
Sergeant Rutledge

Sergeant Rutledge

1960

7.1

Movie
Shenandoah

Shenandoah

1965

6.8

Movie
Shock Corridor

Shock Corridor

1963

6.9

Movie
Sign of the Pagan

Sign of the Pagan

1954

5.2

Movie
Smoky

Smoky

1966

5.5

Movie
Song of Scheherazade

Song of Scheherazade

1947

5.8

Movie
Spartacus

Spartacus

1960

7.5

Movie
Stampede

Stampede

1949

5.5

Movie
Ten Wanted Men

Ten Wanted Men

1955

5.8

Movie
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin

The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin

1967

6.4

Movie
The Alamo

The Alamo

1960

7.1

Movie
The Arizona Ranger

The Arizona Ranger

1948

6.0

Movie
The Big Country

The Big Country

1958

7.6

Movie
poster

The Big Valley

1965

6.0

TV
The Blazing Forest

The Blazing Forest

1952

6.0

Movie
The Capture

The Capture

1950

6.1

Movie
The Far Country

The Far Country

1954

6.8

Movie
The Fighting Kentuckian

The Fighting Kentuckian

1949

5.8

Movie
The Flame

The Flame

1947

5.4

Movie
The Gallant Legion

The Gallant Legion

1948

7.0

Movie
The Great Locomotive Chase

The Great Locomotive Chase

1956

6.0

Movie
The Green Berets

The Green Berets

1968

5.7

Movie
The Hired Gun

The Hired Gun

1957

5.5

Movie
The James Brothers of Missouri

The James Brothers of Missouri

1949

6.0

Movie
The King and Four Queens

The King and Four Queens

1956

5.5

Movie
The Lone Gun

The Lone Gun

1954

5.3

Movie
poster

The Lone Ranger

1949

6.8

TV
poster

The Lucy Show

1962

7.1

TV
The Lusty Men

The Lusty Men

1952

6.6

Movie
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

1962

7.8

Movie
poster

The Mod Squad

1968

6.5

TV
The Plainsman and the Lady

The Plainsman and the Lady

1946

3.0

Movie
The Prodigal

The Prodigal

1955

4.0

Movie
The Rawhide Years

The Rawhide Years

1956

5.5

Movie
The Rounders

The Rounders

1965

5.5

Movie
The Scalphunters

The Scalphunters

1968

6.4

Movie
The Searchers

The Searchers

1956

7.7

Movie
The Second Greatest Sex

The Second Greatest Sex

1955

6.5

Movie
The Sons of Katie Elder

The Sons of Katie Elder

1965

7.0

Movie
The Stone Killer

The Stone Killer

1973

6.2

Movie
The Tall Men

The Tall Men

1955

6.3

Movie
The Undefeated

The Undefeated

1969

6.2

Movie
The War Wagon

The War Wagon

1967

6.9

Movie
The Wings of Eagles

The Wings of Eagles

1957

6.2

Movie
The Wonderful Country

The Wonderful Country

1959

6.1

Movie
Timberjack

Timberjack

1955

3.2

Movie
Trail of the Rustlers

Trail of the Rustlers

1950

0.0

Movie
Two Rode Together

Two Rode Together

1961

6.4

Movie
poster

Wagon Train

1957

6.4

TV
Wake of the Red Witch

Wake of the Red Witch

1948

5.5

Movie
Way of a Gaucho

Way of a Gaucho

1952

5.6

Movie
Welcome to Hard Times

Welcome to Hard Times

1967

5.0

Movie
Western Renegades

Western Renegades

1949

5.0

Movie
Winchester '73

Winchester '73

1950

7.3

Movie