Chuck Hayward
Charles Bert Hayward (January 20, 1920 – February 23, 1998) was an American motion picture stuntman and actor. He was associated particularly with the films of John Wayne. He doubled for most of the great Western and action stars of the 1950s-1980s.
His parents, Bert and Hazel Hayward, were cattle ranchers on a farm near Hyannis, Nebraska, about sixty miles east of Hayward's birthplace in Alliance. He spent his early youth working cattle, then, at 16, left home to join the rodeo circuit as a bronc rider and horse trainer. In 1947, he arrived in Los Angeles and sought work as a wrangler on motion pictures. He began doing stunts in 1949 on The Fighting Kentuckian, doubling for John Wayne. The two became pals and Hayward subsequently stunted and doubled for Wayne on nearly two dozen of the latter's films. Excelling at all sorts of horseback stunts, Hayward doubled most stars of the period who found themselves in Westerns or otherwise astride a horse, including Marlon Brando, Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, and Gregory Peck. He was prominent in The Big Country, co-produced by Peck. He was known as "Good Chuck" in contrast to "Bad Chuck", in reference to Chuck Roberson, another of Wayne's stunt doubles.
He graduated into stunt coordination, arranging the stunts in films such as The Deadly Companions and the TV series The Rat Patrol. He played small roles in numerous films and TV shows, and his appearance often served as an accurate predictor of an upcoming fight scene. He retired from stunt work in 1981, and from acting in 1989. Hayward was a member of the unofficial John Ford Stock Company, a lifetime member of the Stuntmen's Association of Motion Pictures, and an inductee into the Stuntmen's Hall of Fame. He died from Hodgkin's Disease at his home in North Hollywood, California, in 1998. He was married three times, to Ellen Powell, by whom he had a daughter, and to Carol Lynn Shepherd. He had two children with Carol Lynn Shepherd. They were divorced in 1982. He then married Sally Pape Callaghan on October 30, 1982.
Before his Hollywood stuntman career, Hayward also worked as a medic in the United States Merchant Marine and he stated that he served on liberty ships. His two boys, along with his wife Carol's best friend who was trying to save them, perished in a forest fire in the early 1980s.
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Movies (88)
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992 · Self
Stark
1985 · Scurvy
Crystal Gazing
1982 · Band Member (as Charles Hayward)
The Legend of the Lone Ranger
1981 · Wald (Cavendish gang)
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
1981 · Stunt Driver
Airplane!
1980 · Stunts
The Blues Brothers
1980 · Stunts
Tom Horn
1980 · Deputy Proctor
Parts: The Clonus Horror
1979 · Walker Man
The Lord of the Rings
1978 · Character Actor (voice)
Who'll Stop the Rain
1978 · Stunts
The Swarm
1978 · Standby Engineer
Airport '77
1977 · Passenger
Hustle
1975 · Morgue Attendant
Rooster Cogburn
1975 · Jerry (uncredited), Stunts
Gone with the West
1975 · Mimmo's Men
Lepke
1975 · Doorman
The Longest Yard
1974 · Trooper I, Stunts
Blazing Saddles
1974 · Outlaw (uncredited)
Scream of the Wolf
1974
Westworld
1973 · Stunt Double
High Plains Drifter
1973 · Stunts
The Train Robbers
1973 · Stunts
Night of the Lepus
1972 · Jud
Joe Kidd
1972 · Eljay, Stunts
Buck and the Preacher
1972 · Second Unit Director
The Horsemen
1971 · Stunt Coordinator
Rio Lobo
1970 · (uncredited), Stunts
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
1969 · Stunts
True Grit
1969 · Card Player / Raft Man (uncredited), Stunts
5 Card Stud
1968 · O'Hara (uncredited), Stunts
Villa Rides
1968 · Second Unit Director
The War Wagon
1967 · Blacksmith (uncredited), Stunts
El Dorado
1966 · Stunts
Nevada Smith
1966 · Fitch Man (uncredited)
The Rare Breed
1966 · Wrangler (uncredited), Stunts
The Great Race
1965 · Soldier (uncredited)
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965 · Stunts
Major Dundee
1965 · Stunts
Cheyenne Autumn
1964 · Trooper (uncredited), Stunts
Kings of the Sun
1963 · Indian Warrior Friend to Black Eagle (uncredited)
McLintock!
1963 · Stunts
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963 · Stunts
Taras Bulba
1962 · Dolotov (uncredited)
How the West Was Won
1962 · Stunts
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962 · Henchman (uncredited)
Merrill's Marauders
1962 · Officer
The Deadly Companions
1961 · Card Sharp (uncredited), Stunt Coordinator
Two Rode Together
1961 · Trooper (uncredited), Stunts
The Alamo
1960 · Tennessean (uncredited), Stunts
Spartacus
1960 · Soldier (uncredited)
Sergeant Rutledge
1960 · Capt. Dickinson (uncredited), Stunts
The Horse Soldiers
1959 · Union Captain, Stunts
Pork Chop Hill
1959 · Chalmers
Plunderers of Painted Flats
1959 · Stage Driver (uncredited)
Escort West
1959 · Indian
Dogface
1959
The Big Country
1958 · Rafe Hannassey, Stunts
The Western: A Lost TV Special
1958 · Self
Forty Guns
1957 · Charlie Savage, Stunts
Run of the Arrow
1957 · Corporal
The Unholy Wife
1957 · Hazer (uncredited), Stunts
The Wings of Eagles
1957 · Stunts
Gun for a Coward
1956 · Nester (uncredited)
Showdown at Abilene
1956 · Roughneck (uncredited)
Gun Brothers
1956 · Lookout (uncredited)
The Searchers
1956 · Man at Wedding (uncredited), Stunts
Red Sundown
1956 · Cowpuncher
The Road to Denver
1955 · Randy (uncredited)
Jubilee Trail
1954 · Velasco Rider (uncredited)
Hondo
1953 · Stunt Double
Arena
1953 · Cowboy
The Sun Shines Bright
1953 · Deputy (uncredited)
San Antone
1953 · Willie
Fair Wind to Java
1953 · Sailor, Stunts
The World in His Arms
1952 · Guest (uncredited), Stunts
Son of Ali Baba
1952 · Villager (uncredited)
High Noon
1952 · Townsman (uncredited), Stunts
Fort Osage
1952 · Henchman (uncredited)
Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory
1952 · Henchman (uncredited)
Viva Zapata!
1952 · Stunts
Slaughter Trail
1951 · Wounded Indian (uncredited)
Apache Drums
1951 · Townsman (uncredited), Stunts
Rio Grande
1950 · Stunts
Desperadoes of the West
1950 · Al (uncredited)
Wagon Master
1950 · Jackson (uncredited), Stunts
The Fargo Phantom
1950 · Barnes
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949 · Stunts
TV shows (15)
CHiPs
1977 · Limousine Driver
Little House on the Prairie
1974 · Cosby
The Rookies
1972
Burke's Law
1963 · Deputy
Johnny Ringo
1959 · Curly Ivers
Wichita Town
1959
Black Saddle
1959 · Needham, Fields
Bat Masterson
1958 · Fugitive in Plaid Shirt
Yancy Derringer
1958 · Mine Heavy (uncredited)
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · A Rider, Bob Bradley, Burt Taggart
Maverick
1957
Wagon Train
1957 · Quentin Cleatus
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Posse Man (uncredited), Deputy Sheriff, Blue, Farmer
Gunsmoke
1955 · Jake, Studer, Kemp, Cowhand