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.
Fotos
Películas (127)
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992 · Tennessean
Miracle Mile
1989 · Stunts
FM
1978 · Stunts
The Shootist
1976 · Stunts
Rooster Cogburn
1975 · Stunt Double
Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze
1975 · Stunts
99 and 44/100% Dead
1974 · Gunman, Stunts
McQ
1974 · Santiago's Bodyguard (uncredited)
The Stone Killer
1973 · Council Member (uncredited)
Cahill: United States Marshal
1973 · Leader of Bunch, Stunt Coordinator
The Train Robbers
1973 · Stunts
Big Jake
1971 · Texas Ranger (uncredited)
Chisum
1970 · Trail Herder (uncredited)
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
1970 · Second Unit Director
Rio Lobo
1970 · Corporal in Baggage Car (uncredited), Stunts, Stunt Double
The Undefeated
1969 · Yankee Sergeant at River (uncredited), Stunt Double
Hard Contract
1969 · Stunts
100 Rifles
1969 · Second Unit Director
Hellfighters
1968 · Firefighter in Plane (uncredited)
The Green Berets
1968 · Sgt. Griffin
The Scalphunters
1968 · Scalphunter, Stunts
The War Wagon
1967 · Brown / Mustachioed guard at blown bridge, Stunt Double, Stunts
Welcome to Hard Times
1967 · Miner Fighting Bert (uncredited)
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
1967 · Cook (uncredited)
El Dorado
1966 · Jason's Gunman, Stunts
Smoky
1966 · Manuel, Chuck - a Ranch Hand
Nevada Smith
1966 · Deputy (uncredited)
Blindfold
1966 · Fitzpatrick's Henchman
The War Lord
1965 · Stunts
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965 · Townsman (uncredited), Stunts
Cat Ballou
1965 · Armed Guard (uncredited)
Shenandoah
1965 · Rebel Commander with Mustache
Black Spurs
1965 · Norton - Prisoner
The Rounders
1965 · Brawler (uncredited)
Rio Conchos
1964 · Stunts
Cheyenne Autumn
1964 · Jessie (uncredited), Stunts
Advance to the Rear
1964 · Monk (uncredited)
Mail Order Bride
1964 · Saloon Brawler (uncredited), Stunts
McLintock!
1963 · Sheriff Jeff Lord
Shock Corridor
1963 · Wilkes
Donovan's Reef
1963 · Festus
How the West Was Won
1962 · Officer (uncredited), Stunt Double, Stunts
Hatari!
1962 · Stunts
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962 · Henchman (uncredited)
Merrill's Marauders
1962 · Officer
The Last Sunset
1961 · Stunts
Two Rode Together
1961 · Comanche, Comanche (uncredited), Stunts
The Misfits
1961 · Stunts
The Alamo
1960 · Tennesseean, Stunts
Spartacus
1960 · Slave (uncredited)
Sergeant Rutledge
1960 · Court-Martial Board Member (uncredited), Stunts
The Wonderful Country
1959 · Barton
Rio Bravo
1959 · Gunman (uncredited), Stunts
Man of the West
1958 · Rifleman-Guard on Train (uncredited), Stunts
The Big Country
1958 · Terrill Cowboy, Stunts
The Western: A Lost TV Special
1958 · Self
The Hired Gun
1957 · Frank Cooper - Conroy Ranch Wrangler
Forty Guns
1957 · Howard Swain, Stunts
Run of the Arrow
1957 · Sergeant, Stunts
Night Passage
1957 · Roan
The Wings of Eagles
1957 · Officer (uncredited), Stunts
The King and Four Queens
1956 · Posseman, Stunts
7 Men from Now
1956 · Mason
The Rawhide Years
1956 · Johnny (uncredited)
Kentucky Rifle
1956 · Indian (uncredited)
The Great Locomotive Chase
1956 · Confederate Prison Captain (uncredited)
The Searchers
1956 · Ranger at Wedding (uncredited), Stunts
Red Sundown
1956 · Henshaw's Man
The Conqueror
1956 · Stunts
Lady Godiva of Coventry
1955 · Soldier
The Second Greatest Sex
1955 · Brawler (uncredited)
The Tall Men
1955 · Alva Jenkin (uncredited), Stunts, Stunt Double
The Man from Laramie
1955 · Stunts
The Prodigal
1955 · Chieftain, Stunts
Timberjack
1955 · Lumberjack (uncredited)
Ten Wanted Men
1955 · Gunfighter (uncredited)
Sign of the Pagan
1954 · Mirrai
Jubilee Trail
1954 · Man at Bar (uncredited)
The Lone Gun
1954 · Luke (uncredited)
The Far Country
1954 · Latigo (uncredited), Stunt Double
Hondo
1953 · Kloori / Cavalry Sergeant Killed in Indian Attack (uncredited), Stunt Double
Calamity Jane
1953 · Barfly (uncredited)
Gun Belt
1953 · Oliver
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
1953 · Cowboy, Stunt Double
Raiders of the Seven Seas
1953 · Spanish Officer (uncredited)
Cow Country
1953 · Stubby (as Brett Houston)
The Naked Spur
1953 · Stunts, Stunt Double
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
1952 · Pirate (uncredited)
Blackbeard, the Pirate
1952 · Mounted Soldier
The Blazing Forest
1952 · Lumberjack (uncredited)
The Lusty Men
1952 · Cowboy, Stunts
Way of a Gaucho
1952 · Gaucho
Cattle Town
1952 · Rider
Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory
1952 · Trooper (uncredited)
Indian Uprising
1952 · Taggart Man
Rio Grande
1950 · Officer / Indian Fires Arrow Into Col. York's Chest (uncredited), Stunts
Atom Man vs. Superman
1950 · Policeman on Road, Stunts
Hi-Jacked
1950 · Police Officer (uncredited)
Winchester '73
1950 · Long Tom (uncredited), Stunts
Hills of Oklahoma
1950 · Cowhand (uncredited)
Cow Town
1950 · Mike Grady - Henchman (as Charles Roberson)
Outcast of Black Mesa
1950 · Kramer - Henchman (as Charles 'Chuck' Roberson)
The Capture
1950 · Employee (uncredited)
The Baron of Arizona
1950 · Stunts
Trail of the Rustlers
1950 · Bob - Henchman (uncredited)
Western Renegades
1949 · Jones (uncredited)
The Fighting Kentuckian
1949 · Militiaman (uncredited)
The James Brothers of Missouri
1949 · Townsman (uncredited)
Haunted Trails
1949 · Ed - Ranch Hand (uncredited)
Hellfire
1949 · Groper (uncredited)
Law of the Golden West
1949 · Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Roughshod
1949 · Deputy (uncredited), Stunts
Stampede
1949 · Sandy (uncredited)
Wake of the Red Witch
1948 · Seaman
Last of the Wild Horses
1948 · Deputy Chuck (uncredited)
Homicide for Three
1948 · Joe - Policeman
Angel on the Amazon
1948 · Stunts
Red River
1948 · Stunts
The Gallant Legion
1948 · Ranger
The Arizona Ranger
1948 · Henchman (uncredited)
California Firebrand
1948 · Gunman
Albuquerque
1948 · Man at Gambling Table (uncredited)
The Flame
1947 · Policeman (uncredited)
Jesse James Rides Again
1947 · Lafe, Stunts
Song of Scheherazade
1947 · Midshipman (uncredited), Midshipman
Calendar Girl
1947 · Swedish Tug of War Man
The Plainsman and the Lady
1946 · Deputy (uncredited)
Series (21)
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
The Mod Squad
1968
Lancer
1968 · Paul O'Brien
Mr. Terrific
1967 · Dawson
Laredo
1965
Lost in Space
1965 · Alien Fighter
The Big Valley
1965 · Stage Driver
Daniel Boone
1964 · Dark Panther, Dutch, Shawnee Leader, Lige Henry
The Lucy Show
1962 · Fireman #1
The Virginian
1962 · Wagon Driver
Rawhide
1959 · Baxter
Bat Masterson
1958 · Henchman about to be Sawn in Half
Lawman
1958 · Stage Driver (uncredited)
Wagon Train
1957 · Junior
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · Pike, Rancher, Man
Panic!
1957
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Brenner
Gunsmoke
1955 · Sgt. Keller, Driver, Joe
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Sam - Ranger #1
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951 · Henchman Blake, Henchman, Deputy Trapp
The Lone Ranger
1949 · Todd Gunder