Chuck Roberson
Born
May 10, 1919
Died
June 8, 1988 (69 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Shannon, Texas, USA
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.
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
Tennessean
1992

99 and 44/100% Dead
Gunman
1974

McQ
Santiago's Bodyguard (uncredited)
1974

The Stone Killer
Council Member (uncredited)
1973

Cahill: United States Marshal
Leader of Bunch
1973

Big Jake
Texas Ranger (uncredited)
1971

Alias Smith and Jones
(1 episode)
1971

Chisum
Trail Herder (uncredited)
1970

Rio Lobo
Corporal in Baggage Car (uncredited)
1970

The Undefeated
Yankee Sergeant at River (uncredited)
1969

Hellfighters
Firefighter in Plane (uncredited)
1968

The Mod Squad
(1 episode)
1968

The Green Berets
Sgt. Griffin
1968

The Scalphunters
Scalphunter
1968

The War Wagon
Brown / Mustachioed guard at blown bridge
1967

Welcome to Hard Times
Miner Fighting Bert (uncredited)
1967

The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
Cook (uncredited)
1967

Mr. Terrific
Dawson · (1 episode)
1967

El Dorado
Jason's Gunman
1966

Smoky
Manuel
1966

Smoky
Chuck - a Ranch Hand
1966

Nevada Smith
Deputy (uncredited)
1966

Blindfold
Fitzpatrick's Henchman
1966

Laredo
(1 episode)
1965

Lost in Space
Alien Fighter · (1 episode)
1965

The Big Valley
Stage Driver · (2 episodes)
1965

Cat Ballou
Armed Guard (uncredited)
1965

The Sons of Katie Elder
Townsman (uncredited)
1965

Shenandoah
Rebel Commander with Mustache
1965

Black Spurs
Norton - Prisoner
1965

The Rounders
Brawler (uncredited)
1965

Cheyenne Autumn
Jessie (uncredited)
1964

Daniel Boone
Dark Panther · (1 episode)
1964

Daniel Boone
Dutch · (2 episodes)
1964

Daniel Boone
Shawnee Leader · (1 episode)
1964

Daniel Boone
Lige Henry · (1 episode)
1964

Advance to the Rear
Monk (uncredited)
1964

Mail Order Bride
Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
1964

McLintock!
Sheriff Jeff Lord
1963

Shock Corridor
Wilkes
1963

Donovan's Reef
Festus
1963

How the West Was Won
Officer (uncredited)
1962

The Lucy Show
Fireman #1 · (1 episode)
1962

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Henchman (uncredited)
1962

Merrill's Marauders
Officer
1962

Two Rode Together
Comanche
1961

Two Rode Together
Comanche (uncredited)
1961

The Alamo
Tennesseean
1960

Spartacus
Slave (uncredited)
1960

Sergeant Rutledge
Court-Martial Board Member (uncredited)
1960

The Wonderful Country
Barton
1959

Rio Bravo
Gunman (uncredited)
1959

Rawhide
Baxter · (1 episode)
1959

Bat Masterson
Henchman about to be Sawn in Half · (1 episode)
1958

The Big Country
Terrill Cowboy
1958

Man of the West
Rifleman-Guard on Train (uncredited)
1958

The Hired Gun
Frank Cooper - Conroy Ranch Wrangler
1957

Wagon Train
Junior · (1 episode)
1957

Have Gun, Will Travel
(1 episode)
1957

Have Gun, Will Travel
Pike · (1 episode)
1957

Have Gun, Will Travel
Rancher · (1 episode)
1957

Have Gun, Will Travel
Man · (1 episode)
1957

Forty Guns
Howard Swain
1957

Run of the Arrow
Sergeant
1957

Night Passage
Roan
1957

Panic!
(1 episode)
1957

The Wings of Eagles
Officer
1957

The King and Four Queens
Posseman
1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Brenner · (1 episode)
1956

Seven Men from Now
Mason
1956

The Rawhide Years
Johnny (uncredited)
1956

Kentucky Rifle
Indian (uncredited)
1956

The Great Locomotive Chase
Confederate Prison Captain (uncredited)
1956

The Searchers
Ranger at Wedding (uncredited)
1956

Red Sundown
Henshaw's Man
1956

Lady Godiva of Coventry
Soldier
1955

The Second Greatest Sex
Brawler (uncredited)
1955

The Tall Men
Alva Jenkin (uncredited)
1955

Gunsmoke
Sgt. Keller · (1 episode)
1955

Gunsmoke
Driver · (1 episode)
1955

Gunsmoke
Joe · (1 episode)
1955

The Prodigal
Chieftain
1955

Timberjack
Lumberjack (uncredited)
1955

Ten Wanted Men
Gunfighter (uncredited)
1955

Sign of the Pagan
Mirrai
1954

Jubilee Trail
Man at Bar (uncredited)
1954

The Lone Gun
Luke (uncredited)
1954

The Far Country
Latigo (uncredited)
1954

Hondo
Kloori / Cavalry Sergeant Killed in Indian Attack (uncredited)
1953

Calamity Jane
Barfly (uncredited)
1953

Gun Belt
Oliver
1953

Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
Cowboy
1953

Raiders of the Seven Seas
Spanish Officer (uncredited)
1953

Cow Country
Stubby (as Brett Houston)
1953

Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
Pirate (uncredited)
1952

Blackbeard, the Pirate
Mounted Soldier
1952

The Blazing Forest
Lumberjack (uncredited)
1952

The Lusty Men
Cowboy
1952

Way of a Gaucho
Gaucho
1952

Cattle Town
Rider
1952

Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory
Trooper (uncredited)
1952

Indian Uprising
Taggart Man
1952

Rio Grande
Officer / Indian Fires Arrow Into Col. York's Chest (uncredited)
1950

Atom Man vs. Superman
Policeman on Road (uncredited)
1950

Winchester '73
Long Tom (uncredited)
1950

Hi-Jacked
Police Officer (uncredited)
1950

Hills of Oklahoma
Cowhand (uncredited)
1950

Cow Town
Mike Grady - Henchman (as Charles Roberson)
1950

Outcasts of Black Mesa
Kramer - Henchman (as Charles 'Chuck' Roberson)
1950

The Capture
Employee (uncredited)
1950

Trail of the Rustlers
Bob - Henchman (uncredited)
1950

Western Renegades
Jones (uncredited)
1949

The Fighting Kentuckian
Militiaman (uncredited)
1949

The Lone Ranger
Todd Gunder · (1 episode)
1949

The James Brothers of Missouri
Townsman (uncredited)
1949

Haunted Trails
Ed - Ranch Hand (uncredited)
1949

Hellfire
Groper (uncredited)
1949

Law of the Golden West
Wagon Driver (uncredited)
1949

Roughshod
Deputy (uncredited)
1949

Stampede
Sandy (uncredited)
1949

Wake of the Red Witch
Seaman
1948

Last of the Wild Horses
Deputy Chuck (uncredited)
1948

Homicide for Three
Joe - Policeman
1948

The Gallant Legion
Ranger
1948

The Arizona Ranger
Henchman (uncredited)
1948

California Firebrand
Gunman
1948

Albuquerque
Man at Gambling Table (uncredited)
1948

The Flame
Policeman (uncredited)
1947

Jesse James Rides Again
Lafe
1947

Song of Scheherazade
Midshipman (uncredited)
1947

Song of Scheherazade
Midshipman
1947

Calendar Girl
Swedish Tug of War Man
1947

The Plainsman and the Lady
Deputy (uncredited)
1946