Chuck Roberson
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Chuck Roberson | |
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Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills | |
Other names | Bad Chuck |
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Years active | 1946–1988 |
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Children | 4 |
Charles Hugh Roberson (May 10, 1919 – June 8, 1988) was an American actor and stuntman.[1]
Biography
Roberson was born near
His television appearances include
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,[4] next to his brother, actor Lou Roberson.[citation needed]
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).[5]
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.[6]
Filmography (Actor)
- Plainsman and the Lady (1946) – Deputy (uncredited)
- Calendar Girl (1947) – Swedish Tug of War Man (uncredited)
- Song of Scheherazade (1947) – Midshipman (uncredited)
- Jesse James Rides Again (1947, Serial) – Lafe (uncredited)
- The Flame (1947) – Policeman (uncredited)
- Albuquerque (1948) – Man at Gambling Table (uncredited)
- California Firebrand (1948) – Gunman (uncredited)
- The Arizona Ranger (1948) – Henchman (uncredited)
- The Gallant Legion (1948) – Ranger (uncredited)
- Homicide for Three (1948) – Joe – Policeman (uncredited)
- Last of the Wild Horses (1948) – Deputy Chuck (uncredited)
- Wake of the Red Witch (1948) (with John Wayne) – Seaman (uncredited)
- Stampede (1949) – Sandy (uncredited)
- Roughshod (1949) – Deputy (uncredited)
- Law of the Golden West (1949) – Wagon Driver (uncredited)
- Hellfire (1949) – Groper (uncredited)
- Haunted Trails (1949) – Ranch Hand Ed (uncredited)
- The James Brothers of Missouri (1949) – Townsman (uncredited)
- The Fighting Kentuckian (1949) (with John Wayne) – Militiaman (uncredited)
- Western Renegades (1949) – Jones (uncredited)
- Trail of the Rustlers (1950) – Bob – Henchman (uncredited)
- The Capture (1950) – Employee (uncredited)
- Outcast of Black Mesa (1950) – Kramer – Henchman
- Cow Town (1950) – Mike Grady – Henchman
- Winchester '73 (1950) – Long Tom (uncredited)
- Hills of Oklahoma (1950) – Cowhand (uncredited)
- Hi-Jacked (1950) – Police Officer (uncredited)
- Atom Man vs. Superman (1950, Serial) – Policeman on Road [Chs. 11–12, 14] (uncredited)
- Rio Grande (1950) – Officer / Indian Who Fires Arrow Into Col. York's Chest (uncredited)
- Frontier Outpost (1950) – Gopher – Henchman (uncredited)
- Lightning Guns (1950) – Hank Burch – Henchman (uncredited)
- The Bandit Queen (1950) – Deputy (uncredited)
- Ridin' the Outlaw Trail (1951) – Henchman Reno (uncredited)
- Oh! Susanna(1951) – Barfly (uncredited)
- The Last Outpost (1951) – Confederate Corporal (uncredited)
- Cattle Drive (1951) – Chuck Saunders (uncredited)
- Fort Dodge Stampede (1951) – Henchman Ragan
- Indian Uprising (1952) – Taggart Man (uncredited)
- Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory (1952) – Trooper (uncredited)
- Cattle Town (1952) – Rider (uncredited)
- The Lusty Men (1952) – Cowboy (uncredited)
- Way of a Gaucho (1952) – Gaucho (uncredited)
- Blackbeard the Pirate (1952) – Mounted Soldier (uncredited)
- Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952) – Pirate (uncredited)
- The Blazing Forest (1952) – Lumberjack (uncredited)
- Cow Country (1953) – Stubby
- Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953) – Spanish Officer (uncredited)
- Hannah Lee: An American Primitive (1953) – Cowboy (uncredited)
- Gun Belt (1953) – Oliver
- Calamity Jane (1953) – Barfly (uncredited)
- Hondo (1953) (with John Wayne) – Kloori / Cavalry Sgt. killed in Indian Attack (uncredited)
- Jubilee Trail (1954) – Man at Bar (uncredited)
- The Lone Gun (1954) – Luke (uncredited)
- The Far Country (1954) – Latigo (uncredited)
- Sign of the Pagan (1954) – Mirrai
- Ten Wanted Men (1955) – Campbell's Rider / Henchman (uncredited)
- Timberjack (1955) – Lumberjack (uncredited)
- The Prodigal (1955) – Chieftain (uncredited)
- The Tall Men (1955) – Alva Jenkin – Jayhawker Leader (uncredited)
- The Second Greatest Sex (1955) – Brawler (uncredited)
- The Great Locomotive Chase (1956) – Confederate Prison Captain (uncredited)
- Red Sundown (1956) – Henshaw's Man (uncredited)
- The Searchers(1956) (with John Wayne) – Ranger at Wedding (uncredited)
- The Rawhide Years (1956) – Johnny (uncredited)
- Seven Men from Now (1956) – Mason
- The King and Four Queens (1956) – Posseman (uncredited)
- The Wings of Eagles (1957) (with John Wayne) – Officer (uncredited)
- Night Passage (1957) – Roan
- Run of the Arrow (1957) – Sergeant
- The Hired Gun (1957) – Frank Cooper – Conroy Ranch Wrangler (uncredited)
- Forty Guns (1957) – Howard Swain
- The Big Country (1958) – Terrill Cowboy
- Man of the West (1958) – Rifleman-Guard on Train (uncredited)
- Rio Bravo (1959) (with John Wayne) – Gunman (uncredited)
- The Wonderful Country (1959) – Barton
- Sergeant Rutledge (1960) – Court-Martial Board Member (uncredited)
- Spartacus (1960) – Slave (uncredited)
- The Alamo (1960) (with John Wayne) – Tennessean
- Two Rode Together (1961) – Comanche (uncredited)
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) (with John Wayne) – Henchman (uncredited)
- Merrill's Marauders (1962) – Officer
- How the West Was Won (1962) – Officer (uncredited)
- Donovan's Reef (1963) (with John Wayne) – Festus (uncredited)
- Shock Corridor (1963) – Wilkes
- McLintock! (1963) (with John Wayne) – Sheriff Jeff Lord
- Mail Order Bride (1964) – Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
- Advance to the Rear (1964) – Monk (uncredited)
- Cheyenne Autumn (1964) – Jessie (uncredited)
- The Rounders (1965) – Brawler (uncredited)
- Black Spurs (1965) – Norton – Prisoner
- Shenandoah (1965) – Rebel Commander with Mustache Who Orders to Take the Union Cow (uncredited)
- The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) (with John Wayne) – Townsman (uncredited)
- Cat Ballou (1965) – Armed Guard (uncredited)
- Nevada Smith (1966) – Deputy (uncredited)
- Blindfold (1966) – Fitzpatrick's Henchman (uncredited)
- Smoky (1966) – Chuck – a Ranchhand
- Daniel Boone: Frontier Trail Rider (1966) – Dutch, Teamster
- The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967) – Cook (uncredited)
- Welcome to Hard Times (1967) – Miner Fighting Bert (uncredited)
- The War Wagon (1967) (with John Wayne) – Brown / Mustachioed Guard at blown bridge
- El Dorado (1967) (with John Wayne) – Jason's Gunman (uncredited)
- The Scalphunters (1968) – Scalphunter
- The Green Berets (1968) (with John Wayne) – Sgt. Griffin
- Hellfighters (1968) (with John Wayne) – Firefighter in Air Plane (uncredited)
- The Undefeated (1969) (with John Wayne) – Yankee Sgt. at River (uncredited)
- Chisum (1970) (with John Wayne) – Trail Herder (uncredited)
- Rio Lobo (1970) (with John Wayne) – Corporal in Baggage Car (uncredited)
- Big Jake (1971) (with John Wayne) – Texas Ranger (uncredited)
- Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973) (with John Wayne) – Leader of the Bunch
- McQ (1974) (with John Wayne) – Bodyguard (uncredited)
- 99 and 44/100% Dead (1974) – Gunman
Television
- The Lone Ranger – episode – Return of the Convict – Tod Gunder (uncredited) (1949)
- The Lone Ranger – episode – Six Guns Legacy – Henchman Joe (Credit only) (1949)
- The Lone Ranger – episode – The Renegades – Henchman at Cave (uncredited) (1949)
- Cowboy G-Men – episode – Koniackers – Lefty (1952)
- The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin– episode – The Lonesome Road – Manley Stevens (1955)
- Panic! – episode – The Vigilantes – Sam Glenn (1957)
- Death Valley Days – episode – The Trial of Red Haskell (1957)
- Wide Wide World – episode – The Western – Himself (1958)
- Wagon Train – episode – The Bije Wilcox Story – Captain Thorpe (1958)
- Cimarron City – episode – A Respectable Girl (1958)
- Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color– episodes – Texas John Slaughter, Texas John Slaughter: Ambush in Laredo, and Texas John Slaughter: Showdown at Sandoval – Ranger Sam (1958–1959)
- Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color– episode – The Swamp Fox: The Birth of the Swamp Fox – Jenkins, and Stunt Man (1959)
- Cimarron City – episode – Blind is the Killer – Foreman (1959)
- Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color– episode – The Swamp Fox: Brother Against Brother – Jenkins (1959)
- Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color– episode – The Swamp Fox: A Woman's Courage – Milo (uncredited) (1959)
- Gunsmoke – episode – Cheyennes – Sgt. Keller (1959)
- Yancy Derringer – episode – Two Tickets to Promontory – Henchman (uncredited) (1959)
- Bat Masterson – episode – The Disappearance of Bat Masterson – Henchman about to be Sawn in Half (1960)
- Death Valley Days – episode – Splinter Station – Sgt. Jim Laughlin (1960)
- Gunsmoke – episode – Speak me Fair – Driver (1960)
- Gunsmoke – episode – Abe Blocker – Joe (1962)
- Have Gun - Will Travel– The Campaign of Billy Banjo – Rancher (1960)
- Have Gun - Will Travel– The Legacy – Pike (1960)
- Laramie – episode – Midnight Rebellion – Burke (uncredited) (1960)
- Laramie – episode – Riders of the Night – Chet – Gang Member (1961)
- Laramie – episode – The Killer Legend – Marker (1961)
- Have Gun - Will Travel– Soledad Crossing – Man Guarding River Crossing (1961)
- Have Gun - Will Travel– Ben Jalisco – Carly (1961)
- Wagon Train – episode – The Colter Craven Story – Junior (uncredited) (1960)
- The Detectives – episode – Secret Assignment – Enforcer (1961)
- Stagecoach West – episode – A Place of Still Waters – Matt (1961)
- Tales of Wells Fargo – The Traveler – Lee (1962)
- Laramie – episode – Among the Missing – Croft (1962)
- Gunsmoke – episode – The Glory and the Mud – Stage Driver (uncredited) (1964)
- Daniel Boone – episode – Ken-Tuck-E – Dark Panther (1964)
- The Virginian – episode – Six Graves at Cripple Creek – Wagon Driver (1965)
- Daniel Boone – episode – Fifty Rifles – Ruffian (1966)
- Daniel Boone – episodes – The High Cumberland Parts 1 and 2 – Dutch (1966)
- Daniel Boone – episode – The Matchmaker – Shawnee Leader (1966)
- Bonanza– episode – Horse of a Different Hue – Larcher (1966)
- Laredo – episode – The Legend of Midas Mantee – Rafer (1966)
- Lost in Space – episode – The Deadly Games of Gamma 6 – Alien Giant (1966)
- Mister Terrific– episode – Stanley the Jailbreaker – Dawson (1967)
- Daniel Boone – episode – The Young Ones – Lige Henry (1967)
- The Big Valley – episodes – Night in a Small Town, Ladykiller, and the Disappearance – Stagecoach Driver (1967)
- Lancer – episode – The high Riders (1968)
- Mod Squad– episode – A Run for the Money – Caine (1969)
Filmography (Stunt Man) (All uncredited)
- Jesse James Rides Again (1947)
- Angel and the Badman (with John Wayne) (1947)
- The Three Musketeers (1948)
- Wake of the Red Witch (with John Wayne) (1948)
- The Fighting Kentuckian (with John Wayne) (1949)
- Rio Grande (with John Wayne) (1950)
- The Last Outpost (1951)
- Blackbeard the Pirate (1952)
- Hondo (with John Wayne) (1953)
- Calamity Jane (1953)
- The Far Country (1954)
- The Man from Laramie (1955)
- The Conqueror (with John Wayne) (1956)
- Red Sundown (1956)
- The Great Locomotive Chase (1956)
- The Searchers(with John Wayne) (1956)
- The Wings of Eagles – Stunt Double: John Wayne (with John Wayne) (1957)
- Forty Guns (1957)
- The Barbarian and the Geisha (with John Wayne) (1958)
- Rio Bravo (with John Wayne) (1959)
- Laramie – TV series (1959)
- The Alamo (with John Wayne) (1960)
- Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
- The Comancheros (with John Wayne) (1961)
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (with John Wayne) (1962)
- Hatari! (with John Wayne) (1962)
- How the West Was Won – Stunt Double: John Wayne (with John Wayne) (1962)
- Gunsmoke – TV series – episode – Abe Blocker – Stunt Double: Chill Wills (1962)
- Donovan's Reef (with John Wayne) (1963)
- Cheyenne Autumn – Jessie (uncredited) (1964)
- The Sons of Katie Elder (with John Wayne) (1965)
- The Rounders (1965)
- The War Lord (1965)
- Nevada Smith (1966)
- El Dorado (with John Wayne) (1966)
- The War Wagon (with John Wayne) (1967)
- The Green Berets (with John Wayne) (1968)
- Hellfighters (with John Wayne) (1968)
- The Undefeated (with John Wayne) (1969)
- Chisum (with John Wayne) (1970)
- Rio Lobo (with John Wayne) (1970)
- A Man Called Horse (1970)
- Big Jake – Stunt Double: John Wayne (with John Wayne) (1971)
- Shoot Out (1971)
- The Cowboys – Stunt Double: John Wayne (with John Wayne) (1972)
- The Train Robbers (with John Wayne) (1973)
- Cahill U.S. Marshal (with John Wayne) (1973)
- McQ (with John Wayne) (1974)
- Rooster Cogburn – Stunt Double: John Wayne (with John Wayne) (1975)
- The Shootist (with John Wayne) (1976)
- Blue Thunder (1983)
References
- ISBN 9781476614700 – via Google Books.
- Newspapers.com.
- ISBN 978-0-8032-8970-3. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
- ISBN 978-0-7864-0983-9. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
- ^ Dylan, Bob (November 5, 2016). "The Beaten Path page 322". Halcyon Gallery. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
- Newspapers.com.
External links
- Chuck Roberson at IMDb
- Chuck Roberson at AllMovie
- Chuck Roberson at Find a Grave