Chuck Roberson
Born May 10, 1919 (Age: 106)
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Shannon, Texas, USA
Biography
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.
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.
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Filmography
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John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992
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as Tennessean
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Age: 73
99 and 44/100% Dead
1974
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as Gunman
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Age: 55
McQ
1974
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as Santiago's Bodyguard (uncredited)
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Age: 54
The Stone Killer
1973
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as Council Member (uncredited)
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Age: 54
Cahill: United States Marshal
1973
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as Leader of Bunch
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Age: 54
Big Jake
1971
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as Texas Ranger (uncredited)
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Age: 52
Chisum
1970
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as Trail Herder (uncredited)
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Age: 51
The Undefeated
1969
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as Yankee Sergeant at River (uncredited)
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Age: 50
The Green Berets
1968
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as Sgt. Griffin
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Age: 49
El Dorado
1966
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as Jason's Gunman
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Age: 47
Cat Ballou
1965
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as Armed Guard (uncredited)
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Age: 46
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965
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as Townsman (uncredited)
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Age: 46
Shenandoah
1965
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as Rebel Commander with Mustache
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Age: 46
Black Spurs
1965
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as Norton - Prisoner
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Age: 46
The Rounders
1965
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as Brawler (uncredited)
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Age: 45
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
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as Jessie (uncredited)
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Age: 45
Advance to the Rear
1964
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as Monk (uncredited)
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Age: 45
Mail Order Bride
1964
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as Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
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Age: 44
McLintock!
1963
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as Sheriff Jeff Lord
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Age: 44
Shock Corridor
1963
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as Wilkes
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Age: 44
Donovan's Reef
1963
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as Festus
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Age: 44
How the West Was Won
1962
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as Officer (uncredited)
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Age: 43
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
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as Henchman (uncredited)
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Age: 42
Merrill's Marauders
1962
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as Officer
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Age: 42
Two Rode Together
1961
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as Comanche
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Age: 42
The Alamo
1960
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as Tennesseean
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Age: 41
Spartacus
1960
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as Slave (uncredited)
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Age: 41
Sergeant Rutledge
1960
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as Court-Martial Board Member (uncredited)
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Age: 41
The Wonderful Country
1959
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as Barton
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Age: 40
Rio Bravo
1959
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as Gunman (uncredited)
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Age: 39
Man of the West
1958
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as Rifleman-Guard on Train (uncredited)
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Age: 39
The Big Country
1958
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as Terrill Cowboy
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Age: 39
The Western: A Lost TV Special
1958
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as Self
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Age: 39
The King and Four Queens
1956
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as Posseman
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Age: 37
7 Men from Now
1956
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as Mason
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Age: 37
Kentucky Rifle
1956
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as Indian (uncredited)
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Age: 37
The Rawhide Years
1956
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as Johnny (uncredited)
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Age: 37
The Great Locomotive Chase
1956
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as Confederate Prison Captain (uncredited)
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Age: 37
The Searchers
1956
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as Ranger at Wedding (uncredited)
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Age: 37
Red Sundown
1956
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as Henshaw's Man
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Age: 36
Lady Godiva of Coventry
1955
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as Soldier
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Age: 36
The Second Greatest Sex
1955
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as Brawler (uncredited)
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Age: 36
The Tall Men
1955
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as Alva Jenkin (uncredited)
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Age: 36
The Prodigal
1955
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as Chieftain
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Age: 35
Timberjack
1955
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as Lumberjack (uncredited)
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Age: 35
Ten Wanted Men
1955
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as Gunfighter (uncredited)
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Age: 35
Sign of the Pagan
1954
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as Mirrai
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Age: 35
Jubilee Trail
1954
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as Man at Bar (uncredited)
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Age: 35
The Lone Gun
1954
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as Luke (uncredited)
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Age: 34
The Far Country
1954
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as Latigo (uncredited)
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Age: 34
Hondo
1953
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as Kloori / Cavalry Sergeant Killed in Indian Attack (uncredited)
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Age: 34
Calamity Jane
1953
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as Barfly (uncredited)
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Age: 34
Gun Belt
1953
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as Oliver
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Age: 34
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
1953
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as Cowboy
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Age: 34
Raiders of the Seven Seas
1953
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as Spanish Officer (uncredited)
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Age: 34
Cow Country
1953
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as Stubby (as Brett Houston)
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Age: 33
Rio Grande
1950
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as Officer / Indian Fires Arrow Into Col. York's Chest (uncredited)
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Age: 31
Atom Man vs. Superman
1950
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as Policeman on Road (uncredited)
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Age: 31
Hi-Jacked
1950
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as Police Officer (uncredited)
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Age: 31
Winchester '73
1950
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as Long Tom (uncredited)
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Age: 31
Hills of Oklahoma
1950
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as Cowhand (uncredited)
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Age: 31
Cow Town
1950
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as Mike Grady - Henchman (as Charles Roberson)
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Age: 31
Outcasts of Black Mesa
1950
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as Kramer - Henchman (as Charles 'Chuck' Roberson)
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Age: 30
The Capture
1950
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as Employee (uncredited)
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Age: 30
Trail of the Rustlers
1950
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as Bob - Henchman (uncredited)
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Age: 30