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  • CHUCK ROBERSON


    INFORMATION FROM IMDb


    Date of birth
    10 May 1919


    Date of death
    8 June 1988
    Bakersfield, California, USA. (cancer)


    Sometimes Credited As:
    Charles 'Chuck' Roberson
    Charles A. Roberson
    Charles Roberson


    Birth name
    Charles Roberson


    Nickname
    Bad Chuck


    Height
    6' 4" (1.93 m)


    Trivia
    Like many others in the cast and crew of The Conqueror (1956), he died from cancer.


    Brother of actor Lou Roberson.


    Doubled for John Wayne, Robert Mitchum and Clark Gable.


    He rode a specially trained "falling" horse named Cocaine.


    Mini biography
    American stuntman who also played minor roles in scores of movies. Raised on cattle ranches in Shannon, Texas and Roswell, New Mexico, he left school at 13 and became 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 Fred Kennedy, who alerted him to a stunt job at Republic Pictures. Roberson got the job, due both to his expert horsemanship and his resemblance to John Carroll, whom Roberson doubled in his first picture, Wyoming (1947). His close physical resemblance to John Wayne led to nearly 30 years as Wayne's stunt double. He often played small roles and stunted in other roles in the same film, which frequently resulted in his "shooting" himself once the picture was cut together. He graduated to larger supporting roles in westerns for Wayne and John Ford, and to a parallel career as a second-unit director. At the time of his death he was one of the most respected stuntmen in Hollywood.


    Filmography
    Stunts
    1. Miracle Mile (1988) (stunts)
    2. Blue Thunder (1983) (stunts) (uncredited)
    3. FM (1978) (stunt double: Policeman)
    4. The Shootist (1976) (stunts) (uncredited)
    5. Rooster Cogburn (1975) (stunt double: John Wayne) (uncredited) (stunts) (uncredited)
    6. Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975) (stunts) (uncredited)
    7. 99 and 44/100% Dead (1974) (stunts) (uncredited)
    8. McQ (1974) (stunts) (uncredited)
    9. Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973) (stunt coordinator)
    10. The Train Robbers (1973) (stunts) (uncredited)
    11. The Cowboys (1972) (stunt double: John Wayne) (uncredited) (stunts) (uncredited)
    12. Shoot Out (1971) (stunts) (uncredited)
    13. Big Jake (1971) (stunt double: John Wayne) (uncredited) (stunts) (uncredited)
    14. Rio Lobo (1970) (stunts) (uncredited)
    15. Chisum (1970) (stunts) (uncredited)
    16. The Hawaiians (1970) (stunts)
    17. A Man Called Horse (1970) (stunts) (uncredited)
    18. The Undefeated (1969) (stunts) (uncredited)
    19. Hard Contract (1969) (stunts) (uncredited)
    20. Hellfighters (1968) (stunts) (uncredited)
    21. The Green Berets (1968) (stunts) (uncredited)
    22. The Scalphunters (1968) (stunts) (uncredited)
    23. The War Wagon (1967) (stunts)
    24. Welcome to Hard Times (1967) (stunts) (uncredited)
    25. El Dorado (1966) (stunts) (uncredited)
    26. Nevada Smith (1966) (stunts) (uncredited)
    27. 7 Women (1966) (stunts) (uncredited)
    28. The War Lord (1965) (stunts) (uncredited)
    29. "Lost in Space" (1965) TV Series (stunts) (uncredited)
    30. The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) (stunts) (uncredited)
    31. Rio Conchos (1964) (stunts) (uncredited)
    32. Cheyenne Autumn (1964) (stunts) (uncredited)
    33. "Daniel Boone" (1964) TV Series (stunts) (uncredited)
    34. Advance to the Rear (1964) (stunts) (uncredited)
    35. Mail Order Bride (1964) (stunts) (uncredited)
    36. 4 for Texas (1963) (stunts) (uncredited)
    37. Donovan's Reef (1963) (stunts) (uncredited)
    38. How the West Was Won (1962) (stunts) (uncredited)
    39. Hatari! (1962) (stunt double: John Wayne) (uncredited)
    40. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) (stunts) (uncredited)
    41. Merrill's Marauders (1962) (stunts) (uncredited)
    42. The Comancheros (1961) (stunts) (uncredited)
    43. Two Rode Together (1961) (stunts) (uncredited)
    44. The Misfits (1961) (stunts) (uncredited)
    45. The Alamo (1960) (stunts) (uncredited)
    46. Spartacus (1960) (stunts) (uncredited)
    47. Sergeant Rutledge (1960) (stunts) (uncredited)
    48. The Wonderful Country (1959) (stunts) (uncredited)
    49. "Laramie" (1959) TV Series (stunts)
    50. Pork Chop Hill (1959) (stunt coordinator) (uncredited)
    51. Rio Bravo (1959) (stunt double) (uncredited) (stunts) (uncredited)
    52. "Yancy Derringer" (1958) TV Series (stunts) (uncredited)
    53. The Big Country (1958) (stunts) (uncredited)
    54. Man of the West (1958) (stunts) (uncredited)
    55. The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958) (stunts) (uncredited)
    56. Fort Massacre (1958) (stunts) (uncredited)
    57. The Hired Gun (1957) (stunts) (uncredited)
    58. "Have Gun - Will Travel" (1957) TV Series (stunts) (uncredited)
    59. Run of the Arrow (1957) (stunts) (uncredited)
    60. Night Passage (1957) (stunts) (uncredited)
    61. The Wings of Eagles (1957) (stunt double: John Wayne) (uncredited) (stunts) (uncredited)
    62. Forty Guns (1957) (stunts) (uncredited)
    63. The King and Four Queens (1956) (stunts) (uncredited)
    64. Seven Men from Now (1956) (stunts) (uncredited)
    65. Thunder Over Arizona (1956) (stunts) (uncredited)
    66. Dakota Incident (1956) (stunt double) (uncredited)
    67. The Great Locomotive Chase (1956) (stunts) (uncredited)
    68. Red Sundown (1956) (stunts) (uncredited)
    69. The Searchers (1956) (stunts) (uncredited)
    70. The Conqueror (1956) (stunts) (uncredited)
    71. The Rawhide Years (1955) (stunts) (uncredited)
    72. The Tall Men (1955) (stunts) (uncredited)
    73. "Gunsmoke" (1955) TV Series (stunts) (uncredited)
    75. The Last Command (1955) (stunts) (uncredited)
    76. The Prodigal (1955) (stunts) (uncredited)
    77. Timberjack (1955) (stunts) (uncredited)
    78. Sign of the Pagan (1954) (stunts) (uncredited)
    79. The Far Country (1954) (stunts) (uncredited)
    80. The Lone Gun (1954) (stunts) (uncredited)
    81. Hondo (1953) (stunts) (uncredited)
    82. Calamity Jane (1953) (stunts) (uncredited)
    83. Hannah Lee (1953) (stunt double: Macdonald Carey) (uncredited)
    84. Cow Country (1953) (stunts) (uncredited)
    85. The Naked Spur (1953) (stunts) (uncredited)
    86. The Blazing Forest (1952) (stunts) (uncredited)
    87. Blackbeard, the Pirate (1952) (stunts) (uncredited)
    88. The Lusty Men (1952) (stunts) (uncredited)
    89. Way of a Gaucho (1952) (stunts) (uncredited)
    90. The Battle at Apache Pass (1952) (stunts) (uncredited)
    91. Lone Star (1952) (stunts) (uncredited)
    92. "The Roy Rogers Show" (1951) TV Series (stunts) (uncredited)
    93. Across the Wide Missouri (1951) (stunts) (uncredited)
    94. Cattle Drive (1951) (stunts) (uncredited)
    95. The Last Outpost (1951) (stunts) (uncredited)
    96. Ridin' the Outlaw Trail (1951) (stunt double) (uncredited)
    97. Lightning Guns (1950) (stunts) (uncredited)
    98. Rio Grande (1950) (stunts) (uncredited)
    99. Tripoli (1950) (stunts) (uncredited)
    100. "The Gene Autry Show" (1950) TV Series (stunts)
    101. Winchester '73 (1950) (stunts) (uncredited)
    102. Hills of Oklahoma (1950) (stunt double) (uncredited)
    103. The Kid from Texas (1950) (stunts) (uncredited)
    104. The Eagle and the Hawk (1950) (stunts) (uncredited)
    105. Cow Town (1950) (stunts) (uncredited)
    106. Outcasts of Black Mesa (1950) (stunt double) (uncredited)
    107. The Baron of Arizona (1950) (stunts) (uncredited)
    108. Trail of the Rustlers (1950) (stunts) (uncredited)
    109. The Fighting Kentuckian (1949) (stunts) (uncredited)
    110. Haunted Trails (1949) (stunt double) (uncredited)
    111. Law of the Golden West (1949) (stunts) (uncredited)
    112. Stampede (1949) (stunts) (uncredited)
    113. I Shot Jesse James (1949) (stunt double: Reed Hadley) (uncredited)
    114. Bad Men of Tombstone (1949) (stunts) (uncredited)
    115. Wake of the Red Witch (1948) (stunts) (uncredited)
    116. The Three Musketeers (1948) (stunts) (uncredited)
    117. Wyoming (1947) (stunts) (uncredited)
    118. Angel and the Badman (1947) (stunts) (uncredited)
    119. Song of Scheherazade (1947) (stunts) (uncredited)
    120. Plainsman and the Lady (1946) (stunts) (uncredited)
    121. Fugitive at Large (1939) (stunts) (uncredited)


    Actor
    1. 99 and 44/100% Dead (1974)
    2. McQ (1974) (uncredited) .... Bodyguard
    3. Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973) .... Leader of Bunch
    4. Big Jake (1971) (uncredited) .... Texas Ranger
    5. Rio Lobo (1970) (uncredited) .... Corporal in baggage car
    6. Chisum (1970) (uncredited) .... Trail herder
    7. The Undefeated (1969) (uncredited) .... Yankee sergeant at river
    8. Hellfighters (1968) (uncredited) .... Firefighter in airplane
    9. The Green Berets (1968) .... Sgt. Griffin
    10. The Scalphunters (1968) .... Scalphunter
    11. The War Wagon (1967) .... Brown/outrider
    12. Welcome to Hard Times (1967) (uncredited) .... Miner who fights China's boyfriend
    13. El Dorado (1966) (uncredited) .... Jason's gunman
    14. Smoky (1966) .... Cowboy
    15. The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) (uncredited) .... Townsman
    16. Cat Ballou (1965) (uncredited) .... Armed Guard
    17. Black Spurs (1965) .... Norton
    18. Cheyenne Autumn (1964) (uncredited) .... Jessie (Texas trail boss)
    19. Advance to the Rear (1964) (uncredited) .... Monk
    20. Shock Corridor (1963) .... Wilkes
    21. Donovan's Reef (1963) (uncredited) .... Festus
    22. McLintock! (1963) .... Sheriff Jeff Lord
    23. How the West Was Won (1962) (uncredited) .... Officer
    24. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) (uncredited) .... Henchman
    25. Merrill's Marauders (1962) .... Officer
    26. Two Rode Together (1961) (uncredited) .... Comanche
    27. The Alamo (1960) .... Tennesseean (segment "It do.")
    28. Spartacus (1960) (uncredited) .... Slave
    29. Sergeant Rutledge (1960) (uncredited) .... Court-martial board member
    30. "Swamp Fox" (1959) TV Series .... American soldier
    31. The Wonderful Country (1959) .... Barton
    32. Rio Bravo (1959) (uncredited) .... Gunman
    33. The Big Country (1958) .... Terrill cowboy
    34. Man of the West (1958) (uncredited) .... Rifleman-Guard on Train
    35. The Hired Gun (1957) (uncredited) .... Conroy Ranch Wrangler
    36. Run of the Arrow (1957) .... Sergeant who drowned in quicksand
    37. Night Passage (1957) .... Roan
    38. The Wings of Eagles (1957) (uncredited) .... Officer
    39. Forty Guns (1957) .... Swain
    40. The King and Four Queens (1956) (uncredited) .... Posseman
    41. Seven Men from Now (1956) .... Mason
    42. Thunder Over Arizona (1956) (uncredited) .... Stage Driver
    43. The Great Locomotive Chase (1956) (uncredited) .... Confederate prison Captain
    44. Red Sundown (1956) (uncredited) .... Henshaw's Man
    45. The Searchers (1956) (uncredited) .... Ranger at wedding
    46. The Forest Ranger (1956) (TV) .... Dan Talbot
    47. The Rawhide Years (1955) (uncredited) .... Johnny
    48. The Tall Men (1955) (uncredited) .... Jayhawker Leader
    49. The Prodigal (1955) (uncredited) .... Chieftain
    50. Timberjack (1955) (uncredited) .... Lumberjack
    51. Sign of the Pagan (1954) .... Mirrai
    52. The Far Country (1954) (uncredited) .... Latigo (Castle driver)
    53. Hondo (1953) (uncredited) .... Otawanga/Cavalry sergeant killed in Indian attack
    54. Hannah Lee (1953) (uncredited) .... Cowboy
    55. Gun Belt (1953) .... Oliver
    56. Cow Country (1953) (uncredited) .... Sledge's Henchman
    57. The Blazing Forest (1952) (uncredited) .... Lumberjack
    58. The Lusty Men (1952) (uncredited) .... Tall cowboy
    59. Indian Uprising (1952) (uncredited) .... Henchman
    60. Fort Dodge Stampede (1951) .... Henchman Ragan
    61. Ridin' the Outlaw Trail (1951) .... Henchman Reno
    62. The Bandit Queen (1950) .... Deputy
    63. Lightning Guns (1950) .... Hank Burch
    64. Frontier Outpost (1950) (as Charles 'Chuck' Roberson) .... Gopher
    65. Rio Grande (1950) (uncredited) .... Officer/Indian who fires arrow into Col. York's chest
    66. Atom Man vs. Superman (1950) (uncredited) .... Policeman on road [Chs. 11-12, 14]
    67. Winchester '73 (1950) (uncredited) .... Long Tom
    68. Cow Town (1950) (uncredited) .... Henchman Mike
    69. Outcasts of Black Mesa (1950) (as Charles 'Chuck' Roberson) .... Henchman Kramer
    70. Trail of the Rustlers (1950) (uncredited) .... Henchman
    71. Western Renegades (1949) (uncredited) .... Jones
    72. The Fighting Kentuckian (1949) (uncredited) .... Militiaman
    73. Haunted Trails (1949) (uncredited) .... Ed, Ranch Hand
    74. Hellfire (1949) (uncredited) .... Groper
    75. Law of the Golden West (1949) (uncredited) .... Wagon driver
    76. Stampede (1949) (uncredited) .... Sandy
    77. Wake of the Red Witch (1948) (uncredited) .... Seaman
    78. Homicide for Three (1948) (uncredited) .... Joe, Policeman
    79. The Flame (1947) (uncredited)
    80. Song of Scheherazade (1947) (uncredited) .... Midshipman
    81. Calendar Girl (1947) (uncredited) .... Swedish Tug of War Man
    82. Plainsman and the Lady (1946) (uncredited) .... Deputy


    Second Unit Director or Assistant Director - filmography
    1. Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) (second unit director)
    2. 100 Rifles (1969) (second unit director)


    Himself - filmography
    1. John Wayne's 'The Alamo' (2001) (V) .... Tennessean


    Archive Footage
    1. The 61st Annual Academy Awards (1989) (TV) .... Himself (Memorial Tribute)


    Notable TV Guest Appearances
    1. "The Mod Squad" playing "Caine" in episode: "A Run for the Money" (episode # 1.21) 11 March 1969
    2. "Lancer" in episode: "The High Riders" (episode # 1.1) 24 September 1968
    3. "The Big Valley" playing "Stage Driver" in episode: "The Disappearance" (episode # 3.8) 6 November 1967
    4. "Daniel Boone" playing "Lige Henry" in episode: "The Young Ones" (episode # 3.22) 23 February 1967
    5. "Lost in Space" playing "Alien Giant" in episode: "The Deadly Games of Gamma 6" (episode # 2.8) 2 November 1966
    6. "Daniel Boone" playing "Shawnee Leader" (as Charles Roberson) in episode: "The Matchmaker" (episode # 3.7) 27 October 1966
    7. "Daniel Boone" playing "Indian #2" in episode: "Grizzly" (episode # 3.4) 6 October 1966
    8. "Laredo" playing "Rafer" in episode: "The Legend of Midas Mantee" (episode # 2.1) 16 September 1966
    9. "Daniel Boone" playing "Dutch" in episode: "The High Cumberland: Part 2" (episode # 2.30) 21 April 1966
    10. "Daniel Boone" playing "Dutch" in episode: "The High Cumberland: Part 1" (episode # 2.29) 14 April 1966
    11. "The Lucy Show" in episode: "Lucy Puts Up a TV Antenna" (episode # 1.9) 26 November 1962
    12. "Gunsmoke" playing "Joe Clark" in episode: "Abe Blocker" (episode # 8.11) 24 November 1962
    13. "The Wide Country" playing "Stunt Rider" in episode: "Straight Jacket for an Indian" (episode # 1.6) 25 October 1962
    14. "Tales of Wells Fargo" playing "Lee" in episode: "The Traveler" (episode # 6.22) 24 February 1962
    15. "Have Gun - Will Travel" playing "Carly" in episode: "Ben Jalisco" (episode # 5.10) 18 November 1961
    16. "Have Gun - Will Travel" in episode: "Soledad Crossing" (episode # 4.38) 10 June 1961
    17. "Stagecoach West" playing "Matt" in episode: "A Place of Still Waters" (episode # 1.27) 1 April 1961
    18. "Laramie" playing "Cher" (as Charles Roberson) in episode: "Riders of the Night" (episode # 2.20) 7 March 1961
    19. "Have Gun - Will Travel" playing "Pike" in episode: "The Legacy" (episode # 4.13) 10 December 1960
    20. "Wagon Train" playing "Junior" in episode: "The Colter Craven Story" (episode # 4.9) 23 November 1960
    21. "Death Valley Days" playing "Sergeant Jim Laughlin" in episode: "Splinter Station" (episode # 9.2) 25 September 1960
    22. "Have Gun - Will Travel" in episode: "The Campaign of Billy Banjo" (episode # 3.36) 28 May 1960
    23. "Gunsmoke" playing "Driver" in episode: "Speak Me Fair" (episode # 5.34) 7 May 1960
    24. "Disneyland" playing "Jenkins" in episode: "Swamp Fox: Brother Against Brother" (episode # 6.5) 30 October 1959
    25. "Disneyland" playing "American Soldier" in episode: "Swamp Fox: The Birth of the Swamp Fox" (episode # 6.3) 16 October 1959
    26. "Gunsmoke" playing "Sgt. Keller" in episode: "Cheyennes" (episode # 4.39) 13 June 1959
    27. "Yancy Derringer" (uncredited) in episode: "Two Tickets to Promontory" (episode # 1.34) 4 June 1959
    28. "Rawhide" in episode: "Incident of the Golden Calf" (episode # 1.10) 13 March 1959
    29. "Zane Grey Theater" playing "Brenner" in episode: "Deadfall" (episode # 3.20) 19 February 1959
    30. "Wagon Train" playing "Captain Thorp" in episode: "The Bije Wilcox Story" (episode # 2.7) 19 November 1958
    31. "Disneyland" playing "Ranger #1" in episode: "Texas John Slaughter: Ambush at Laredo" (episode # 5.7) 14 November 1958
    32. "Texas John Slaughter" playing "Ranger #1" in episode: "Ambush in Laredo" (episode # 1.2) 14 November 1958
    33. "Disneyland" playing "Ranger #1" in episode: "Texas John Slaughter" (episode # 5.5) 31 October 1958
    34. "Texas John Slaughter" playing "Ranger #1" in episode: "Texas John Slaughter" (episode # 1.1) 31 October 1958
    35. "Wide Wide World" playing "Himself" in episode: "The Western" 1958
    36. "Panic!" playing "Sam Glen" in episode: "The Vigilantes" (episode # 1.12) 21 May 1957
    37. "Death Valley Days" in episode: "The Trial of Red Haskell" (episode # 5.11) 25 February 1957
    38. "The Roy Rogers Show" playing "Deputy Randall" in episode: "Bullets and a Burro" (episode # 3.4) 15 November 1953
    39. "Cowboy G-Men" playing "Lefty" in episode: "Koniackers" (episode # 1.12) 6 December 1952
    40. "The Roy Rogers Show" in episode: "The Minister's Son" (episode # 1.12) 23 March 1952
    41. "The Roy Rogers Show" playing "Randall, Deputy" in episode: "The Desert Fugitive" (episode # 1.8) 24 February 1952
    42. "The Gene Autry Show" playing "Weaver, Thug in vest" in episode: "T.N.T." (episode # 1.24) 31 December 1950
    43. "The Gene Autry Show" playing "Kenmore, a Rancher" in episode: "The Sheriff of Santa Rosa" (episode # 1.23) 24 December 1950
    44. "The Gene Autry Show" playing "Tucson, Thug in vest" in episode: "The Fight at Peaceful Mesa" (episode # 1.18) 19 November 1950
    45. "The Gene Autry Show" playing "Thug in leather vest" in episode: "Gun Powder Range" (episode # 1.15) 29 October 1950
    46. "The Lone Ranger" playing "Joe, a Thug" in episode: "Six-Gun's Legacy" (episode # 1.11) 24 November 1949

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited 14 times, last by ethanedwards ().

  • Chuck Roberson was a regular of the
    John Ford Stock Company,
    and would ultimately become a regular of the
    John Wayne Stock Company


    A most memorable thing I remember about Chuck, was when,
    on one of the sets, one of Chucks grand-children when up to Duke and said,

    Quote

    "And what do you do?"


    Duke replied, in great style,

    Quote

    " Well, I guess I double up for your Grand Dad ,ON THE CLOSE-UPS!"

    It was a great team, which of course, after the first outing saw Chuck double-up for Duke, for 30 years.
    If you look close enough, you will see Chuck chasing, and shooting himself!!
    If you see what I mean!



    Another difficult one to call, is how many films with Duke,
    Chuck was involved with, but he made
    these 32 films with him, as a stuntman and actor,
    22 of those as an actor.

    The Shootist (1976) (stunts) (uncredited)
    Rooster Cogburn (1975) (stunt double: John Wayne) (uncredited) (stunts)
    McQ (1974) (stunts) (uncredited) .... Bodyguard
    Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973) (stunt coordinator) .... Leader of Bunch
    The Train Robbers (1973) (stunts) (uncredited)
    The Cowboys (1972) (stunt double: John Wayne) (uncredited) (stunts) (uncredited)
    Big Jake (1971) (stunt double: John Wayne) (uncredited) (stunts) (uncredited).... Texas Ranger
    Rio Lobo (1970) (stunts) (uncredited).... Corporal in baggage car
    Chisum (1970) (stunts) (uncredited) .... Trail herder
    The Undefeated (1969) (stunts) (uncredited).... Yankee sergeant at river
    Hellfighters (1968) (stunts) (uncredited) .... Firefighter in airplane
    The Green Berets (1968) (stunts) (uncredited) .... Sgt. Griffin
    The War Wagon (1967) .... Brown/outrider
    El Dorado (1966) (stunts) (uncredited).... Jason's gunman
    The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) (stunts) (uncredited) .... Townsman
    Donovan's Reef (1963) (stunts) (uncredited) .... Festus
    McLintock! (1963) .... Sheriff Jeff Lord
    How the West Was Won (1962) (stunts) (uncredited).... Officer
    Hatari! (1962) (stunt double: John Wayne) (uncredited)
    The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) (stunts) (uncredited).... Henchman
    The Comancheros (1961) (stunts) (uncredited)
    The Alamo (1960) (stunts) (uncredited) .... Tennesseean (segment "It do.")
    Rio Bravo (1959) (stunt double) (uncredited) (stunts) (uncredited) .... Gunman
    The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958) (stunts) (uncredited)
    The Wings of Eagles (1957) (stunt double: John Wayne) (uncredited) (stunts) .... Officer
    The Searchers (1956) (stunts) (uncredited).... Ranger at wedding
    The Conqueror (1956) (stunts) (uncredited)
    Hondo (1953) (stunts) (uncredited).... Otawanga/Cavalry sergeant killed in Indian attack
    Rio Grande (1950) (stunts) (uncredited) .... Officer/Indian who fires arrow into Col. York's chest
    The Fighting Kentuckian [(1949) (stunts) (uncredited .... Militiaman
    Wake of the Red Witch (1948) (stunts) (uncredited)...seaman
    Angel and the Badman (1947) (stunts) (uncredited)


    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited 3 times, last by ethanedwards ().



  • Hi Jim,

    Unfortunately, the links back to the searches, only seem to work,
    for a while, then later, show an error message!
    It's a shame, because it took me a considerable amount of time, putting them in!!
    I am slowly going back and either deleting them,
    or posting a link, to the more important threads,


    Jim,
    Here's one of yours, and that's gone as well!!!



    Quote

    We have enjoyed Patricia Neal both In Harm's Way and Operation Pacific.


    In doing a search, these results came up, where folks had comments on Patricia Neal in the past.


    Chester :newyear:



    Cheers,

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

  • If there are any Duke fans here who haven't already memorized it, Roberson's autobiography - "The Fall Guy" - 1980 Hancock House Publishers - is a raucous tale from the '40s through the '70s about the stuntmen that provided the spills for generations. How they didn't break every bone, destroy every liver and invent new STDs is a miracle.
    I understand that it was the inspiration for the Lee Major series - The Fall Guy, what else?
    You can probably find it on Amazon. If you don't laugh out loud while reading it, please look around for another forum.



    We deal in lead, friend.


  • 'Good' Chuck Hayward and 'Bad' Chuck Roberson first got their nicknames off Ford
    in Rio Grande.
    Good Chuck, considered Ford was good with the 'girlies',
    but bad Chuck was worse, because of his way with the ladies and his night life.


    During Rio Grande, with Cliff Lyon's direction
    Hayward had a 'wreck' being dragged to near death by his horse,
    and was in hospital for a week.
    However good Chuck Hayward survived to become
    one of the best stuntmen in the business.


    The best way to see both Chuck's in action
    is in The Searchers
    In the big Indian fight in Victory cave,
    Roberson does a brilliant horse fall doubling Cheif Scar.
    In another scene, Roberson and Hayward double
    Duke and Jeff Hunter in fast action fight and flight
    from the Comanches.


    Harry Carey Jr. says

    Quote

    They Make Duke and Jeff look so good,
    it gives you goose bumps

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

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  • One of "Bad" Chuck's last roles was as a John Wayne-type western star who mysteriously dies, on an episode of "Quincy". This was aired a few months after Duke's death as I remember.



  • Hey Ethan, I hate to say it but, that top photo is not from The Alamo. I don't remember any scene of Mexican cavalry in some kind of fight in that locale. To me it looks like it might be a scene from Major Dundee in which Hayward did some stunts. Those look like French cavalry to me.

  • Hey Ethan, I hate to say it but, that top photo is not from The Alamo. I don't remember any scene of Mexican cavalry in some kind of fight in that locale. To me it looks like it might be a scene from Major Dundee in which Hayward did some stunts. Those look like French cavalry to me.


    Thanks for pointing it out Jim.
    not sure what to say, as the caption underneath
    is on the original photograph at source!!
    So I could only take it on face value!!!

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

  • Some of the fight scene in Sons of Katie Elder-where the brothers are "getting aquainted" in Katie's house, was done by Chuck Roberson. The knock thru the door and when Michael Anderson is on his back. Duke and Chuck's hair are a bit different, and any scene shot from an angle where you don't see Duke's face-even if it only lasts a second or two, is usually Chuck. It only makes sense, after his recent operation, he would HAVE to be doubled in some more exhausting scenes. But Duke always made sure you could tell for sure when it was him doing it himself. It would be
    a shot, with no cuts, showing his face thru most of it. Heck I was surprised he did the short stunt of carrying Quincey's body to cover in True Grit. No mean feat for a guy with one lung. It was done in one shot-no cuts-and Duke was clearly seen.


    Regarding that particular fight scene in "The Sons of Katie Elder," Duke did all of his own stunts.

    Regards
    Robbie