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CHUCK ROBERSON
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INFORMATION FROM IMDb
Date of birth (location)
10 May 1919
Date of death (details)
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)
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.
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.
Stunts - filmography
1. Miracle Mile (1988) (stunts)
2. Blue Thunder (1983) (stunts) (uncredited)
... aka Blue Thunder the Movie (UK: video box title)
3. FM (1978) (stunt double: Policeman)
4. The Shootist (1976) (stunts) (uncredited)
5. Rooster Cogburn (1975) (stunt double: John Wayne) (uncredited) (stunts) (uncredited)
... aka Rooster Cogburn... and the Lady
6. Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975) (stunts) (uncredited)
7. 99 and 44/100% Dead (1974) (stunts) (uncredited)
... aka Call Harry Crown (UK)
8. McQ (1974) (stunts) (uncredited)
9. Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973) (stunt coordinator)
... aka Cahill (UK)
... aka Wednesday Morning
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)
... aka San Timoteo
15. Chisum (1970) (stunts) (uncredited)
16. The Hawaiians (1970) (stunts)
... aka Master of the Islands (UK)
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)
... aka Killer on a Horse (UK)
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)
... aka John Ford's Cheyenne Autumn (USA: complete title)
33. "Daniel Boone" (1964) TV Series (stunts) (uncredited)
34. Advance to the Rear (1964) (stunts) (uncredited)
... aka Company of Cowards? (UK)
35. Mail Order Bride (1964) (stunts) (uncredited)
... aka West of Montana (UK)
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)
... aka Spartacus: Rebel Against Rome (USA: poster title)
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)
... aka Hot Lead (USA: video title)
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)
... aka Andrews' Raiders (USA: TV title)
68. Red Sundown (1956) (stunts) (uncredited)
69. The Searchers (1956) (stunts) (uncredited)
70. The Conqueror (1956) (stunts) (uncredited)
... aka Conqueror of the Desert
71. The Rawhide Years (1955) (stunts) (uncredited)
72. The Tall Men (1955) (stunts) (uncredited)
73. "Gunsmoke" (1955) TV Series (stunts)
... aka Gun Law (UK)
... aka Marshal Dillon (USA: rerun title)
74. The Man from Laramie (1955) (stunts) (uncredited)
75. The Last Command (1955) (stunts) (uncredited)
... aka San Antonio de Bexar (USA)
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)
... aka Outlaw Territory (USA: reissue title)
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)
... aka Blackbeard the Pirate (USA: promotional title)
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)
... aka Cavalry Charge (USA: reissue title)
96. Ridin' the Outlaw Trail (1951) (stunt double) (uncredited)
97. Lightning Guns (1950) (stunts) (uncredited)
98. Rio Grande (1950) (stunts) (uncredited)
... aka John Ford and Merian C. Cooper's Rio Grande (USA: complete title)
99. Tripoli (1950) (stunts) (uncredited)
... aka The First Marines (USA: reissue title)
100. "The Gene Autry Show" (1950) TV Series (stunts)
... aka Melody Ranch
101. Winchester '73 (1950) (stunts) (uncredited)
102. Hills of Oklahoma (1950) (stunt double) (uncredited)
103. The Kid from Texas (1950) (stunts) (uncredited)
... aka Texas Kid, Outlaw (UK)
104. The Eagle and the Hawk (1950) (stunts) (uncredited)
... aka Spread Eagle (USA: reissue title)
105. Cow Town (1950) (stunts) (uncredited)
... aka Barbed Wire (UK)
106. Outcasts of Black Mesa (1950) (stunt double) (uncredited)
... aka The Clue (UK)
107. The Baron of Arizona (1950) (stunts) (uncredited)
108. Trail of the Rustlers (1950) (stunts) (uncredited)
... aka Lost River (UK)
109. The Fighting Kentuckian (1949) (stunts) (uncredited)
... aka A Strange Caravan
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)
... aka Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers (USA: complete title)
117. Wyoming (1947) (stunts) (uncredited)
118. Angel and the Badman (1947) (stunts) (uncredited)
... aka The Angel and the Outlaw
119. Song of Scheherazade (1947) (stunts) (uncredited)
120. Plainsman and the Lady (1946) (stunts) (uncredited)
... aka Drumbeats Over Wyoming (USA: reissue title)
121. Fugitive at Large (1939) (stunts) (uncredited)
Actor - filmography
1. 99 and 44/100% Dead (1974)
... aka Call Harry Crown (UK)
2. McQ (1974) (uncredited) .... Bodyguard
3. Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973) .... Leader of Bunch
... aka Cahill (UK)
... aka Wednesday Morning
4. Big Jake (1971) (uncredited) .... Texas Ranger
5. Rio Lobo (1970) (uncredited) .... Corporal in baggage car
... aka San Timoteo
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
... aka Killer on a Horse (UK)
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)
... aka John Ford's Cheyenne Autumn (USA: complete title)
19. Advance to the Rear (1964) (uncredited) .... Monk
... aka Company of Cowards? (UK)
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
... aka Spartacus: Rebel Against Rome (USA: poster title)
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
... aka Hot Lead (USA: video title)
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
... aka Andrews' Raiders (USA: TV title)
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
... aka Outlaw Territory (USA: reissue title)
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
... aka John Ford and Merian C. Cooper's Rio Grande (USA: complete title)
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
... aka Barbed Wire (UK)
69. Outcasts of Black Mesa (1950) (as Charles 'Chuck' Roberson) .... Henchman Kramer
... aka The Clue (UK)
70. Trail of the Rustlers (1950) (uncredited) .... Henchman
... aka Lost River (UK)
71. Western Renegades (1949) (uncredited) .... Jones
72. The Fighting Kentuckian (1949) (uncredited) .... Militiaman
... aka A Strange Caravan
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
... aka An Interrupted Honeymoon (UK)
79. The Flame (1947) (uncredited)
80. Song of Scheherazade (1947) (uncredited) .... Midshipman
81. Calendar Girl (1947) (uncredited) .... Swedish Tug of War Man
... aka Star Dust and Sweet Music (USA: reissue title)
82. Plainsman and the Lady (1946) (uncredited) .... Deputy
... aka Drumbeats Over Wyoming (USA: reissue title)
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
450451452
INFORMATION FROM IMDb
Date of birth (location)
10 May 1919
Date of death (details)
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)
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.
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.
Stunts - filmography
1. Miracle Mile (1988) (stunts)
2. Blue Thunder (1983) (stunts) (uncredited)
... aka Blue Thunder the Movie (UK: video box title)
3. FM (1978) (stunt double: Policeman)
4. The Shootist (1976) (stunts) (uncredited)
5. Rooster Cogburn (1975) (stunt double: John Wayne) (uncredited) (stunts) (uncredited)
... aka Rooster Cogburn... and the Lady
6. Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975) (stunts) (uncredited)
7. 99 and 44/100% Dead (1974) (stunts) (uncredited)
... aka Call Harry Crown (UK)
8. McQ (1974) (stunts) (uncredited)
9. Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973) (stunt coordinator)
... aka Cahill (UK)
... aka Wednesday Morning
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)
... aka San Timoteo
15. Chisum (1970) (stunts) (uncredited)
16. The Hawaiians (1970) (stunts)
... aka Master of the Islands (UK)
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)
... aka Killer on a Horse (UK)
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)
... aka John Ford's Cheyenne Autumn (USA: complete title)
33. "Daniel Boone" (1964) TV Series (stunts) (uncredited)
34. Advance to the Rear (1964) (stunts) (uncredited)
... aka Company of Cowards? (UK)
35. Mail Order Bride (1964) (stunts) (uncredited)
... aka West of Montana (UK)
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)
... aka Spartacus: Rebel Against Rome (USA: poster title)
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)
... aka Hot Lead (USA: video title)
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)
... aka Andrews' Raiders (USA: TV title)
68. Red Sundown (1956) (stunts) (uncredited)
69. The Searchers (1956) (stunts) (uncredited)
70. The Conqueror (1956) (stunts) (uncredited)
... aka Conqueror of the Desert
71. The Rawhide Years (1955) (stunts) (uncredited)
72. The Tall Men (1955) (stunts) (uncredited)
73. "Gunsmoke" (1955) TV Series (stunts)
... aka Gun Law (UK)
... aka Marshal Dillon (USA: rerun title)
74. The Man from Laramie (1955) (stunts) (uncredited)
75. The Last Command (1955) (stunts) (uncredited)
... aka San Antonio de Bexar (USA)
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)
... aka Outlaw Territory (USA: reissue title)
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)
... aka Blackbeard the Pirate (USA: promotional title)
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)
... aka Cavalry Charge (USA: reissue title)
96. Ridin' the Outlaw Trail (1951) (stunt double) (uncredited)
97. Lightning Guns (1950) (stunts) (uncredited)
98. Rio Grande (1950) (stunts) (uncredited)
... aka John Ford and Merian C. Cooper's Rio Grande (USA: complete title)
99. Tripoli (1950) (stunts) (uncredited)
... aka The First Marines (USA: reissue title)
100. "The Gene Autry Show" (1950) TV Series (stunts)
... aka Melody Ranch
101. Winchester '73 (1950) (stunts) (uncredited)
102. Hills of Oklahoma (1950) (stunt double) (uncredited)
103. The Kid from Texas (1950) (stunts) (uncredited)
... aka Texas Kid, Outlaw (UK)
104. The Eagle and the Hawk (1950) (stunts) (uncredited)
... aka Spread Eagle (USA: reissue title)
105. Cow Town (1950) (stunts) (uncredited)
... aka Barbed Wire (UK)
106. Outcasts of Black Mesa (1950) (stunt double) (uncredited)
... aka The Clue (UK)
107. The Baron of Arizona (1950) (stunts) (uncredited)
108. Trail of the Rustlers (1950) (stunts) (uncredited)
... aka Lost River (UK)
109. The Fighting Kentuckian (1949) (stunts) (uncredited)
... aka A Strange Caravan
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)
... aka Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers (USA: complete title)
117. Wyoming (1947) (stunts) (uncredited)
118. Angel and the Badman (1947) (stunts) (uncredited)
... aka The Angel and the Outlaw
119. Song of Scheherazade (1947) (stunts) (uncredited)
120. Plainsman and the Lady (1946) (stunts) (uncredited)
... aka Drumbeats Over Wyoming (USA: reissue title)
121. Fugitive at Large (1939) (stunts) (uncredited)
Actor - filmography
1. 99 and 44/100% Dead (1974)
... aka Call Harry Crown (UK)
2. McQ (1974) (uncredited) .... Bodyguard
3. Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973) .... Leader of Bunch
... aka Cahill (UK)
... aka Wednesday Morning
4. Big Jake (1971) (uncredited) .... Texas Ranger
5. Rio Lobo (1970) (uncredited) .... Corporal in baggage car
... aka San Timoteo
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
... aka Killer on a Horse (UK)
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)
... aka John Ford's Cheyenne Autumn (USA: complete title)
19. Advance to the Rear (1964) (uncredited) .... Monk
... aka Company of Cowards? (UK)
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
... aka Spartacus: Rebel Against Rome (USA: poster title)
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
... aka Hot Lead (USA: video title)
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
... aka Andrews' Raiders (USA: TV title)
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
... aka Outlaw Territory (USA: reissue title)
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
... aka John Ford and Merian C. Cooper's Rio Grande (USA: complete title)
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
... aka Barbed Wire (UK)
69. Outcasts of Black Mesa (1950) (as Charles 'Chuck' Roberson) .... Henchman Kramer
... aka The Clue (UK)
70. Trail of the Rustlers (1950) (uncredited) .... Henchman
... aka Lost River (UK)
71. Western Renegades (1949) (uncredited) .... Jones
72. The Fighting Kentuckian (1949) (uncredited) .... Militiaman
... aka A Strange Caravan
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
... aka An Interrupted Honeymoon (UK)
79. The Flame (1947) (uncredited)
80. Song of Scheherazade (1947) (uncredited) .... Midshipman
81. Calendar Girl (1947) (uncredited) .... Swedish Tug of War Man
... aka Star Dust and Sweet Music (USA: reissue title)
82. Plainsman and the Lady (1946) (uncredited) .... Deputy
... aka Drumbeats Over Wyoming (USA: reissue title)
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