Acting · Alliance, Nebraska, U.S.A. · Born January 20, 1920
Charles Bert Hayward (January 20, 1920 – February 23, 1998) was an American motion picture stuntman and actor. He was associated particularly with the films of John Wayne. He doubled for most of the great Western and action stars of the 1950s-1980s. His parents, Bert and Hazel Hayward, were cattle ranchers on a farm near Hyannis, Nebraska, about sixty miles east of Hayward's birthplace in Alliance. He spent his early youth working cattle, then, at 16, left home to join the rodeo circuit as a bronc rider and horse trainer. In 1947, he arrived in Los Angeles and sought work as a wrangler on motion pictures. He began doing stunts in 1949 on The Fighting Kentuckian, doubling for John Wayne. The two became pals and Hayward subsequently stunted and doubled for Wayne on nearly two dozen of the latter's films. Excelling at all sorts of horseback stunts, Hayward doubled most stars of the period who found themselves in Westerns or otherwise astride a horse, including Marlon Brando, Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, and Gregory Peck. He was prominent in The Big Country, co-produced by Peck. He was known as "Good Chuck" in contrast to "Bad Chuck", in reference to Chuck Roberson, another of Wayne's stunt doubles. He graduated into stunt coordination, arranging the stunts in films such as The Deadly Companions and the TV series The Rat Patrol. He played small roles in numerous films and TV shows, and his appearance often served as an accurate predictor of an upcoming fight scene. He retired from stunt work in 1981, and from acting in 1989. Hayward was a member of the unofficial John Ford Stock Company, a lifetime member of the Stuntmen's Association of Motion Pictures, and an inductee into the Stuntmen's Hall of Fame. He died from Hodgkin's Disease at his home in North Hollywood, California, in 1998. He was married three times, to Ellen Powell, by whom he had a daughter, and to Carol Lynn Shepherd. He had two children with Carol Lynn Shepherd. They were divorced in 1982. He then married Sally Pape Callaghan on October 30, 1982. Before his Hollywood stuntman career, Hayward also worked as a medic in the United States Merchant Marine and he stated that he served on liberty ships. His two boys, along with his wife Carol's best friend who was trying to save them, perished in a forest fire in the early 1980s.
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992
as Self
MovieStark
1985
as Scurvy
MovieCrystal Gazing
1982
as Band Member (as Charles Hayward)
MovieThe Legend of the Lone Ranger
1981
as Wald (Cavendish gang)
MovieTom Horn
1980
as Deputy Proctor
MovieParts: The Clonus Horror
1979
as Walker Man
MovieThe Lord of the Rings
1978
as Character Actor (voice)
MovieThe Swarm
1978
as Standby Engineer
TVCHiPs
1977
MovieAirport '77
1977
as Passenger
MovieHustle
1975
as Morgue Attendant
MovieRooster Cogburn
1975
as Jerry (uncredited)
MovieGone with the West
1975
as Mimmo's Men
MovieLepke
1975
as Doorman
TVLittle House on the Prairie
1974
as Cosby
MovieThe Longest Yard
1974
as Trooper I
MovieBlazing Saddles
1974
as Outlaw (uncredited)
MovieScream of the Wolf
1974
MovieNight of the Lepus
1972
as Jud
TVThe Rookies
1972
MovieJoe Kidd
1972
as Eljay
MovieRio Lobo
1970
as (uncredited)
MovieTrue Grit
1969
as Card Player / Raft Man (uncredited)
Movie5 Card Stud
1968
as O'Hara (uncredited)
MovieThe War Wagon
1967
as Blacksmith (uncredited)
MovieNevada Smith
1966
as Fitch Man (uncredited)
MovieThe Rare Breed
1966
as Wrangler (uncredited)
MovieThe Great Race
1965
as Soldier (uncredited)
MovieCheyenne Autumn
1964
as Trooper (uncredited)
MovieKings of the Sun
1963
as Indian Warrior Friend to Black Eagle (uncredited)
TVBurke's Law
1963
as Deputy
MovieTaras Bulba
1962
as Dolotov (uncredited)
MovieThe Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
as Henchman (uncredited)
MovieMerrill's Marauders
1962
as Officer
MovieThe Deadly Companions
1961
as Card Sharp (uncredited)
MovieTwo Rode Together
1961
as Trooper (uncredited)
MovieThe Alamo
1960
as Tennessean (uncredited)
MovieSpartacus
1960
as Soldier (uncredited)
MovieSergeant Rutledge
1960
as Capt. Dickinson (uncredited)
TVJohnny Ringo
1959
as Curly Ivers
TVWichita Town
1959
MovieThe Horse Soldiers
1959
as Union Captain
MoviePork Chop Hill
1959
as Chalmers
MoviePlunderers of Painted Flats
1959
as Stage Driver (uncredited)
MovieEscort West
1959
as Indian
TVBlack Saddle
1959
as Needham
MovieDogface
1959
TVBat Masterson
1958
as Fugitive in Plaid Shirt
TVYancy Derringer
1958
as Mine Heavy (uncredited)
TVWanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as A Rider
MovieThe Big Country
1958
as Rafe Hannassey
MovieThe Western: A Lost TV Special
1958
as Self
TVMaverick
1957
TVWagon Train
1957
as Quentin Cleatus
TVHave Gun, Will Travel
1957
MovieForty Guns
1957
as Charlie Savage
MovieRun of the Arrow
1957
as Corporal
MovieThe Unholy Wife
1957
as Hazer (uncredited)
MovieGun for a Coward
1956
as Nester (uncredited)
TVDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Posse Man (uncredited)
MovieShowdown at Abilene
1956
as Roughneck (uncredited)
MovieGun Brothers
1956
as Lookout (uncredited)
MovieThe Searchers
1956
as Man at Wedding (uncredited)
MovieRed Sundown
1956
as Cowpuncher
TVGunsmoke
1955
as Jake
MovieThe Road to Denver
1955
as Randy (uncredited)
MovieJubilee Trail
1954
as Velasco Rider (uncredited)
MovieArena
1953
as Cowboy
MovieThe Sun Shines Bright
1953
as Deputy (uncredited)
MovieSan Antone
1953
as Willie
MovieFair Wind to Java
1953
as Sailor
MovieThe World in His Arms
1952
as Guest (uncredited)
MovieSon of Ali Baba
1952
as Villager (uncredited)
MovieHigh Noon
1952
as Townsman (uncredited)
MovieFort Osage
1952
as Henchman (uncredited)
MovieBuffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory
1952
as Henchman (uncredited)
MovieSlaughter Trail
1951
as Wounded Indian (uncredited)
MovieApache Drums
1951
as Townsman (uncredited)
MovieDesperadoes of the West
1950
as Al (uncredited)
MovieWagon Master
1950
as Jackson (uncredited)
MovieThe Fargo Phantom
1950
as Barnes
