Acting · Shannon, Texas, USA · Born May 10, 1919
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.
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992
as Tennessean
Movie99 and 44/100% Dead
1974
as Gunman
MovieMcQ
1974
as Santiago's Bodyguard (uncredited)
MovieThe Stone Killer
1973
as Council Member (uncredited)
MovieCahill: United States Marshal
1973
as Leader of Bunch
MovieBig Jake
1971
as Texas Ranger (uncredited)
TVAlias Smith and Jones
1971
MovieChisum
1970
as Trail Herder (uncredited)
MovieRio Lobo
1970
as Corporal in Baggage Car (uncredited)
MovieThe Undefeated
1969
as Yankee Sergeant at River (uncredited)
MovieHellfighters
1968
as Firefighter in Plane (uncredited)
TVThe Mod Squad
1968
MovieThe Green Berets
1968
as Sgt. Griffin
MovieThe Scalphunters
1968
as Scalphunter
MovieThe War Wagon
1967
as Brown / Mustachioed guard at blown bridge
MovieWelcome to Hard Times
1967
as Miner Fighting Bert (uncredited)
MovieThe Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
1967
as Cook (uncredited)
TVMr. Terrific
1967
as Dawson
MovieEl Dorado
1966
as Jason's Gunman
MovieSmoky
1966
as Manuel
MovieNevada Smith
1966
as Deputy (uncredited)
MovieBlindfold
1966
as Fitzpatrick's Henchman
TVLaredo
1965
TVLost in Space
1965
as Alien Fighter
TVThe Big Valley
1965
as Stage Driver
MovieThe Sons of Katie Elder
1965
as Townsman (uncredited)
MovieCat Ballou
1965
as Armed Guard (uncredited)
MovieShenandoah
1965
as Rebel Commander with Mustache
MovieBlack Spurs
1965
as Norton - Prisoner
MovieThe Rounders
1965
as Brawler (uncredited)
MovieCheyenne Autumn
1964
as Jessie (uncredited)
TVDaniel Boone
1964
as Dark Panther
MovieAdvance to the Rear
1964
as Monk (uncredited)
MovieMail Order Bride
1964
as Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
MovieMcLintock!
1963
as Sheriff Jeff Lord
MovieShock Corridor
1963
as Wilkes
MovieDonovan's Reef
1963
as Festus
MovieHow the West Was Won
1962
as Officer (uncredited)
TVThe Lucy Show
1962
as Fireman #1
TVThe Virginian
1962
as Wagon Driver
MovieThe Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
as Henchman (uncredited)
MovieMerrill's Marauders
1962
as Officer
MovieTwo Rode Together
1961
as Comanche
MovieThe Alamo
1960
as Tennesseean
MovieSpartacus
1960
as Slave (uncredited)
MovieSergeant Rutledge
1960
as Court-Martial Board Member (uncredited)
MovieThe Wonderful Country
1959
as Barton
MovieRio Bravo
1959
as Gunman (uncredited)
TVRawhide
1959
as Baxter
TVBat Masterson
1958
as Henchman about to be Sawn in Half
TVLawman
1958
as Stage Driver (uncredited)
MovieMan of the West
1958
as Rifleman-Guard on Train (uncredited)
MovieThe Big Country
1958
as Terrill Cowboy
MovieThe Western: A Lost TV Special
1958
as Self
MovieThe Hired Gun
1957
as Frank Cooper - Conroy Ranch Wrangler
TVWagon Train
1957
as Junior
TVHave Gun, Will Travel
1957
MovieForty Guns
1957
as Howard Swain
MovieRun of the Arrow
1957
as Sergeant
MovieNight Passage
1957
as Roan
TVPanic!
1957
MovieThe Wings of Eagles
1957
as Officer (uncredited)
MovieThe King and Four Queens
1956
as Posseman
TVDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Brenner
Movie7 Men from Now
1956
as Mason
MovieThe Rawhide Years
1956
as Johnny (uncredited)
MovieKentucky Rifle
1956
as Indian (uncredited)
MovieThe Great Locomotive Chase
1956
as Confederate Prison Captain (uncredited)
MovieThe Searchers
1956
as Ranger at Wedding (uncredited)
MovieRed Sundown
1956
as Henshaw's Man
MovieLady Godiva of Coventry
1955
as Soldier
MovieThe Second Greatest Sex
1955
as Brawler (uncredited)
MovieThe Tall Men
1955
as Alva Jenkin (uncredited)
TVGunsmoke
1955
as Sgt. Keller
MovieThe Prodigal
1955
as Chieftain
MovieTimberjack
1955
as Lumberjack (uncredited)
MovieTen Wanted Men
1955
as Gunfighter (uncredited)
MovieSign of the Pagan
1954
as Mirrai
TVThe Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Sam - Ranger #1
MovieJubilee Trail
1954
as Man at Bar (uncredited)
MovieThe Lone Gun
1954
as Luke (uncredited)
MovieThe Far Country
1954
as Latigo (uncredited)
MovieHondo
1953
as Kloori / Cavalry Sergeant Killed in Indian Attack (uncredited)
MovieCalamity Jane
1953
as Barfly (uncredited)
MovieGun Belt
1953
as Oliver
MovieHannah Lee: An American Primitive
1953
as Cowboy
MovieRaiders of the Seven Seas
1953
as Spanish Officer (uncredited)
MovieCow Country
1953
as Stubby (as Brett Houston)
MovieAbbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
1952
as Pirate (uncredited)
MovieBlackbeard, the Pirate
1952
as Mounted Soldier
MovieThe Blazing Forest
1952
as Lumberjack (uncredited)
MovieThe Lusty Men
1952
as Cowboy
MovieWay of a Gaucho
1952
as Gaucho
MovieCattle Town
1952
as Rider
MovieBuffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory
1952
as Trooper (uncredited)
MovieIndian Uprising
1952
as Taggart Man
TVThe Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
as Henchman Blake
MovieRio Grande
1950
as Officer / Indian Fires Arrow Into Col. York's Chest (uncredited)
MovieAtom Man vs. Superman
1950
as Policeman on Road
MovieHi-Jacked
1950
as Police Officer (uncredited)
MovieWinchester '73
1950
as Long Tom (uncredited)
MovieHills of Oklahoma
1950
as Cowhand (uncredited)
MovieCow Town
1950
as Mike Grady - Henchman (as Charles Roberson)
MovieOutcasts of Black Mesa
1950
as Kramer - Henchman (as Charles 'Chuck' Roberson)
MovieThe Capture
1950
as Employee (uncredited)
MovieTrail of the Rustlers
1950
as Bob - Henchman (uncredited)
MovieWestern Renegades
1949
as Jones (uncredited)
MovieThe Fighting Kentuckian
1949
as Militiaman (uncredited)
TVThe Lone Ranger
1949
as Todd Gunder
MovieThe James Brothers of Missouri
1949
as Townsman (uncredited)
MovieHaunted Trails
1949
as Ed - Ranch Hand (uncredited)
MovieHellfire
1949
as Groper (uncredited)
MovieLaw of the Golden West
1949
as Wagon Driver (uncredited)
MovieRoughshod
1949
as Deputy (uncredited)
MovieStampede
1949
as Sandy (uncredited)
MovieWake of the Red Witch
1948
as Seaman
MovieLast of the Wild Horses
1948
as Deputy Chuck (uncredited)
MovieHomicide for Three
1948
as Joe - Policeman
MovieThe Gallant Legion
1948
as Ranger
MovieThe Arizona Ranger
1948
as Henchman (uncredited)
MovieCalifornia Firebrand
1948
as Gunman
MovieAlbuquerque
1948
as Man at Gambling Table (uncredited)
MovieThe Flame
1947
as Policeman (uncredited)
MovieJesse James Rides Again
1947
as Lafe
MovieSong of Scheherazade
1947
as Midshipman (uncredited)
MovieCalendar Girl
1947
as Swedish Tug of War Man
MovieThe Plainsman and the Lady
1946
as Deputy (uncredited)
