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Chuck Roberson

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... more

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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Spartacus
(1960)
Adventure, Drama, History, War
The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership ...
Runtime:
197 min
Director:
Stanley Kubrick
Cast:
Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov
7.9
93%
87
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
(1962)
Western
A senator, who became famous for killing a notorious outlaw, returns for the funeral of an old friend and tells the truth about his deed.
Runtime:
123 min
Director:
John Ford
Cast:
John Wayne, James Stewart, Vera Miles, Lee Marvin, Edmond O'Brien
8.1
94%
94
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Rio Bravo
(1959)
Western
The sheriff of a small town in southwest Texas must keep custody of a murderer whose brother, a powerful rancher, is trying to help him escape. After a friend is killed trying to muster support for him, he and his deputies - a disgraced drunk and a cantankerous old cripple - must find a way to hold out against the rancher's hired guns ...
Runtime:
141 min
Director:
Howard Hawks
Cast:
John Wayne, John Wayne, Dean Martin, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson
8.0
98%
93
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El Dorado
(1966)
Action, Adventure, Romance, Western
Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with an old friend, Sheriff J.P. Hara. Together with an old indian fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher and his family fight a rival rancher that is trying to steal their water.
Runtime:
120 min
Director:
Howard Hawks
Cast:
John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, James Caan, Charlene Holt, Paul Fix
7.6
100%
85
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The Big Country
(1958)
Drama, Romance, Western
Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the vast expanse of the West to marry fiancée Pat Terrill. McKay is a man whose values and approach to life are a mystery to the ranchers and ranch foreman Steve Leech takes an immediate dislike to him. Pat is spoiled, selfish and controlled by her wealthy father, Major Henry Terrill. Th...
Runtime:
165 min
Director:
William Wyler
Cast:
Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston, Burl Ives
7.9
100%
N/A
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Winchester '73
(1950)
Western
Lin McAdam rides into town on the trail of Dutch Henry Brown, only to find himself in a shooting competition against him. McAdam wins the prize, a one-in-a-thousand Winchester rifle, but Dutch steals it and leaves town. McAdam follows, intent on settling his old quarrel, while the rifle keeps changing hands and touching a number of lives.
Runtime:
92 min
Director:
Anthony Mann
Cast:
James Stewart, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea, Stephen McNally, Millard Mitchell
7.6
100%
N/A
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McLintock!
(1963)
Comedy, Western
Ageing, wealthy, rancher and self-made man, George Washington McLintock is forced to deal with numerous personal and professional problems. Seemingly everyone wants a piece of his enormous farmstead, including high-ranking government men, McLintock's own sons and nearby Native Americans. As McLintock tries to juggle his various adversa...
Runtime:
127 min
Director:
Andrew V. McLaglen
Cast:
John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Yvonne De Carlo, Patrick Wayne, Stefanie Powers
7.2
57%
62
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Shock Corridor
(1963)
Drama, Thriller
With the help of his girlfriend Cathy and Dr. Fong, a psychiatrist, ambitious journalist Johnny Barrett poses as a madman in order to be admitted to a mental institution where a bloody murder has been committed.
Runtime:
102 min
Director:
Samuel Fuller
Cast:
Peter Breck, Constance Towers, Gene Evans, James Best, Hari Rhodes
7.4
95%
N/A
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The Alamo
(1960)
Western
The legendary true story of a small band of soldiers who sacrificed their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new Republic of Texas.
Runtime:
167 min
Director:
John Wayne
Cast:
John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Frankie Avalon, Patrick Wayne
6.8
52%
N/A
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Hondo
(1953)
Western
Army despatch rider Hondo Lane discovers a woman and her son living in the midst of warring Apaches, and he becomes their protector.
Runtime:
83 min
Director:
John Farrow
Cast:
John Wayne, Geraldine Page, Ward Bond, Michael Pate, Rodolfo Acosta
7.1
88%
79
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7 Men from Now
(1956)
Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Aging lawman Ben Stride burns a trail of murderous revenge across a hardscrabble landscape searching for his wife's murderers.
Runtime:
78 min
Director:
Budd Boetticher
Cast:
Randolph Scott, Gail Russell, Lee Marvin, Walter Reed, John Larch
7.5
100%
N/A
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Night Passage
(1957)
Western
Grant MacLaine, a former railroad troubleshooter, lost his job after letting his outlaw brother, the Utica Kid, escape. After spending five years wandering the west and earning his living playing the accordion, he is given a second chance by his former boss.
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
James Neilson
Cast:
James Stewart, Audie Murphy, Dan Duryea, Dianne Foster, Elaine Stewart
6.7
50%
N/A
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The Scalphunters
(1968)
Comedy, Western
Trapper Joe is on his way to the town with all of his gain of hides of the last winter. However a group of Indians stops him and takes all of his hides, leaving him the escaped slave Joseph instead. But Joe has no use for Joseph and is determined to get his property back and follows them. Before he can do anything, the Indians are raid...
Runtime:
102 min
Director:
Sydney Pollack
Cast:
Burt Lancaster, Shelley Winters, Telly Savalas, Ossie Davis, Dabney Coleman
6.8
70%
N/A
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Merrill's Marauders
(1962)
Action, Drama, War
Brigadier General Frank D. Merrill leads the 3,000 American volunteers of his 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), aka "Merrill's Marauders", behind Japanese lines across Burma to Myitkyina, pushing beyond their limits and fighting pitched battles at every strong-point.
Runtime:
98 min
Director:
Samuel Fuller
Cast:
Jeff Chandler, Ty Hardin, Peter Brown, Andrew Duggan, Will Hutchins
6.7
N/A
N/A
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The Wonderful Country
(1959)
Western
Having fled to Mexico from the U.S. many years ago for killing his father's murderer, Martin Brady travels to Texas to broker an arms deal for his Mexican boss, strongman Governor Cipriano Castro. Brady breaks a leg and while recuperating in Texas the gun shipment is stolen. Complicating matters further the wife of local army major Col...
Runtime:
98 min
Director:
Robert Parrish
Cast:
Robert Mitchum, Julie London, Gary Merrill, Albert Dekker, Pedro Armendáriz
6.2
N/A
N/A
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Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory
(1952)
Western
Story concerns the efforts of Buffalo Bill to protect the Indian's land from a gang who want to get the gold buried there. The outlaws disguise themselves as Indians and raid and plunder the settlers in order to blame the tribe.
Runtime:
66 min
5.0
N/A
N/A