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Charles Hugh "Chuck" Roberson (May 10, 1919 – June 8, 1988) was an American cowboy, actor, and stuntman. He was nicknamed "Bad Chuck" by director John Ford, for whom he worked many times, to distinguish him from "Good Chuck," stuntman Chuck Hayward. Roberson was reportedly the rowdier of the two, thus the nicknames. 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 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. 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''. Prior to that, he portrayed a Confederate Prison Captain in ''The Great Locomotive Chase''. In 1979 he published an autobiography entitled “The Fall Guy: 30 Years as the Duke's Double” (ISBN 088839036X). Roberson died of cancer in Bakersfield, California and is buried next to his brother, actor Lou Roberson in Los Angeles. ==Filmography (Actor)== *''Wake of the Red Witch'' - Seaman (uncredited) (with John Wayne) (1948) *''The Fighting Kentuckian'' - Militiaman (uncredited) (with John Wayne) (1949) *''Rio Grande'' - Officer/Indian Who Fires Arrow at Colonel York's Chest (uncredited) (with John Wayne) (1950) *''The Bandit Queen'' - Deputy (1950) *''Winchester '73'' - Long Tom (uncredited) (1950) *''Oh! Susanna'' - Barfly (1951) *''Blackbeard the Pirate'' - Mounted Soldier (uncredited) (1952) *''Hondo'' - Kloori/Cavalry Sgt. killed in Indian Attack (uncredited) (with John Wayne) (1953) *''The Far Country'' - Latigo (uncredited) (1954) *''The Searchers'' - Ranger at Wedding (uncredited) (with John Wayne) (1956) *''The Wings of Eagles'' - Officer (uncredited) (with John Wayne) (1957) *''The Big Country'' - Terrill Cowboy (1958) *''Rio Bravo'' - Gunman (uncredited) (with John Wayne) (1959) *''The Alamo'' - Tennesseean (with John Wayne) (1960) *''The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence'' - Henchman (uncredited) (with John Wayne) (1962) *''Merrill's Marauders'' (1962) as Battalion Commander *''Donovan's Reef'' - Festus (uncredited) (with John Wayne) (1963) *''McLintock!'' - Sheriff Jeff Lord (with John Wayne) (1963) *''Cheyenne Autumn'' - Jessie (uncredited) (1964) *''The Sons of Katie Elder'' - Townsman (uncredited) (with John Wayne) (1965) *''Daniel Boone: Frontier Trail Rider'' - Dutch, Teamster (1966) *''El Dorado'' - Jason's Gunman (uncredited) (with John Wayne) (1966) *''The War Wagon'' - Brown/Mustachioed Guard at blown bridge (with John Wayne) (1967) *''The Green Berets'' - Sgt. Griffin (with John Wayne) (1968) *''Hellfighters'' - Firefighter in Air Plane (uncredited) (with John Wayne) (1968) *''The Undefeated'' - Yankee Sgt. at River (uncredited) (with John Wayne)(1969) *''Chisum'' - Trail Herder (uncredited) (with John Wayne) (1970) *''Rio Lobo'' - Corporal in Baggage Car (uncredited) (with John Wayne) (1970) *''Big Jake'' - Texas Ranger (with John Wayne) (1971) *''Cahill U.S. Marshal'' - Leader of the Bunch (with John Wayne) (1973) *''McQ'' - Bodyguard (uncredited) (with John Wayne) (1974) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chuck Roberson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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