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Chuck Roberson is a Actor, Director, Second Unit Director and Stunts American born on 10 may 1919 at Shannon (USA)
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.
En tout, il contribue ainsi à cent-trente-et-un films américains — dont de nombreux westerns (principalement pour les cascades à cheval) —, le dernier étant Appel d'urgence de Steve De Jarnatt, sorti en 1988, année de sa mort d'un cancer. Parmi les autres acteurs qu'il double, mentionnons James Stewart (six films, dont Je suis un aventurier d'Anthony Mann en 1954), Gregory Peck (quatre films, dont Les Grands Espaces de William Wyler en 1958) et Charlton Heston (trois films, dont Le Seigneur de la guerre de Franklin J. Schaffner en 1965).
Souvent, Chuck Roberson apparaît dans des petits rôles (majoritairement non crédités) lors des tournages où il est doublure. Néanmoins parfois crédité (ex. : Les Bérets verts pré-cité), il participe également à quelques films comme acteur uniquement, dont deux sortis en 1963, Le Grand McLintock d'Andrew V. McLaglen (aux côtés de John Wayne) et Shock Corridor de Samuel Fuller. Au total, il collabore à quatre-vingt-dix-huit films comme acteur, le premier (son deuxième comme cascadeur) sorti en 1946, le dernier sorti en 1974.
De plus, il est réalisateur de seconde équipe sur deux films, Les Cent Fusils de Tom Gries (1969) et Le Secret de la planète des singes de Ted Post (1970).
Par ailleurs, pour la télévision, il collabore — principalement comme acteur — à un téléfilm (1956) et à trente-sept séries (1949-1971), surtout là encore dans le domaine du western. Mentionnons Texas John Slaughter (trois épisodes, 1958-1959), Gunsmoke (quatre épisodes, 1959-1964) et Daniel Boone (six épisodes, 1964-1967). Notons aussi qu'il joue avec John Wayne dans un épisode de La Grande Caravane, The Colter Craven Story, réalisé par John Ford et diffusé en 1960.
Chuck Roberson est l'auteur d'une autobiographie centrée sur son expérience de doublure de John Wayne, publiée en 1980.
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(1970)
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(1956)
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(1948)
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(1966)
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(1959)
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Birth name Charles Hugh Roberson
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Birth 10 may 1919 at Shannon (USA)
Death 8 june 1988 (at 69 years) at Bakersfield (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 10 may 1919 at Shannon (USA)
Death 8 june 1988 (at 69 years) at Bakersfield (USA)
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.
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Comme cascadeur, après une première expérience sur un film sorti en 1939, Chuck Roberson intègre en 1946 la Republic Pictures qui produit son deuxième film, sorti cette même année. Il rencontre alors John Wayne, dont il devient la doublure attitrée pour trente-et-un films, depuis L'Ange et le Mauvais Garçon de James Edward Grant (1947), jusqu'à Le Dernier des géants de Don Siegel (1976, ultime prestation de The Duke), en passant par Rio Grande de John Ford (1950), Rio Bravo d'Howard Hawks (1959), Les Quatre Fils de Katie Elder d'Henry Hathaway (1965) et Les Bérets verts, coréalisé par John Wayne (1968).En tout, il contribue ainsi à cent-trente-et-un films américains — dont de nombreux westerns (principalement pour les cascades à cheval) —, le dernier étant Appel d'urgence de Steve De Jarnatt, sorti en 1988, année de sa mort d'un cancer. Parmi les autres acteurs qu'il double, mentionnons James Stewart (six films, dont Je suis un aventurier d'Anthony Mann en 1954), Gregory Peck (quatre films, dont Les Grands Espaces de William Wyler en 1958) et Charlton Heston (trois films, dont Le Seigneur de la guerre de Franklin J. Schaffner en 1965).
Souvent, Chuck Roberson apparaît dans des petits rôles (majoritairement non crédités) lors des tournages où il est doublure. Néanmoins parfois crédité (ex. : Les Bérets verts pré-cité), il participe également à quelques films comme acteur uniquement, dont deux sortis en 1963, Le Grand McLintock d'Andrew V. McLaglen (aux côtés de John Wayne) et Shock Corridor de Samuel Fuller. Au total, il collabore à quatre-vingt-dix-huit films comme acteur, le premier (son deuxième comme cascadeur) sorti en 1946, le dernier sorti en 1974.
De plus, il est réalisateur de seconde équipe sur deux films, Les Cent Fusils de Tom Gries (1969) et Le Secret de la planète des singes de Ted Post (1970).
Par ailleurs, pour la télévision, il collabore — principalement comme acteur — à un téléfilm (1956) et à trente-sept séries (1949-1971), surtout là encore dans le domaine du western. Mentionnons Texas John Slaughter (trois épisodes, 1958-1959), Gunsmoke (quatre épisodes, 1959-1964) et Daniel Boone (six épisodes, 1964-1967). Notons aussi qu'il joue avec John Wayne dans un épisode de La Grande Caravane, The Colter Craven Story, réalisé par John Ford et diffusé en 1960.
Chuck Roberson est l'auteur d'une autobiographie centrée sur son expérience de doublure de John Wayne, publiée en 1980.
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99 and 44/100% Dead (1974)
, 1h38Directed by John Frankenheimer
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Children's films
Actors Richard Harris, Edmond O'Brien, Bradford Dillman, Chuck Connors, Ann Turkel, Constance Ford
Roles Gunman
Rating55%
Harry Crown (Richard Harris), a stylish professional hit man with a pair of Browning Hi-Power 9mm pistols with ivory grips, carried in a shoulder holster, is brought in by mob boss "Uncle Frank" Kelly (Edmond O'Brien) when his operation is challenged by Big Eddie (Bradford Dillman), a grinning, lisping rival.
McQ (1974)
, 1h51Directed by John Sturges
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors John Wayne, Eddie Albert, Diana Muldaur, Colleen Dewhurst, Clu Gulager, David Huddleston
Roles Santiago's Bodyguard (uncredited)
Rating61%
It is just before dawn in Seattle. A man dons dark glasses and gloves and loads a 9mm silenced automatic handgun. He drives into town, where he shoots a policeman (Officer Philip Forsell; in the film the character is identified only as Hyatt) on his beat, then drives to a police impound yard and shoots the officer on duty (dialogue identifies him as Wally Johnson). At a luncheonette, as he washes his hands, he momentarily flashes a police badge belonging to Detective Sgt. Stan Boyle (William Bryant). When a car pulls up, Boyle goes outside and gives the driver a satchel containing the 9mm and proceeds to his own car – but is shot in the back by the unseen driver.
The Stone Killer (1973)
, 1h31Directed by Michael Winner
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Charles Bronson, Martin Balsam, Jack Colvin, Paul Koslo, Norman Fell, Stuart Margolin
Roles Council Member (uncredited)
Rating61%
The film involves a plot by a present day (1973) Mafia don (Martin Balsam) to avenge the killings of a group of Mafia dons back in 1931 ("The Night of Sicilian Vespers") with a bold nationwide counter-strike against most of the current Italian and Jewish syndicate heads using teams of Vietnam vets instead of Mafia hit men.
, 1h43Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Western
Actors John Wayne, George Kennedy, Neville Brand, Marie Windsor, Gary Grimes, Morgan Paull
Roles Leader of Bunch
Rating63%
While J.D. Cahill (John Wayne), a widower and U.S. Marshal, is away from home, his two sons Danny (Gary Grimes) and Billy (Clay O'Brien) aid Abe Fraser (George Kennedy) and his gang to escape from jail and to rob a bank. The town's sheriff is shot and killed during the robbery. Billy hides the stolen money while his brother and the rest of the gang return to locked jail cells as an alibi. When Cahill returns, he and Danny look for the perpetrators with the help of half-Comanche tracker Lightfoot (Neville Brand). Cahill arrests four suspects and although they are innocent, they are found guilty and scheduled to be hanged. While on the tracks of the kids, Cahill and Lightfoot are ambushed by Brownie (Dan Vadis). Lightfoot hurts him but is eventually killed. Cahill's sons try to return the gang's share of the money to Fraser, resulting in a showdown between Cahill and his boys on one side and Fraser's gang on the other.
Big Jake (1971)
, 1h45Directed by John Wayne, George Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Richard Boone, Patrick Wayne, Christopher Mitchum, Bruce Cabot
Roles Texas Ranger (uncredited)
Rating70%
In 1909, there is a raid on the McCandles family ranch by a gang of ruthless outlaws led by John Fain. They kidnap Little Jake, the grandson, leaving a ransom note and heading back for Mexico, where they have been hiding out. Martha, the head of the family, is offered the help of both the army and the Texas Rangers in hunting the gang. She replies that this will be "a harsh and unpleasant kind of business and will require an extremely harsh and unpleasant kind of person to see it through." In consequence, she sends for her estranged husband, the aging Jacob "Big Jake" McCandles, a near-legendary gunfighter who wanders the west with his Rough Collie, simply named Dog.
Chisum (1970)
, 1h51Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors John Wayne, Forrest Tucker, Ben Johnson, Geoffrey Deuel, Glenn Corbett, Bruce Cabot
Roles Trail Herder (uncredited)
Rating67%
John Chisum (John Wayne), a virtuous, patriarchal land baron, locks horns with greedy Lawrence Murphy (Forrest Tucker), who will stop at nothing to get control of the trade and even the law in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
Rio Lobo (1970)
, 1h54Directed by Howard Hawks
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Themes Political films
Actors John Wayne, Jennifer O'Neill, Jorge Rivero, Jack Elam, Christopher Mitchum, Victor French
Roles Corporal in Baggage Car (uncredited)
Rating66%
The film opens during the American Civil War. Col. Cord McNally (John Wayne) has instructions telegraphed to his close friend, Lt. Ned Forsythe (Peter Jason), in charge of the Union troops on a Union army payroll train. However, Confederates led by Capt. Pierre Cordona (Jorge Rivero) and Sgt. Tuscarora Phillips (Christopher Mitchum) hijack the train. They have an elegant plan of listening in on the telegraph wires, greasing the tracks to stop the train, disconnecting the payroll wagon from the engine so it would roll back down the hill, using a hornet's nest to force the Union guards to jump off the train, then catching the train with many ropes tied to trees. In the process, Lt. Forsythe is fatally injured.
The Undefeated (1969)
, 1h59Directed by John Wayne, Andrew V. McLaglen
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Horror, Western
Themes Political films, Children's films
Actors John Wayne, Rock Hudson, Antonio Aguilar, Lee Meriwether, Bruce Cabot, Melissa Newman
Roles Yankee Sergeant at River (uncredited)
Rating65%
After the American Civil War, Union Colonel John Henry Thomas (John Wayne) and company attack a group of Confederate soldiers, only to be informed after defeating them that the war had ended days ago. Another group of Confederate soldiers, led by Colonel James Langdon (Rock Hudson) prepare to join Emperor Maximilian of Mexico. Langdon torches his plantation before he departs rather than have it fall into the hands of carpetbaggers. At the same time, Thomas, with his adopted Indian son Blue Boy (Roman Gabriel) and his surviving command, brings a herd of 3,000 horses across the Rio Grande for sale in Durango, Mexico.
The Green Berets (1968)
, 2h22Directed by Mervyn LeRoy, John Wayne, Edgar Ray Kellogg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors David Janssen, John Wayne, Jim Hutton, Aldo Ray, George Takei, Luke Askew
Roles Sgt. Griffin
Rating56%
At Fort Bragg, cynical newspaper reporter George Beckworth (David Janssen) is at a Special Forces briefing about the American military involvement in the war in Vietnam. The briefing at Gabriel Demonstration Area (named for SGT Jimmy Gabriel, the first "Green Beret" soldier killed in Vietnam), includes a demonstration and explanation of the whys and wherefores of participating in the Vietnam War.
Hellfighters (1968)
, 2h1Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about the labor movement, Disaster films
Actors John Wayne, Katharine Ross, Jim Hutton, Vera Miles, Jay C. Flippen, Bruce Cabot
Roles Firefighter in Plane (uncredited)
Rating64%
Chance Buckman is the head of a Houston–based oil-fire fighting outfit. With a team that includes Joe Horn, Greg Parker, and George Harris, Chance travels around the world putting out blazes at well heads from industrial accident, explosion or terrorist attack. Chance enjoys the thrills, but longs for ex-wife Madelyn (Vera Miles) he divorced 20 years earlier, taking their daughter Leticia with her, because Madelyn could not bear to see her husband risk his life. Though they love each other, Madelyn could not deal with her terror that Chance might burn to death in a fire.
The Scalphunters (1968)
, 1h42Directed by Sydney Pollack
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Western
Actors Burt Lancaster, Ossie Davis, Telly Savalas, Shelley Winters, Dabney Coleman, Paul Picerni
Roles Scalphunter
Rating66%
Joe Bass (Burt Lancaster), an American fur trapper, is making his way back home with a full cargo of hides when he encounters a group of Kiowa Indians led by Two Crows (Armando Silvestre), who insist on taking his furs. As "payment" they offer him a slave, Joseph Lee (Ossie Davis), who they had previously taken from a group of Comanches. Reluctantly, realising he cannot fight them, Bass agrees to the trade.
, 1h45Directed by James Neilson, Arthur J. Vitarelli
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Children's films
Actors Roddy McDowall, Suzanne Pleshette, Karl Malden, Harry Guardino, Richard Haydn, Mike Mazurki
Roles Cook (uncredited)
Rating63%
Griffin est le majordome très propre sur lui d'un habitant de Boston, Jack Flagg. Mais lorsque Flagg décide de déménager pour la Californie lors de la Ruée vers l'or de 1949, Griffin le suit docilement.
Welcome to Hard Times (1967)
, 1h43Directed by Burt Kennedy
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Henry Fonda, Janice Rule, Keenan Wynn, Janis Paige, John Anderson, Aldo Ray
Roles Miner Fighting Bert (uncredited)
Rating57%
A vicious stranger, the "Man from Bodie" (Aldo Ray), terrorizes the small settlement of Hard Times. (In Doctorow's book, the town is in the Dakota territory. In the movie, it is assumed to be in western Nevada.) He kills the only men who stand up to him, town founder Mr. Fee (Paul Birch) and town undertaker Mr. Hanson (Elisha Cook, Jr.), as well as raping and killing Fee's girlfriend Flo (Ann McCrea). Before he leaves, he burns down the handful of buildings.
The War Wagon (1967)
, 1h41Directed by Bruce Cabot, Bruce Dern, Kirk Douglas, Gene Evans, Howard Keel, Robert Walker Jr., John Wayne, Keenan Wynn, Joanna Barnes, Burt Kennedy, Clair Huffaker
Origin USA
Genres Action, Crime, Western
Themes Heist films
Actors John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Howard Keel, Robert Walker Jr., Keenan Wynn, Bruce Dern
Roles Brown / Mustachioed guard at blown bridge
Rating68%
Rancher Taw Jackson (John Wayne) returns to his hometown to settle a score. Three years earlier, he was framed by corrupt businessman Frank Pierce (Bruce Cabot) and wrongfully imprisoned. Pierce did this to confiscate Jackson's land, where he had discovered gold. After his prison sentence was cut short for good behavior, Jackson returns to steal a shipment of gold from Pierce. He hires Lomax (Kirk Douglas) to assist him, even though he had worked as a hired gun for Pierce and was instrumental in sending him to prison. Jackson needs Lomax not only because of his marksmanship, but also because he is a safe-cracker. The gold shipment is being transported in a "war wagon," a heavily armored stagecoach armed with a deadly Gatling gun in a top-mounted steerable turret. Jackson and Lomax assemble a gang and plan to rob the war wagon at the weakest point in the route it travels.
Blindfold (1966)
, 1h42Directed by Philip Dunne
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Crime, Romance
Actors Rock Hudson, Claudia Cardinale, Jack Warden, Guy Stockwell, Brad Dexter, Vito Scotti
Roles Fitzpatrick's Henchman
Rating61%
A patient being psychoanalyzed by Dr. Bartholomew Snow is a government scientist who evidently has had a mental breakdown. General Pratt, a national security chief, hides the patient, Arthur Vicenti, in a remote place known only as "Base X," forcing Dr. Snow to wear a blindfold whenever he is taken there.