
Chuck Roberson
Actor · Died June 8, 1988, aged 69 · Shannon, Texas, USA
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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Biography from TMDB.
- May 10, 1919
- June 8, 1988 (aged 69)
- Shannon, Texas, USA
- Actor
- 105 on MovieCove · 147 credits in all
What are Chuck Roberson's films like?
Across their 14 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 13
A split, not a type: Light 7 · Serious 4 · Dark 3
Grounded 6 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 2
Gentle 3 · Charged 7 · Intense 4
A split, not a type: Steady 7 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 11 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 2
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 1
Casual 11 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1
A split, not a type: Easy watch 6 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 3
Resolved 12 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
- Shadowas Wilkes in Shock Corridor (1963)
Moods and endings
- Happy7
- Bittersweet5
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Chuck Roberson's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 52 of their 105 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (23).
- The Big Country (1958) · actor · free
- Red River (1948) · stunts · free
- Miracle Mile (1988) · stunts · free
- Man of the West (1958) · actor · free
- McLintock! (1963) · actor · free
- Forty Guns (1957) · actor · free
- The Alamo (1960) · actor · free
- The Lone Ranger (1949) · actor · free
- The Scalphunters (1968) · actor · free
- The Undefeated (1969) · actor · free
- Bat Masterson (1958) · actor · free
- Jesse James Rides Again (1947) · actor · free
- +11 more
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) · actor · free
- The Big Country (1958) · actor · free
- El Dorado (1966) · actor · free
- The Misfits (1961) · stunts · free
- Rio Grande (1950) · actor · free
- Miracle Mile (1988) · stunts · free
- Man of the West (1958) · actor · free
- Big Jake (1971) · actor · free
- McLintock! (1963) · actor · free
- Donovan's Reef (1963) · actor · free
- Rio Lobo (1970) · actor · free
- Wake of the Red Witch (1948) · actor · free
- +7 more
- Winchester '73 (1950) · actor
- The Misfits (1961) · stunts
- Miracle Mile (1988) · stunts
- McLintock! (1963) · actor
- Hondo (1953) · actor
- The War Wagon (1967) · actor
- The Alamo (1960) · actor
- The Lone Ranger (1949) · actor
- The Lucy Show (1962) · actor
- The King and Four Queens (1956) · actor
- The Capture (1950) · actor
- The Lone Gun (1954) · actor
- +4 more
- The Big Country (1958) · actor
- The Man from Laramie (1955) · stunts
- The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) · actor
- Miracle Mile (1988) · stunts
- McLintock! (1963) · actor
- Hondo (1953) · actor
- Rio Lobo (1970) · actor
- The Wonderful Country (1959) · actor
- The Capture (1950) · actor
- Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953) · actor
- Kentucky Rifle (1955) · actor
- McLintock! (1963) · actor · free
- The Lone Ranger (1949) · actor · free
- The Undefeated (1969) · actor · free
- Bat Masterson (1958) · actor · free
- Jesse James Rides Again (1947) · actor · free
- The Lucy Show (1962) · actor · free
- Ten Wanted Men (1955) · actor · free
- The Adventures of Kit Carson (1951) · actor · free
- Cow Town (1950) · actor · free
- Kentucky Rifle (1955) · actor · free
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- Best Westerns Ever, show their 2 titles on Best Westerns Ever
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Subscription and free streaming for Chuck Roberson's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
147 credits, 105 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
John Wayne's 'The Alamo' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

Miracle Mile(1988)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
FM (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

The Shootist(1976)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Rooster Cogburn(1975)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
99 and 44/100% Dead!(1974)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
McQ(1974)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
The Stone Killer(1973)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Cahill U.S. Marshal(1973)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
The Train Robbers(1973)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Big Jake(1971)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Alias Smith and Jones (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

Chisum(1970)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Rio Lobo(1970)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
The Undefeated(1969)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Hard Contract (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

100 Rifles(1969)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Hellfighters(1968)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Lancer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

The Mod Squad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

The Green Berets(1968)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
The Scalphunters(1968)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
The War Wagon(1967)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Welcome to Hard Times(1967)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Mr. Terrific (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

El Dorado(1966)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Smoky(1966)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Nevada Smith(1966)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Blindfold(1966)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
The War Lord(1965)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Laredo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

Lost in Space(1965)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
The Big Valley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

Cat Ballou(1965)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
The Sons of Katie Elder(1965)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Shenandoah(1965)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Black Spurs(1965)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
The Rounders(1965)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Rio Conchos(1964)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Cheyenne Autumn(1964)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Daniel Boone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

Advance to the Rear(1964)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Mail Order Bride(1964)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
McLintock!(1963)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Shock Corridor(1963)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Donovan's Reef(1963)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
How the West Was Won(1962)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
The Lucy Show(1962)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
The Virginian (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

Hatari!(1962)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Merrill's Marauders(1962)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
The Last Sunset(1961)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Two Rode Together(1961)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
The Misfits(1961)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
The Alamo(1960)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Spartacus(1960)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Sergeant Rutledge(1960)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
The Wonderful Country(1959)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Rio Bravo(1959)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Rawhide (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Bat Masterson(1958)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
Lawman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

Man of the West(1958)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
The Big Country(1958)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
The Hired Gun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

Wagon Train(1957)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows
Have Gun, Will Travel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

Forty Guns(1957)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Run of the Arrow(1957)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Night Passage(1957)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Panic! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

The Wings of Eagles(1957)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
The King and Four Queens(1956)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

7 Men from Now(1956)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Kentucky Rifle(1955)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
The Rawhide Years(1956)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
The Searchers(1956)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Red Sundown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

The Conqueror(1956)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
Lady Godiva of Coventry(1955)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
The Second Greatest Sex(1955)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
The Tall Men(1955)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Gunsmoke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

The Man from Laramie(1955)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
The Prodigal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

Timberjack (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

Ten Wanted Men(1955)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Sign of the Pagan(1954)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
The Wonderful World of Disney (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

Jubilee Trail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

The Lone Gun(1954)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
The Far Country(1954)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Hondo(1953)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Calamity Jane(1953)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Gun Belt(1953)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Cow Country (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

The Naked Spur(1953)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Blackbeard, the Pirate(1952)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
The Blazing Forest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

The Lusty Men(1952)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Way of a Gaucho(1952)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Cattle Town(1952)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
Indian Uprising (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows
Rio Grande(1950)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Atom Man vs. Superman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

Hi-Jacked (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

Winchester '73(1950)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Hills of Oklahoma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

Cow Town(1950)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Outcasts of Black Mesa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

The Capture(1950)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films
The Baron of Arizona(1950)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Trail of the Rustlers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

Western Renegades (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

The Fighting Kentuckian(1949)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
The Lone Ranger(1949)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
The James Brothers of Missouri (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

Haunted Trails (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

Hellfire(1949)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Law of the Golden West(1949)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Roughshod (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

Stampede(1949)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Wake of the Red Witch(1948)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Last of the Wild Horses(1948)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Homicide for Three (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

Angel on the Amazon(1948)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
Red River(1948)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
The Gallant Legion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

The Arizona Ranger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

California Firebrand (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

Albuquerque(1948)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
The Flame(1947)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Jesse James Rides Again(1947)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Song of Scheherazade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

Calendar Girl(1947)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
The Plainsman and the Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)
Career shape
Star power in the 96th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 147 titles from 1946 to 1992; peak year 1964.

Biggest box office
Sergeant Rutledge (1960)

Highest rated
Sergeant Rutledge (1960)

Most popular right now
7 Men from Now (1956)
Film career
Peak 1964 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1949Screen debut· The Fighting Kentuckian
- 1956Career best· The Searchers
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
How do Chuck Roberson's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 67th percentile, the median of all 99; across their 14 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 46th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up33
- 50th to 74th37
- 25th to 49th27
- Below 25th8
Shape of the crowd
61 of their 105 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved9
- Universally Panned2
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser61
- Broadly Agreed17
- Mixed15
Reviewers score the acting 61/100 in their films, across 13 reviewed titles; fans 71, detractors 40. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Chuck Roberson work with?
People who share at least 2 of Chuck Roberson's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Samuel Fuller shares the most, 2.
Directors
- Samuel FullerShared titles: Shock Corridor (1963), Merrill's Marauders (1962)See all 2 shared titles with Samuel Fuller

- Ray NazarroShared titles: The Lone Gun (1954), Gun Belt (1953)See all 2 shared titles with Ray Nazarro

Writers
- Richard SchayerShared titles: The Lone Gun (1954), Gun Belt (1953)See all 2 shared titles with Richard Schayer
Actors
- Robert J. WilkeShared titles: Smoky (1966), The Lone Gun (1954)See all 2 shared titles with Robert J. Wilke

- Constance TowersShared titles: Shock Corridor (1963), Sergeant Rutledge (1960)See all 2 shared titles with Constance Towers

- Douglas KennedyShared titles: The Lone Gun (1954), Gun Belt (1953)See all 2 shared titles with Douglas Kennedy

- George MontgomeryShared titles: The Lone Gun (1954), Gun Belt (1953)See all 2 shared titles with George Montgomery

Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Stanley CortezShared titles: Shock Corridor (1963), Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)See all 2 shared titles with Stanley Cortez

- Howard JacksonShared titles: Merrill's Marauders (1962), Sergeant Rutledge (1960)See all 2 shared titles with Howard Jackson
- William H. ClothierShared titles: Merrill's Marauders (1962), 7 Men from Now (1956)See all 2 shared titles with William H. Clothier

- Buddy SmallShared titles: The Lone Gun (1954), Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953)See all 2 shared titles with Buddy Small
Producers
- Edward SmallShared titles: The Lone Gun (1954), Gun Belt (1953)See all 2 shared titles with Edward Small







