Chuck Hayward
Known for: Acting
Charles Bert Hayward (January 20, 1920 – February 23, 1998) was an American motion picture stuntman and actor. He was associated particularly with the films of John Wayne. He doubled for most of the great Western and action stars of the 1950s-1980s. His parents, Bert and Hazel Hayward, were cattle ranchers on a farm near Hyannis, Nebraska, about sixty miles east of Hayward's birthplace in Alliance. He spent his early youth working cattle, then, at 16, left home to join the rodeo circuit as a bronc rider and horse trainer. In 1947, he arrived in Los Angeles and sought work as a wrangler on motion pictures. He began doing stunts in 1949 on The Fighting Kentuckian, doubling for John Wayne. The two became pals and Hayward subsequently stunted and doubled for Wayne on nearly two dozen of the latter's films. Excelling at all sorts of horseback stunts, Hayward doubled most stars of the period who found themselves in Westerns or otherwise astride a horse, including Marlon Brando, Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, and Gregory Peck. He was prominent in The Big Country, co-produced by Peck. He was known as "Good Chuck" in contrast to "Bad Chuck", in reference to Chuck Roberson, another of Wayne's stunt doubles. He graduated into stunt coordination, arranging the stunts in films such as The Deadly Companions and the TV series The Rat Patrol. He played small roles in numerous films and TV shows, and his appearance often served as an accurate predictor of an upcoming fight scene. He retired from stunt work in 1981, and from acting in 1989. Hayward was a member of the unofficial John Ford Stock Company, a lifetime member of the Stuntmen's Association of Motion Pictures, and an inductee into the Stuntmen's Hall of Fame. He died from Hodgkin's Disease at his home in North Hollywood, California, in 1998. He was married three times, to Ellen Powell, by whom he had a daughter, and to Carol Lynn Shepherd. He had two children with Carol Lynn Shepherd. They were divorced in 1982. He then married Sally Pape Callaghan on October 30, 1982. Before his Hollywood stuntman career, Hayward also worked as a medic in the United States Merchant Marine and he stated that he served on liberty ships. His two boys, along with his wife Carol's best friend who was trying to save them, perished in a forest fire in the early 1980s.
Filmography
Series
Little House on the Prairie
Cosby
1974
Series
Maverick
1957
Series
Wagon Train
Quentin Cleatus
1957
Series
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Series
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Posse Man (uncredited)
1956
Series
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Deputy Sheriff
1956
Series
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Farmer
1956
Series
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Blue
1956
Series
Gunsmoke
Jake
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Studer
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Kemp
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Cowhand
1955
Series
Wanted: Dead or Alive
A Rider
1958
Series
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Burt Taggart
1958
Series
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Bob Bradley
1958
Series
Burke's Law
Deputy
1963
Series
Bat Masterson
Fugitive in Plaid Shirt
1958
Series
The Rookies
1972
Film
High Noon
Townsman (uncredited)
1952
Film
Spartacus
Soldier (uncredited)
1960
Film
The Searchers
Man at Wedding (uncredited)
1956
Series
CHiPs
1977
Series
Johnny Ringo
Curly Ivers
1959
Film
True Grit
Card Player / Raft Man (uncredited)
1969
Series
Yancy Derringer
Mine Heavy (uncredited)
1958
Series
Black Saddle
Needham
1959
Series
Black Saddle
Fields
1959
Film
Blazing Saddles
Outlaw (uncredited)
1974
Film
The Lord of the Rings
Character Actor (voice)
1978
Film
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Henchman (uncredited)
1962
Film
The Longest Yard
Trooper I
1974
Film
Airport '77
Passenger
1977
Film
The Big Country
Rafe Hannassey
1958
Film
Rio Lobo
(uncredited)
1970
Film
Joe Kidd
Eljay
1972
Film
The Great Race
Soldier (uncredited)
1965
Series
Wichita Town
1959
Film
The War Wagon
Blacksmith (uncredited)
1967
Film
The Swarm
Standby Engineer
1978
Film
The Alamo
Tennessean (uncredited)
1960
Film
The Horse Soldiers
Union Captain
1959
Film
Nevada Smith
Fitch Man (uncredited)
1966
Film
5 Card Stud
O'Hara (uncredited)
1968
Film
Cheyenne Autumn
Trooper (uncredited)
1964
Film
Taras Bulba
Dolotov (uncredited)
1962
Film
The Rare Breed
Wrangler (uncredited)
1966
Film
Tom Horn
Deputy Proctor
1980
Film
Night of the Lepus
Jud
1972
Film
Wagon Master
Jackson (uncredited)
1950
Film
Rooster Cogburn
Jerry (uncredited)
1975
Film
Pork Chop Hill
Chalmers
1959
Film
The Sun Shines Bright
Deputy (uncredited)
1953
Film
Sergeant Rutledge
Capt. Dickinson (uncredited)
1960
Film
The Legend of the Lone Ranger
Wald (Cavendish gang)
1981
Film
The Deadly Companions
Card Sharp (uncredited)
1961
Film
Kings of the Sun
Indian Warrior Friend to Black Eagle (uncredited)
1963
Film
The Unholy Wife
Hazer (uncredited)
1957
Film
Forty Guns
Charlie Savage
1957
Film
Hustle
Morgue Attendant
1975
Film
Son of Ali Baba
Villager (uncredited)
1952
Film
Merrill's Marauders
Officer
1962
Film
Two Rode Together
Trooper (uncredited)
1961
Film
The World in His Arms
Guest (uncredited)
1952
Film
Parts: The Clonus Horror
Walker Man
1979
Film
Gun for a Coward
Nester (uncredited)
1956
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
Self
1992
Film
Fort Osage
Henchman (uncredited)
1952
Film
Run of the Arrow
Corporal
1957
Film
Showdown at Abilene
Roughneck (uncredited)
1956
Film
Apache Drums
Townsman (uncredited)
1951
Film
The Western: A Lost TV Special
Self
1958
Film
Escort West
Indian
1959
Film
Red Sundown
Cowpuncher
1956
Film
The Road to Denver
Randy (uncredited)
1955
Film
Desperadoes of the West
Al (uncredited)
1950
Film
Fair Wind to Java
Sailor
1953
Film
Dogface
1959
Film
Gone with the West
Mimmo's Men
1975
Film
Lepke
Doorman
1975
Film
Lepke
1975
Film
Scream of the Wolf
1974
Film
Slaughter Trail
Wounded Indian (uncredited)
1951
Film
Plunderers of Painted Flats
Stage Driver (uncredited)
1959
Film
Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory
Henchman (uncredited)
1952
Film
San Antone
Willie
1953
Film
Gun Brothers
Lookout (uncredited)
1956
Film
Arena
Cowboy
1953
Film
Crystal Gazing
Band Member (as Charles Hayward)
1982
Film
Stark
Scurvy
1985
Film
The Fargo Phantom
Barnes
1950
Film
Jubilee Trail
Velasco Rider (uncredited)
1954