Chuck Hayward
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.
Known for
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movieStark
1985
Scurvy
movieCrystal Gazing
1982
Band Member (as Charles Hayward)
movieThe Legend of the Lone Ranger
1981
Wald (Cavendish gang)
movieTom Horn
1980
Deputy Proctor
movieParts: The Clonus Horror
1979
Walker Man
movieThe Lord of the Rings
1978
Character Actor (voice)
movieThe Swarm
1978
Standby Engineer
movieAirport '77
1977
Passenger
movieHustle
1975
Morgue Attendant
movieRooster Cogburn
1975
Jerry (uncredited)
movieGone with the West
1975
Mimmo's Men
movieLepke
1975
Doorman
movieThe Longest Yard
1974
Trooper I
movieBlazing Saddles
1974
Outlaw (uncredited)
movieJoe Kidd
1972
Eljay
movieRio Lobo
1970
(uncredited)
movieTrue Grit
1969
Card Player / Raft Man (uncredited)
movie5 Card Stud
1968
O'Hara (uncredited)
movieThe War Wagon
1967
Blacksmith (uncredited)
movieNevada Smith
1966
Fitch Man (uncredited)
movieThe Rare Breed
1966
Wrangler (uncredited)
movieThe Great Race
1965
Soldier (uncredited)
movieCheyenne Autumn
1964
Trooper (uncredited)
movieKings of the Sun
1963
Indian Warrior Friend to Black Eagle (uncredited)
tvBurke's Law
1963
Deputy
movieTaras Bulba
1962
Dolotov (uncredited)
movieThe Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
Henchman (uncredited)
movieMerrill's Marauders
1962
Officer
movieThe Deadly Companions
1961
Card Sharp (uncredited)
movieTwo Rode Together
1961
Trooper (uncredited)
movieThe Alamo
1960
Tennessean (uncredited)
movieSpartacus
1960
Soldier (uncredited)
movieSergeant Rutledge
1960
Capt. Dickinson (uncredited)
tvJohnny Ringo
1959
Curly Ivers
movieThe Horse Soldiers
1959
Union Captain
moviePork Chop Hill
1959
Chalmers
moviePlunderers of Painted Flats
1959
Stage Driver (uncredited)
movieEscort West
1959
Indian
tvBlack Saddle
1959
Needham / Fields
tvBat Masterson
1958
Fugitive in Plaid Shirt
tvYancy Derringer
1958
Mine Heavy (uncredited)
tvWanted: Dead or Alive
1958
A Rider / Bob Bradley / Burt Taggart
movieThe Big Country
1958
Rafe Hannassey
tvWagon Train
1957
Quentin Cleatus
movieForty Guns
1957
Charlie Savage
movieRun of the Arrow
1957
Corporal
movieThe Unholy Wife
1957
Hazer (uncredited)
movieGun for a Coward
1956
Nester (uncredited)
tvDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Posse Man (uncredited) / Deputy Sheriff / Blue / Farmer
movieShowdown at Abilene
1956
Roughneck (uncredited)
movieGun Brothers
1956
Lookout (uncredited)
movieThe Searchers
1956
Man at Wedding (uncredited)
movieRed Sundown
1956
Cowpuncher
tvGunsmoke
1955
Jake / Studer / Kemp / Cowhand
movieThe Road to Denver
1955
Randy (uncredited)
movieJubilee Trail
1954
Velasco Rider (uncredited)
movieArena
1953
Cowboy
movieThe Sun Shines Bright
1953
Deputy (uncredited)
movieSan Antone
1953
Willie
movieThe World in His Arms
1952
Guest (uncredited)
movieSon of Ali Baba
1952
Villager (uncredited)
movieHigh Noon
1952
Townsman (uncredited)
movieFort Osage
1952
Henchman (uncredited)
movieBuffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory
1952
Henchman (uncredited)
movieSlaughter Trail
1951
Wounded Indian (uncredited)
movieApache Drums
1951
Townsman (uncredited)
movieDesperadoes of the West
1950
Al (uncredited)
movieWagon Master
1950
Jackson (uncredited)
Crew43
movieAirplane!
1980
Stunts
movieRooster Cogburn
1975
Stunts
movieWestworld
1973
Stunt Double
movieJoe Kidd
1972
Stunts
movieThe Horsemen
1971
Stunt Coordinator
movieRio Lobo
1970
Stunts
movieTrue Grit
1969
Stunts
movie5 Card Stud
1968
Stunts
movieThe War Wagon
1967
Stunts
movieEl Dorado
1966
Stunts
movieThe Rare Breed
1966
Stunts
movieMajor Dundee
1965
Stunts
movieCheyenne Autumn
1964
Stunts
movieMcLintock!
1963
Stunts
movieThe Deadly Companions
1961
Stunt Coordinator
movieThe Alamo
1960
Stunts
movieThe Big Country
1958
Stunts
movieForty Guns
1957
Stunts
movieThe Unholy Wife
1957
Stunts
movieThe Searchers
1956
Stunts
movieHondo
1953
Stunt Double
movieHigh Noon
1952
Stunts
movieViva Zapata!
1952
Stunts
movieApache Drums
1951
Stunts
movieRio Grande
1950
Stunts
movieWagon Master
1950
Stunts
Directing2
movieBuck and the Preacher
1972
Second Unit Director
movieVilla Rides
1968
Second Unit Director