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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
Character:Self
Release Date:06/06/1992
Stark
Character:Scurvy
Release Date:10/04/1985
Crystal Gazing
Character:Band Member (as Charles Hayward)
Release Date:15/09/1982
The Legend of the Lone Ranger
Character:Wald (Cavendish gang)
Release Date:06/08/1981
Tom Horn
Character:Deputy Proctor
Release Date:28/03/1980
Parts: The Clonus Horror
Character:Walker Man
Release Date:01/08/1979
The Lord of the Rings
Character:Character Actor (voice)
Release Date:15/11/1978
The Swarm
Character:Standby Engineer
Release Date:26/06/1978
Airport '77
Character:Passenger
Release Date:11/03/1977
Hustle
Character:Morgue Attendant
Release Date:25/12/1975
Rooster Cogburn
Character:Jerry (uncredited)
Release Date:01/11/1975
Gone with the West
Character:Mimmo's Men
Release Date:01/09/1975
Lepke
Character:Doorman
Release Date:23/05/1975
Lepke
Character:
Release Date:23/05/1975
The Longest Yard
Character:Trooper I
Release Date:21/08/1974
Blazing Saddles
Character:Outlaw (uncredited)
Release Date:07/02/1974
Scream of the Wolf
Character:
Release Date:16/01/1974
Night of the Lepus
Character:Jud
Release Date:04/10/1972
Joe Kidd
Character:Eljay
Release Date:19/07/1972
Rio Lobo
Character:(uncredited)
Release Date:01/04/1970
True Grit
Character:Card Player / Raft Man (uncredited)
Release Date:11/06/1969
5 Card Stud
Character:O'Hara (uncredited)
Release Date:28/07/1968
The War Wagon
Character:Blacksmith (uncredited)
Release Date:26/05/1967
Nevada Smith
Character:Fitch Man (uncredited)
Release Date:10/06/1966
The Rare Breed
Character:Wrangler (uncredited)
Release Date:02/02/1966
The Great Race
Character:Soldier (uncredited)
Release Date:01/07/1965
Cheyenne Autumn
Character:Trooper (uncredited)
Release Date:15/10/1964
Kings of the Sun
Character:Indian Warrior Friend to Black Eagle (uncredited)
Release Date:18/12/1963
Taras Bulba
Character:Dolotov (uncredited)
Release Date:21/11/1962
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Character:Henchman (uncredited)
Release Date:13/04/1962
Merrill's Marauders
Character:Officer
Release Date:16/03/1962
The Deadly Companions
Character:Card Sharp (uncredited)
Release Date:06/06/1961
Two Rode Together
Character:Trooper (uncredited)
Release Date:24/05/1961
The Alamo
Character:Tennessean (uncredited)
Release Date:23/10/1960
Spartacus
Character:Soldier (uncredited)
Release Date:13/10/1960
Sergeant Rutledge
Character:Capt. Dickinson (uncredited)
Release Date:25/05/1960
The Horse Soldiers
Character:Union Captain
Release Date:11/06/1959
Pork Chop Hill
Character:Chalmers
Release Date:29/05/1959
Plunderers of Painted Flats
Character:Stage Driver (uncredited)
Release Date:23/01/1959
Escort West
Character:Indian
Release Date:23/01/1959
Dogface
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1959
The Big Country
Character:Rafe Hannassey
Release Date:30/09/1958
The Western: A Lost TV Special
Character:Self
Release Date:08/06/1958
Forty Guns
Character:Charlie Savage
Release Date:10/09/1957
Run of the Arrow
Character:Corporal
Release Date:05/09/1957
The Unholy Wife
Character:Hazer (uncredited)
Release Date:24/06/1957
Gun for a Coward
Character:Nester (uncredited)
Release Date:30/12/1956
Showdown at Abilene
Character:Roughneck (uncredited)
Release Date:01/10/1956
Gun Brothers
Character:Lookout (uncredited)
Release Date:15/09/1956
The Searchers
Character:Man at Wedding (uncredited)
Release Date:16/05/1956
Red Sundown
Character:Cowpuncher
Release Date:01/03/1956
The Road to Denver
Character:Randy (uncredited)
Release Date:15/06/1955
Jubilee Trail
Character:Velasco Rider (uncredited)
Release Date:15/05/1954
Arena
Character:Cowboy
Release Date:24/06/1953
The Sun Shines Bright
Character:Deputy (uncredited)
Release Date:02/05/1953
San Antone
Character:Willie
Release Date:15/02/1953
Fair Wind to Java
Character:Sailor
Release Date:28/01/1953
The World in His Arms
Character:Guest (uncredited)
Release Date:09/10/1952
Son of Ali Baba
Character:Villager (uncredited)
Release Date:15/08/1952
High Noon
Character:Townsman (uncredited)
Release Date:09/06/1952
Fort Osage
Character:Henchman (uncredited)
Release Date:10/02/1952
Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory
Character:Henchman (uncredited)
Release Date:08/02/1952
Slaughter Trail
Character:Wounded Indian (uncredited)
Release Date:15/10/1951
Apache Drums
Character:Townsman (uncredited)
Release Date:01/04/1951
Desperadoes of the West
Character:Al (uncredited)
Release Date:02/08/1950
Wagon Master
Character:Jackson (uncredited)
Release Date:22/04/1950
The Fargo Phantom
Character:Barnes
Release Date:09/02/1950
Television Appearances
CHiPs
Character:
Little House on the Prairie
Character:
The Rookies
Character:
Burke's Law
Character:Deputy
Johnny Ringo
Character:Curly Ivers
Wichita Town
Character:
Black Saddle
Character:Needham
Black Saddle
Character:Fields
Bat Masterson
Character:Fugitive in Plaid Shirt
Yancy Derringer
Character:Mine Heavy (uncredited)
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Character:A Rider
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Character:Bob Bradley
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Character:Burt Taggart
Maverick
Character:
Wagon Train
Character:Quentin Cleatus
Have Gun, Will Travel
Character:
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character:Posse Man (uncredited)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character:Deputy Sheriff
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character:Blue
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character:Farmer
Gunsmoke
Character:Jake
Gunsmoke
Character:Studer
Gunsmoke
Character:Kemp
Gunsmoke
Character:Cowhand
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