Acting
Chuck Hayward
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
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
Film · 1992
Stark
Film · 1985
Crystal Gazing
Film · 1982
The Legend of the Lone Ranger
Film · 1981
Tom Horn
Film · 1980
Parts: The Clonus Horror
Film · 1979
The Swarm
Film · 1978
The Lord of the Rings
Film · 1978
Airport '77
Film · 1977
CHiPs
Series · 1977
Hustle
Film · 1975
Gone with the West
Film · 1975
Lepke
Film · 1975
Rooster Cogburn
Film · 1975
Lepke
Film · 1975
The Longest Yard
Film · 1974
Blazing Saddles
Film · 1974
Scream of the Wolf
Film · 1974
Little House on the Prairie
Series · 1974
Night of the Lepus
Film · 1972
Joe Kidd
Film · 1972
The Rookies
Series · 1972
Rio Lobo
Film · 1970
True Grit
Film · 1969
5 Card Stud
Film · 1968
The War Wagon
Film · 1967
Nevada Smith
Film · 1966
The Rare Breed
Film · 1966
The Great Race
Film · 1965
Cheyenne Autumn
Film · 1964
Kings of the Sun
Film · 1963
Burke's Law
Series · 1963
Merrill's Marauders
Film · 1962
Taras Bulba
Film · 1962
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Film · 1962
Two Rode Together
Film · 1961
The Deadly Companions
Film · 1961
Sergeant Rutledge
Film · 1960
The Alamo
Film · 1960
Spartacus
Film · 1960
The Horse Soldiers
Film · 1959
Plunderers of Painted Flats
Film · 1959
Escort West
Film · 1959
Pork Chop Hill
Film · 1959
Dogface
Film · 1959
Black Saddle
Series · 1959
Wichita Town
Series · 1959
Johnny Ringo
Series · 1959
Black Saddle
Series · 1959
The Big Country
Film · 1958
The Western: A Lost TV Special
Film · 1958
Yancy Derringer
Series · 1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Series · 1958
Bat Masterson
Series · 1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Series · 1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Series · 1958
Forty Guns
Film · 1957
The Unholy Wife
Film · 1957
Run of the Arrow
Film · 1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
Series · 1957
Maverick
Series · 1957
Wagon Train
Series · 1957
The Searchers
Film · 1956
Red Sundown
Film · 1956
Gun Brothers
Film · 1956
Showdown at Abilene
Film · 1956
Gun for a Coward
Film · 1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Series · 1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Series · 1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Series · 1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Series · 1956
The Road to Denver
Film · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
Jubilee Trail
Film · 1954
Fair Wind to Java
Film · 1953
The Sun Shines Bright
Film · 1953
San Antone
Film · 1953
Arena
Film · 1953
Fort Osage
Film · 1952
Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory
Film · 1952
The World in His Arms
Film · 1952
High Noon
Film · 1952
Son of Ali Baba
Film · 1952
Slaughter Trail
Film · 1951
Apache Drums
Film · 1951
Wagon Master
Film · 1950
Desperadoes of the West
Film · 1950
The Fargo Phantom
Film · 1950