Chuck Hayward

Chuck Hayward

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1920-01-20
Deathday: 1998-02-23 (78 years old)

Biography

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

all 100

Movies 84

TV Shows 16

Director 2

self 1

Voice 1

Band Member (as Charles Hayward)
Crystal Gazing

Crystal Gazing (1982)

Movie
Deputy Proctor
Tom Horn

Tom Horn (1980)

Movie
Standby Engineer
The Swarm

The Swarm (1978)

Movie
6
Morgue Attendant
Hustle

Hustle (1975)

Movie
Jerry (uncredited) / Stunts
Rooster Cogburn

Rooster Cogburn (1975)

Movie
Eljay / Stunts
Joe Kidd

Joe Kidd (1972)

Movie
6
Stunt Coordinator
The Horsemen

The Horsemen (1971)

Movie
(uncredited) / Stunts
Rio Lobo

Rio Lobo (1970)

Movie
4.33
Card Player / Raft Man (uncredited) / Stunts
True Grit

True Grit (1969)

Movie
3.5
O'Hara (uncredited)
5 Card Stud

5 Card Stud (1968)

Movie
Second Unit Director
Villa Rides

Villa Rides (1968)

Movie
Blacksmith (uncredited) / Stunts
The War Wagon

The War Wagon (1967)

Movie
6
Fitch Man (uncredited)
Nevada Smith

Nevada Smith (1966)

Movie
Wrangler (uncredited) / Stunts
The Rare Breed

The Rare Breed (1966)

Movie
Soldier (uncredited)
The Great Race

The Great Race (1965)

Movie
6.38
Trooper (uncredited) / Stunts
Cheyenne Autumn

Cheyenne Autumn (1964)

Movie
6
Indian Warrior Friend to Black Eagle (uncredited)
Kings of the Sun

Kings of the Sun (1963)

Movie
Dolotov (uncredited)
Taras Bulba

Taras Bulba (1962)

Movie
Card Sharp (uncredited)
The Deadly Companions

The Deadly Companions (1961)

Movie
Trooper (uncredited) / Stunts
Two Rode Together

Two Rode Together (1961)

Movie
2
Tennessean (uncredited)
The Alamo

The Alamo (1960)

Movie
1
Soldier (uncredited)
Spartacus

Spartacus (1960)

Movie
4
Capt. Dickinson (uncredited) / Stunts
Sergeant Rutledge

Sergeant Rutledge (1960)

Movie
4
Union Captain / Stunts
The Horse Soldiers

The Horse Soldiers (1959)

Movie
6
Fields / Needham
Black Saddle

Black Saddle (1959)

TV
Fugitive in Plaid Shirt
Bat Masterson

Bat Masterson (1958)

TV
Mine Heavy (uncredited)
Yancy Derringer

Yancy Derringer (1958)

TV
Rafe Hannassey / Stunts
The Big Country

The Big Country (1958)

Movie
6
Bob Bradley / Burt Taggart / A Rider
Wanted: Dead or Alive

Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958)

TV
Quentin Cleatus
Wagon Train

Wagon Train (1957)

TV
8
Charlie Savage / Stunts
Forty Guns

Forty Guns (1957)

Movie
Hazer (uncredited) / Stunts
The Unholy Wife

The Unholy Wife (1957)

Movie
Nester (uncredited)
Gun for a Coward

Gun for a Coward (1956)

Movie
Blue / Deputy Sheriff / Farmer / Posse Man (uncredited)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)

TV
Roughneck (uncredited)
Showdown at Abilene

Showdown at Abilene (1956)

Movie
Lookout (uncredited)
Gun Brothers

Gun Brothers (1956)

Movie
Man at Wedding (uncredited) / Stunts
The Searchers

The Searchers (1956)

Movie
5.03
Studer / Cowhand / Jake / Kemp
Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke (1955)

TV
6
Velasco Rider (uncredited)
Jubilee Trail

Jubilee Trail (1954)

Movie
Guest (uncredited) / Stunts
The World in His Arms

The World in His Arms (1952)

Movie
Townsman (uncredited) / Stunts
High Noon

High Noon (1952)

Movie
4.44
Henchman (uncredited)
Fort Osage

Fort Osage (1952)

Movie
Wounded Indian (uncredited)
Slaughter Trail

Slaughter Trail (1951)

Movie
Townsman (uncredited)
Apache Drums

Apache Drums (1951)

Movie
Jackson (uncredited) / Stunts
Wagon Master

Wagon Master (1950)

Movie

Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1920-01-20

Deathday
1998-02-23 (78 years old)

Birth Place
Alliance, United States

Citizenships
United States

Also Known As
Charles Bert Hayward

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