Chuck Hayward
Acting
Born: January 20, 1920 · Alliance, Nebraska, U.S.A.
Died: February 23, 1998 (aged 78)
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Airplane!
1980
The Blues Brothers
1980
Spartacus
1960
Blazing Saddles
1974
High Noon
1952
The Searchers
1956
Westworld
1973
High Plains Drifter
1973
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
The Lord of the Rings
1978
Little House on the Prairie
1974
True Grit
1969
Photos (1)
Movies (65)
Spartacus
Soldier (uncredited)
Blazing Saddles
Outlaw (uncredited)
High Noon
Townsman (uncredited)
The Lord of the Rings
Character Actor (voice)
The Searchers
Man at Wedding (uncredited)
True Grit
Card Player / Raft Man (uncredited)
The Longest Yard
Trooper I
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Henchman (uncredited)
The War Wagon
Blacksmith (uncredited)
Joe Kidd
Eljay
Rio Lobo
(uncredited)
The Great Race
Soldier (uncredited)
The Big Country
Rafe Hannassey
The Alamo
Tennessean (uncredited)
The Swarm
Standby Engineer
Airport '77
Passenger
The Unholy Wife
Hazer (uncredited)
Rooster Cogburn
Jerry (uncredited)
The Horse Soldiers
Union Captain
Nevada Smith
Fitch Man (uncredited)
The Rare Breed
Wrangler (uncredited)
Cheyenne Autumn
Trooper (uncredited)
Two Rode Together
Trooper (uncredited)
Taras Bulba
Dolotov (uncredited)
Pork Chop Hill
Chalmers
Wagon Master
Jackson (uncredited)
Sergeant Rutledge
Capt. Dickinson (uncredited)
The Sun Shines Bright
Deputy (uncredited)
Tom Horn
Deputy Proctor
5 Card Stud
O'Hara (uncredited)
Forty Guns
Charlie Savage
Son of Ali Baba
Villager (uncredited)
Hustle
Morgue Attendant
Merrill's Marauders
Officer
The Deadly Companions
Card Sharp (uncredited)
Night of the Lepus
Jud
The Legend of the Lone Ranger
Wald (Cavendish gang)
Run of the Arrow
Corporal
Kings of the Sun
Indian Warrior Friend to Black Eagle (uncredited)
The World in His Arms
Guest (uncredited)
Apache Drums
Townsman (uncredited)
Gun for a Coward
Nester (uncredited)
Parts: The Clonus Horror
Walker Man
San Antone
Willie
Red Sundown
Cowpuncher
Showdown at Abilene
Roughneck (uncredited)
Fair Wind to Java
Sailor
Jubilee Trail
Velasco Rider (uncredited)
Lepke
Doorman
Lepke
1975
Scream of the Wolf
1974
Gone with the West
Mimmo's Men
Escort West
Indian
Desperadoes of the West
Al (uncredited)
Arena
Cowboy
The Road to Denver
Randy (uncredited)
Fort Osage
Henchman (uncredited)
Gun Brothers
Lookout (uncredited)
Crystal Gazing
Band Member (as Charles Hayward)
Dogface
1959
Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory
Henchman (uncredited)
Slaughter Trail
Wounded Indian (uncredited)
Plunderers of Painted Flats
Stage Driver (uncredited)
Stark
Scurvy
The Fargo Phantom
Barnes
TV Shows (24)
Little House on the Prairie
Cosby · 1 eps
Wagon Train
Quentin Cleatus · 1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
1 eps
Maverick
1 eps
Gunsmoke
Jake · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Studer · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Kemp · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Cowhand · 1 eps
Burke's Law
Deputy · 1 eps
Bat Masterson
Fugitive in Plaid Shirt · 1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Posse Man (uncredited) · 1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Deputy Sheriff · 1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Blue · 1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Farmer · 1 eps
Wanted: Dead or Alive
A Rider · 1 eps
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Bob Bradley · 1 eps
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Burt Taggart · 1 eps
The Rookies
1 eps
Black Saddle
Needham · 1 eps
Black Saddle
Fields · 1 eps
CHiPs
Limousine Driver · 2 eps
Johnny Ringo
Curly Ivers · 1 eps
Yancy Derringer
Mine Heavy (uncredited) · 1 eps
Wichita Town
1 eps
Self / Appearances (1)
Directing (2)
Other Crew (43)
Airplane!
Stunts
The Blues Brothers
Stunts
High Noon
Stunts
The Searchers
Stunts
High Plains Drifter
Stunts
True Grit
Stunts
How the West Was Won
Stunts
Westworld
Stunt Double
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Stunts
The Longest Yard
Stunts
El Dorado
Stunts
McLintock!
Stunts
The War Wagon
Stunts
Joe Kidd
Stunts
Rio Lobo
Stunts
The Big Country
Stunts
Major Dundee
Stunts
Rio Grande
Stunts
The Alamo
Stunts
The Sons of Katie Elder
Stunts
The Unholy Wife
Stunts
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Stunts
Viva Zapata!
Stunts
Rooster Cogburn
Stunts
Hondo
Stunt Double
The Horse Soldiers
Stunts
The Rare Breed
Stunts
Cheyenne Autumn
Stunts
Two Rode Together
Stunts
The Train Robbers
Stunts
Wagon Master
Stunts
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
Stunt Driver
Sergeant Rutledge
Stunts
5 Card Stud
Stunts
Who'll Stop the Rain
Stunts
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
Stunts
Forty Guns
Stunts
The Deadly Companions
Stunt Coordinator
The Wings of Eagles
Stunts
The World in His Arms
Stunts
Apache Drums
Stunts
The Horsemen
Stunt Coordinator
Fair Wind to Java
Stunts