Chuck Hayward

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1920-01-20 (78 years old)

Deathday

1998-02-23

Place of Birth

Alliance, Nebraska, U.S.A.

Chuck Hayward

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...

Acting

1978

The Swarm

as Standby Engineer

1958

The Big Country

as Rafe Hannassey

1962

1959

The Horse Soldiers

as Union Captain

1957

Forty Guns

as Charlie Savage

1952

Fort Osage

as Henchman (uncredited)

1985

Stark

as Scurvy

1952

Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory

as Henchman (uncredited)

1975

Hustle

as Morgue Attendant

1960

The Alamo

as Tennessean (uncredited)

1956

Showdown at Abilene

as Roughneck (uncredited)

1956

Gun Brothers

as Lookout (uncredited)

1961

Two Rode Together

as Trooper (uncredited)

1950

Desperadoes of the West

as Al (uncredited)

1953

The Sun Shines Bright

as Deputy (uncredited)

1950

Wagon Master

as Jackson (uncredited)

1954

Jubilee Trail

as Velasco Rider (uncredited)

1962

Taras Bulba

as Dolotov (uncredited)

1961

The Deadly Companions

as Card Sharp (uncredited)

1953

San Antone

as Willie

1956

Gun for a Coward

as Nester (uncredited)

1970

Rio Lobo

as (uncredited)

1959

Plunderers of Painted Flats

as Stage Driver (uncredited)

1969

True Grit

as Card Player / Raft Man (uncredited)

1979

1953

1965

The Great Race

as Soldier (uncredited)

1975

Gone with the West

as Mimmo's Men

1963

Kings of the Sun

as Indian Warrior Friend to Black Eagle (uncredited)

1956

The Searchers

as Man at Wedding (uncredited)

1952

The World in His Arms

as Guest (uncredited)

1955

The Road to Denver

as Randy (uncredited)

1964

Cheyenne Autumn

as Trooper (uncredited)

1953

Arena

as Cowboy

1972

Joe Kidd

as Eljay

1974

The Longest Yard

as Trooper I

1981

The Legend of the Lone Ranger

as Wald (Cavendish gang)

1975

Lepke

as Doorman

1956

Red Sundown

as Cowpuncher

1966

Nevada Smith

as Fitch Man (uncredited)

1968

5 Card Stud

as O'Hara (uncredited)

1982

Crystal Gazing

as Band Member (as Charles Hayward)

1959

Escort West

as Indian

1960

Sergeant Rutledge

as Capt. Dickinson (uncredited)

1957

The Unholy Wife

as Hazer (uncredited)

1975

Rooster Cogburn

as Jerry (uncredited)

1974

Blazing Saddles

as Outlaw (uncredited)

1960

Spartacus

as Soldier (uncredited)

1962

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

as Henchman (uncredited)

1952

High Noon

as Townsman (uncredited)

1950

1967

The War Wagon

as Blacksmith (uncredited)

1957

Run of the Arrow

as Corporal

1980

Tom Horn

as Deputy Proctor

1978

The Lord of the Rings

as Character Actor (voice)

1951

Slaughter Trail

as Wounded Indian (uncredited)

1959

Pork Chop Hill

as Chalmers

1977

Airport '77

as Passenger

1966

The Rare Breed

as Wrangler (uncredited)

1951

Apache Drums

as Townsman (uncredited)

Production

1968

Villa Rides

as Second Unit Director

1974

1980

Airplane!

as Stunts

1965

Major Dundee

as Stunts

1973

1972

Buck and the Preacher

as Second Unit Director

1953

1973

1960

1958

1950

Wagon Master

as Stunts

1963

McLintock!

as Stunts

1952

Viva Zapata!

as Stunts

1964

1973

Westworld

as Stunt Double

1966

El Dorado

as Stunts

1952

High Noon

as Stunts

1956

The Searchers

as Stunts

1957

Forty Guns

as Stunts

1972

Joe Kidd

as Stunts

1969

True Grit

as Stunts

1950

Rio Grande

as Stunts

1975

1961

1980

1971

The Horsemen

as Stunt Coordinator

1967

The War Wagon

as Stunts

1959

1957

1970

Rio Lobo

as Stunts

1966

1953

Hondo

as Stunt Double

1951

Apache Drums

as Stunts

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