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Chuck Hayward
Chuck Hayward
Age 78 years (Jan 20, 1920 – Feb 23, 1998)
Birthplace Alliance, Nebraska, U.S.A.
Movies 60
TV Shows 11

Chuck Hayward

Chuck Hayward has been in the trade long enough to be called a veteran actor with the kind of filmography that takes a while to scroll through. Another entry worth naming is 'The Big Country'. 30 was the age at the first credit. Drama keeps coming back on the credit list. He has been working on screen for more than 76 years. 'The Lord of the Rings' is the title most people reach for first, with Character Actor at the center of it.
Chuck Hayward has been in the trade long enough to be called a veteran actor with the kind of filmography that takes a while to scroll through. Another entry worth naming is 'The Big Country'. 30 was the age at the first credit. Drama keeps coming back on the credit list. He has been working on screen for more than 76 years. 'The Lord of the Rings' is the title most people reach for first, with Character Actor at the center of it.
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Stark
Scurvy
★ 4.7
1985
Film
Crystal Gazing
Band Member (as Charles Hayward)
★ 7.0
1982
Film
The Legend of the Lone Ranger
Wald (Cavendish gang)
★ 4.9
1981
Film
Tom Horn
Deputy Proctor
★ 6.4
1980
Film
CHiPs
Limousine Driver
★ 6.8
1979Season 3
TV
Parts: The Clonus Horror
Walker Man
★ 4.5
1979
Film
The Lord of the Rings
Character Actor (voice)
★ 6.6
1978
Film
The Swarm
Standby Engineer
★ 5.0
1978
Film
Airport '77
Passenger
★ 5.6
1977
Film
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Chuck Hayward still alive?
Chuck Hayward passed away on February 23, 1998 at age 78.
What are the most famous roles of Chuck Hayward?
Chuck Hayward is best known for roles in Spartacus, Blazing Saddles, High Noon.
How many movies has Chuck Hayward been in?
Over a 48-year career (since 1950), Chuck Hayward has appeared in 60 movies and 11 TV shows.
What was Chuck Hayward's first movie?
The career of Chuck Hayward began with The Fargo Phantom (1950).
What is Chuck Hayward's most recent movie or series?
Chuck Hayward's most recent release is John Wayne's 'The Alamo', which premiered on June 6, 1992.
What TV shows has Chuck Hayward appeared in?
On television, Chuck Hayward has appeared in Little House on the Prairie, CHiPs, Gunsmoke, Have Gun, Will Travel.
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Chuck Hayward
Chuck Hayward
1920-01-20 · Alliance, Nebraska, U.S.A.

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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