Chuck Hayward

Career overview

Charles Bert Hayward was an American motion picture stuntman and actor born on January 20, 1920, in Alliance, Nebraska, and who died on February 23, 1998, at the age of 78. His parents, Bert and Hazel Hayward, were cattle ranchers on a farm near Hyannis, Nebraska, located about sixty miles east of his birthplace. Hayward spent his early youth working cattle before leaving home at the age of 16 to join the rodeo circuit as a bronc rider and horse trainer.

In 1947, Hayward arrived in Los Angeles and sought work as a wrangler on motion pictures. He subsequently began doing stunts in 1949 on the film The Fighting Kentuckian, where he doubled for John Wayne. Throughout his career, Hayward was associated particularly with the films of John Wayne and doubled for most of the great Western and action stars of the 1950s through the 1980s. Known professionally as an actor and stuntman, Hayward amassed a total of 103 known acting credits listed in his biographical and career profile.