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 br...
Known For
Complete Filmography
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992
as Self
Documentary about the making of the John Wayne film The Alamo (1960). Included are behind-the-scenes photos and footage of the actual production of th...

Stark
1985
as Scurvy
Wichita policeman, Evan Stark, goes to Las Vegas in search of his missing sister, Laura.

Crystal Gazing
1982
as Band Member (as Charles Hayward)
Experimental drama set in London during the Thatcher administration involving four characters: Neil, a science-fiction illustrator, who is accidentall...

The Legend of the Lone Ranger
1981
as Wald (Cavendish gang)
When the young Texas Ranger, John Reid, is the sole survivor of an ambush arranged by the militaristic outlaw leader, Butch Cavendich, he is rescued b...

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
1981
Stunt Driver
Famous detective Charlie Chan is called out of retirement to help a San Francisco detective solve a mysterious series of murders. With his bumbling gr...

Airplane!
1980
Stunts
An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.

The Blues Brothers
1980
Stunts
Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.

Tom Horn
1980
as Deputy Proctor
A renowned former army scout is hired by ranchers to hunt down rustlers but finds himself on trial for the murder of a boy when he carries out his job...

Parts: The Clonus Horror
1979
as Walker Man
An escaped clone tries to expose a government plot to clone everyone and make a perfect society.

The Lord of the Rings
1978
as Character Actor (voice)
The Fellowship of the Ring embark on a journey to destroy the One Ring and end Sauron's reign over Middle-earth.

Who'll Stop the Rain
1978
Stunts
John, a disillusioned Vietnam War journalist, turns to heroin smuggling. He cons Ray, an equally burnt out veteran into delivering the drugs stateside...

The Swarm
1978
as Standby Engineer
Scientist Dr. Bradford Crane and army general Thalius Slater join forces to fight an almost invisible enemy threatening America; killer bees that have...

Airport '77
1977
as Passenger
Flight 23 has crashed in the Bermuda Triangle after a hijacking gone wrong. Now the surviving passengers must brave panic, slow leaks, oxygen depletio...

Hustle
1975
as Morgue Attendant
The body of teenager Gloria Hollinger is found dead on a Los Angeles beach, and Lt. Phil Gaines is in charge of the investigation. Gaines learns that ...

Rooster Cogburn
1975
as Jerry (uncredited)
After a band of drunken thugs overruns a small Indian Nation town, killing Reverend Goodnight and raping the women folk, Eula Goodnight enlists the ai...

Rooster Cogburn
1975
Stunts
After a band of drunken thugs overruns a small Indian Nation town, killing Reverend Goodnight and raping the women folk, Eula Goodnight enlists the ai...

Gone with the West
1975
as Mimmo's Men
After being framed, a cowboy is sent to jail. After his time is served, he leaves with vengeance in his heart. Soon he meets a young Native American w...

Lepke
1975
as Doorman
Lepke is the feared leader of "Murder Incorporated" in this underworld drama based on the life of Louis "Lepke" Buchalter. Lepke began his criminal ca...

The Longest Yard
1974
as Trooper I
A football player-turned-convict organizes a team of inmates to play against a team of prison guards. His dilemma is that the warden asks him to throw...

The Longest Yard
1974
Stunts
A football player-turned-convict organizes a team of inmates to play against a team of prison guards. His dilemma is that the warden asks him to throw...

Blazing Saddles
1974
as Outlaw (uncredited)
A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lamarr sends his h...

Scream of the Wolf
1974
A big-game hunter comes out of retirement to help track down a killer wolf, and begins to suspect that it isn't a wolf but an animal that can take hum...

Westworld
1973
Stunt Double
Delos is a futuristic amusement park that features themed worlds—ancient Rome, Medieval times and the Old West—populated by human-like androids. After...

High Plains Drifter
1973
Stunts
A gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago. After gunning down three gunmen who tried to kill him, the townsfolk decide to hire the ...

The Train Robbers
1973
Stunts
A gunhand named Lane is hired by a widow, Mrs. Lowe, to find gold stolen by her husband so that she may return it and start fresh.

Night of the Lepus
1972
as Jud
Rancher Cole Hillman is fed up of rabbits plaguing his fields. Zoologist Roy Bennett conducts an experiment to curb their population, but it gives ris...

Joe Kidd
1972
as Eljay
A band of Mexicans find their U. S. land claims denied and all the records destroyed in a courthouse fire. Their leader, Louis Chama, encourages them ...

Joe Kidd
1972
Stunts
A band of Mexicans find their U. S. land claims denied and all the records destroyed in a courthouse fire. Their leader, Louis Chama, encourages them ...

Buck and the Preacher
1972
Second Unit Director
A wagon master and a con-man preacher help freed slaves dogged by cheap-labor agents out West.

The Horsemen
1971
Stunt Coordinator
In Afghanistan, the ruthless sport of buzkashi is a game of great pride. When Uraz breaks his leg and loses a spirited match, he brings shame to his v...

Rio Lobo
1970
as (uncredited)
After the Civil War, a former Union colonel searches for the two traitors whose perfidy led to the loss of a close friend.

Rio Lobo
1970
Stunts
After the Civil War, a former Union colonel searches for the two traitors whose perfidy led to the loss of a close friend.

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
1969
Stunts
An aging lawman and an aging outlaw join forces when their respective positions in society are usurped by a younger, but incompetent Marshal, and a yo...

True Grit
1969
as Card Player / Raft Man (uncredited)
The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marsha...

True Grit
1969
Stunts
The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marsha...

5 Card Stud
1968
as O'Hara (uncredited)
The players in an ongoing poker game are being mysteriously killed off, one by one.

Villa Rides
1968
Second Unit Director
Pulled into the Mexican Revolution by his own greed, Texas gunrunner and pilot Lee Arnold joins bandit-turned-patriot Pancho Villa and his band of ded...

The War Wagon
1967
as Blacksmith (uncredited)
An ex-con seeks revenge on the man who put him in prison by planning a robbery of the latter's stagecoach, which is transporting gold. He enlists the ...

The War Wagon
1967
Stunts
An ex-con seeks revenge on the man who put him in prison by planning a robbery of the latter's stagecoach, which is transporting gold. He enlists the ...

El Dorado
1966
Stunts
Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with an old friend, Sheriff J.P. Harrah. Together with a fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher...

Nevada Smith
1966
as Fitch Man (uncredited)
Nevada Smith is the young son of an Indian mother and white father. When his father is killed by three men over gold, Nevada sets out to find them and...

The Rare Breed
1966
as Wrangler (uncredited)
When her husband dies en route to America, Martha Price and her daughter Hilary are left to carry out his dream: the introduction of Hereford cattle i...

The Rare Breed
1966
Stunts
When her husband dies en route to America, Martha Price and her daughter Hilary are left to carry out his dream: the introduction of Hereford cattle i...

The Great Race
1965
as Soldier (uncredited)
Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward...

The Sons of Katie Elder
1965
Stunts
The four sons of Katie Elder reunite in their hometown of Clearwater, Texas for her funeral and discover that the family ranch is now in the hands of ...

Major Dundee
1965
Stunts
During the last winter of the Civil War, cavalry officer Amos Dundee leads a contentious troop of Army regulars, Confederate prisoners and scouts on a...

Cheyenne Autumn
1964
as Trooper (uncredited)
A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyenne.

Cheyenne Autumn
1964
Stunts
A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyenne.

Kings of the Sun
1963
as Indian Warrior Friend to Black Eagle (uncredited)
In order to flee from powerful enemies, young Mayan king Balam leads his people north across the Gulf of Mexico to the coast of what will become the U...

McLintock!
1963
Stunts
Ageing, wealthy, rancher and self-made man, George Washington McLintock is forced to deal with numerous personal and professional problems. Seemingly ...

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
Stunts
A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is t...

Taras Bulba
1962
as Dolotov (uncredited)
Ukraine, 16th century. While the Poles dominate the Cossack steppes, Andrei, son of Taras Bulba, a Cossack leader, must choose between his love for hi...

How the West Was Won
1962
Stunts
The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one ...

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
as Henchman (uncredited)
Questions arise when Senator Stoddard attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon in a small Western town. Flashing back, we learn Doniphon ...

Merrill's Marauders
1962
as Officer
Brigadier General Frank D. Merrill leads the 3,000 American volunteers of his 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), aka "Merrill's Marauders", behind J...

The Deadly Companions
1961
as Card Sharp (uncredited)
Ex-army officer accidentally kills a woman's son, tries to make up for it by escorting the funeral procession through dangerous Indian territory.

Two Rode Together
1961
as Trooper (uncredited)
Two tough westerners bring home a group of settlers who have spent years as Comanche hostages.

Two Rode Together
1961
Stunts
Two tough westerners bring home a group of settlers who have spent years as Comanche hostages.

The Alamo
1960
as Tennessean (uncredited)
The legendary true story of a small band of soldiers who sacrificed their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant...

Spartacus
1960
as Soldier (uncredited)
The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena,...

Sergeant Rutledge
1960
as Capt. Dickinson (uncredited)
Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior office...

Sergeant Rutledge
1960
Stunts
Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior office...

The Horse Soldiers
1959
as Union Captain
A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail supply center. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes insta...

The Horse Soldiers
1959
Stunts
A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail supply center. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes insta...

Pork Chop Hill
1959
as Chalmers
Korean War, April 1953. Lieutenant Clemons, leader of the King company of the United States Infantry, is ordered to recapture Pork Chop Hill, occupied...

Plunderers of Painted Flats
1959
as Stage Driver (uncredited)
To scare the squatters from the cattle country he claims as his own, rancher Ed Sampson orders the Martin farm house burned. Galt Martin is killed, an...

Escort West
1959
as Indian
Seeking a new place to call home, former Confederate soldier Ben Lassiter (Victor Mature) and his daughter meet Beth (Elaine Stewart), whose fiancé is...

The Big Country
1958
as Rafe Hannassey
Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between his future father-in-law, Major Terrill, a...

The Big Country
1958
Stunts
Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between his future father-in-law, Major Terrill, a...

Forty Guns
1957
as Charlie Savage
An authoritarian rancher rules an Arizona county with her private posse of hired guns. When a new Marshall arrives to set things straight, the cattle ...

Forty Guns
1957
Stunts
An authoritarian rancher rules an Arizona county with her private posse of hired guns. When a new Marshall arrives to set things straight, the cattle ...

Run of the Arrow
1957
as Corporal
When the South loses the war, Confederate veteran O'Meara goes West, joins the Sioux, takes a wife and refuses to be an American but he must choose a ...

The Unholy Wife
1957
as Hazer (uncredited)
A woman marries a man for his wealth, then concocts a plan to kill him, take his money, and run off with her lover. Things go wrong when they accident...

The Unholy Wife
1957
Stunts
A woman marries a man for his wealth, then concocts a plan to kill him, take his money, and run off with her lover. Things go wrong when they accident...

Gun for a Coward
1956
as Nester (uncredited)
A young cowboy, whose dedication to the principles of peace and reason has earned him a reputation for cowardice, overcomes his psychological aversion...

Showdown at Abilene
1956
as Roughneck (uncredited)
Jim Trask, former sheriff of Abilene, returns to the town after fighting for the Confederacy to find everyone thought he was dead. His old friend Dave...

Gun Brothers
1956
as Lookout (uncredited)
Recently discharged cavalry sergeant Chad Santee (Buster Crabbe) joins his brother, Jubal (Neville Brand), and discovers that Jubal is a wanted outlaw...

The Searchers
1956
as Man at Wedding (uncredited)
As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable.

The Searchers
1956
Stunts
As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable.

Red Sundown
1956
as Cowpuncher
When his life is saved in a shootout by a fellow gunman whose life he in turn had saved, Alex Longmire promises to give up his way of life. Riding int...

The Road to Denver
1955
as Randy (uncredited)
The Mayhew brothers flee from one Texas town to another as older brother Bill repeatedly attempts to keep younger brother Sam out of jail. Bill finall...

Jubilee Trail
1954
as Velasco Rider (uncredited)
A wild-west trader and his New York wife head out for the California by wagon train. The trader is killed enroute, and his wife finds herself with chi...

Hondo
1953
Stunt Double
Army despatch rider Hondo Lane discovers a woman and her son living in the midst of warring Apaches, and he becomes their protector.

Arena
1953
as Cowboy
Left by his wife, a vain rodeo star picks up a floozy and rides a bad Brahman bull.

The Sun Shines Bright
1953
as Deputy (uncredited)
With the election approaching, a judge in a Southern town at the turn of the 20th century is involved variously in revealing the real identity of a yo...

San Antone
1953
as Willie
After the Civil War, a cowboy who's a former Union soldier leads a cattle drive into Mexico now occupied by the French...

Fair Wind to Java
1953
as Sailor
The Dutch East Indies, at the end of the nineteenth century. An adventurous captain of an American merchant vessel is looking for a sunken Dutch vesse...

Fair Wind to Java
1953
Stunts
The Dutch East Indies, at the end of the nineteenth century. An adventurous captain of an American merchant vessel is looking for a sunken Dutch vesse...

The World in His Arms
1952
as Guest (uncredited)
A boisterous sea captain in the Pacific Coast, circa 1850, has a plan to buy Alaska from the Russians… if they don’t kill him first.

The World in His Arms
1952
Stunts
A boisterous sea captain in the Pacific Coast, circa 1850, has a plan to buy Alaska from the Russians… if they don’t kill him first.

High Noon
1952
as Townsman (uncredited)
Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train....

High Noon
1952
Stunts
Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train....

Fort Osage
1952
as Henchman (uncredited)
Rod Cameron stars as frontier scout Tim Clay, assigned to guide a wagon train through Indian territory. Clay knows that he's in for a lot of trouble b...

Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory
1952
as Henchman (uncredited)
Story concerns the efforts of Buffalo Bill to protect the Indian's land from a gang who want to get the gold buried there. The outlaws disguise themse...

Viva Zapata!
1952
Stunts
The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppressive dictatorship of president Porfirio Díaz in the...

Slaughter Trail
1951
as Wounded Indian (uncredited)
Three outlaws rob the stage and then flee. When their horses give out they murder some Indians to get fresh ones. But this puts the Indians on the war...

Apache Drums
1951
as Townsman (uncredited)
A gambler is thrown out of a western town, but returns when the town is suddenly threatened by a band of marauding Apaches.

Apache Drums
1951
Stunts
A gambler is thrown out of a western town, but returns when the town is suddenly threatened by a band of marauding Apaches.

Rio Grande
1950
Stunts
Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke is posted on the Texas frontier to defend settlers against depredations of marauding Apaches. Col. Yorke is under considerable st...

Desperadoes of the West
1950
as Al (uncredited)
A group of ranchers, led by Colonel Arnold and Ward Gordon, are drilling an oil well but getting fierce opposition from an unknown gang of outlaws. Ea...

Wagon Master
1950
as Jackson (uncredited)
Two young horse traders guide a Mormon wagon train to the San Juan Valley and encounter rugged terrain, the cutthroat Clegg gang, hospitable Navajo, a...

Wagon Master
1950
Stunts
Two young horse traders guide a Mormon wagon train to the San Juan Valley and encounter rugged terrain, the cutthroat Clegg gang, hospitable Navajo, a...

The Fargo Phantom
1950
as Barnes
This entry in Universal's series of "Musical Westerns" shorts has Tex Williams, assisted by Deuce Spriggins and Smokey Rogers, bringing his six guns, ...

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949
Stunts
On the eve of retirement, Captain Nathan Brittles takes out a last patrol to stop an impending massive Indian attack. Encumbered by women who must be ...