Charles Bert Hayward (January 20, 1920 – February 23, 1998) was an American motion picture stuntman and actor.

[1] He spent his early youth working cattle, then, at 16, left home to join the rodeo circuit as a bronc rider and horse trainer.

[2] 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 played small roles in numerous films and TV shows, and his appearance often served as an accurate predictor of an upcoming fight scene.

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.