Ernie F. Orsatti
Born: 1940-02-13 in Beverly Hills, California, USA
Died: 2020-09-12
Known For: Crew
Biography
Ernie Orsatti was an American stuntman, actor, and second unit director. Born in Beverly Hills, California, Ernie F. Orsatti started in the film industry at the age of sixteen. His mother, Inez Gorman, was a noted opera singer. His father, Ernie Orsatti, was a famous baseball player who played for The St. Louis Cardinals, known as "the gas house gang". The surname Orsatti name has been associated with Hollywood for decades, starting with the Orsatti agency, during the "Golden Age" of Hollywood.
Filmography
2011
- Just Peck ... (Stunt Coordinator)
2010
- Furry Vengeance ... (Stunt Coordinator)
2009
- The Pink Panther 2 ... (Stunt Coordinator)
2008
- Made of Honor ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Strange Wilderness ... (Stunt Coordinator)
2006
- The Pink Panther ... (Second Unit Director)
2005
- The Closer ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Yours, Mine & Ours ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Happy Endings ... (Stunts)
2004
- Christmas with the Kranks ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- In Good Company ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Club Dread ... (Second Unit Director)
- Welcome to Mooseport ... (Stunt Coordinator)
2003
- Cheaper by the Dozen ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Just Married ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Carolina ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Cult Culture: The Poseidon Adventure as Himself
2002
- Frank McKlusky, C.I. ... (Stunt Coordinator)
2001
- Black Knight ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Joe Dirt ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Corky Romano ... (Stunt Coordinator)
2000
- Men of Honor ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Big Momma's House ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Miracle in Lane 2 ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Picking Up the Pieces ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Going Home ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Magicians ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1999
- My Favorite Martian ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Simpatico ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1998
- Charmed ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- American History X ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Fallen ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Doctor Dolittle ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ... (Stunts)
- Pleasantville ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Jane Austen's Mafia! ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- CHiPs '99 ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Cab to Canada ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Thirst ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1997
- Alien Resurrection ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- City of Industry ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- The Love Bug ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Trial and Error ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- A Nightmare Come True ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Just Write ... (Stunt Driver)
- Friends 'Til the End ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1996
- Primal Fear ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Tremors II: Aftershocks ... (Stunts)
- Sgt. Bilko ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- One Fine Day ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- The Truth About Cats & Dogs ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Larger Than Life ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- A Friend's Betrayal ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Ed ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Don't Look Back ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Unlikely Angel ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- The Ultimate Lie ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Crime of the Century ... (Stunts)
1995
- Problem Child 3 ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Theodore Rex ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Perfect Alibi ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Unstrung Heroes ... (Stunts)
- Coldblooded ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1994
- Airheads ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Andre ... (Second Unit Director)
- In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness ... (Second Unit Director)
- Flashfire ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Lily in Winter ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Shattered Image ... (Stunts)
1993
- Hot Shots! Part Deux ... (Second Unit Director)
- Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit ... (Second Unit Director)
- Grumpy Old Men ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1992
- Red Shoe Diaries ... (Stunts)
- Red Shoe Diaries ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Into the Sun ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1991
- Hot Shots! ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Another You ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- The Taking of Beverly Hills ... (Stunts)
1990
- Ghost Dad ... (Stunts)
- Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Almost an Angel ... (Stunts)
- Fatal Charm ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- The Gumshoe Kid ... (Stunts)
- Donor ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Night of the Wilding ... (Stunts)
1989
- Blind Fury ... (Stunts)
- Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1988
- I'm Gonna Git You Sucka ... (Stunts)
- Messenger of Death ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Phantasm II ... (Stunts)
- Police Story: Burnout ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1987
- Death Wish 4: The Crackdown ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Like Father Like Son ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Winners Take All ... (Second Unit Director)
- Murder by the Book ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Carly's Web ... (Second Unit Director)
1986
- Hoosiers ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Murphy's Law ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1985
- Mischief ... (Stunts)
- Alice in Wonderland as Bill
- Death Wish 3 ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Badge of the Assassin ... (Second Unit Director)
- A Reason to Live ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1984
- The Evil That Men Do ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1983
- 10 to Midnight ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- D.C. Cab ... (Stunts)
1982
- Remington Steele ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- The Entity ... (Stunts)
- Death Wish II ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1981
- Falcon Crest as Hood
- Hill Street Blues as Officer (uncredited)
- The Greatest American Hero as Bob Baron
- Underground Aces ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1980
1978
- The Swarm as Duty Officer
1977
- The Incredible Hulk as Phil Haze
- Viva Knievel! as Norman Clark (as Ernie Orsatti)
1976
- Sky Riders as Joe
1975
- Night Moves ... (Stunts)
1974
- The Towering Inferno as Mark Powers
1973
- Hawkins as Sonny Bartlow
- The Stone Killer as Gunman (uncredited)
- The Last American Hero as Davie Baer
1972
- The Poseidon Adventure as Terry
1971
- Star Spangled Girl ... (Stunts)
1968
- The Green Berets as Sgt. Don Ross (uncredited)
- The Acid Eaters as Ollie