Ernie F. Orsatti
Born: 1940-02-13 in Beverly Hills, California, USA
Died: 2020-09-12
Known For: Crew
Biography
Ernie F. Orsatti (February 13, 1940 – September 12, 2020) was an American stuntman, stunt coordinator and actor born in Beverly Hills, California, the son of St. Louis Cardinals player Ernie Orsatti. He is remembered for a 30-foot fall through a glass skylight in The Poseidon Adventure. His more than 140 stunt credits include three Death Wish films, Alien Resurrection, Terry Gilliam's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and the series Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blue, Charmed and Nip/Tuck, and he acted in The Green Berets and The Mechanic. His son Noon Orsatti also became a stunt coordinator.
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)
- Club Dread ... (Second Unit Director)
- In Good Company ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- 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)
- Picking Up the Pieces ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Miracle in Lane 2 ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Magicians ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Going Home ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1999
- My Favorite Martian ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Simpatico ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1998
- Charmed ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- American History X ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ... (Stunts)
- Fallen ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Doctor Dolittle ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Pleasantville ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Jane Austen's Mafia! ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Cab to Canada ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- CHiPs '99 ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Thirst ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1997
- Alien Resurrection ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- The Love Bug ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- City of Industry ... (Second Unit Director)
- Friends 'Til the End ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- A Nightmare Come True ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Trial and Error ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Just Write ... (Stunt Driver)
1996
- Primal Fear ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Tremors 2: Aftershocks ... (Stunts)
- Sgt. Bilko ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- One Fine Day ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- The Truth About Cats & Dogs ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Larger Than Life ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Don't Look Back ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Crime of the Century ... (Stunts)
- Ed ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- A Friend's Betrayal ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Unlikely Angel ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- The Ultimate Lie ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1995
- Theodore Rex ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Problem Child 3 ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Coldblooded ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Unstrung Heroes ... (Stunts)
- Perfect Alibi ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1994
- Airheads ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Andre ... (Second Unit Director)
- In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness ... (Second Unit Director)
- Flashfire ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Shattered Image ... (Stunts)
- Lily in Winter ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1993
- Hot Shots! Part Deux ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- 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
- Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Almost an Angel ... (Stunts)
- Ghost Dad ... (Stunts)
- Donor ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Fatal Charm ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- The Gumshoe Kid ... (Stunts)
- Night of the Wilding ... (Stunts)
1989
- Blind Fury ... (Stunts)
- Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1988
- I'm Gonna Git You Sucka ... (Stunts)
- Phantasm II ... (Stunts)
- Messenger of Death ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Police Story: Burnout ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1987
- Death Wish 4: The Crackdown ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Like Father Like Son ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Murder by the Book ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Winners Take All ... (Second Unit Director)
- Carly's Web ... (Second Unit Director)
1986
- Hoosiers ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Murphy's Law ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1985
- Alice in Wonderland as Bill
- Death Wish 3 ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Mischief ... (Stunts)
- 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