Ernie F. Orsatti

Personal Info

Know For

Crew

Gender

Male

Birthday

1940-02-13 (80 years old)

Deathday

2020-09-12

Place of Birth

Beverly Hills, California, USA

Ernie F. Orsatti

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.

Acting

1973

The Stone Killer

as Gunman (uncredited)

1978

The Swarm

as Duty Officer

1977

Viva Knievel!

as Norman Clark (as Ernie Orsatti)

1968

1968

The Green Berets

as Sgt. Don Ross (uncredited)

1973

1974

The Towering Inferno

as Mark Powers

1976

Production

2001

Black Knight

as Stunt Coordinator

1996

Primal Fear

as Stunt Coordinator

1998

CHiPs '99

as Stunt Coordinator

1994

Airheads

as Stunt Coordinator

2000

Big Momma's House

as Stunt Coordinator

1999

My Favorite Martian

as Stunt Coordinator

1997

Alien Resurrection

as Stunt Coordinator

1982

The Entity

as Stunts

1998

Fallen

as Stunt Coordinator

1998

Doctor Dolittle

as Stunt Coordinator

1996

Sgt. Bilko

as Stunt Coordinator

1998

American History X

as Stunt Coordinator

1998

Jane Austen's Mafia!

as Stunt Coordinator

1986

Hoosiers

as Stunt Coordinator

2003

Just Married

as Stunt Coordinator

1990

Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael

as Stunt Coordinator

1996

The Ultimate Lie

as Stunt Coordinator

2000

Going Home

as Stunt Coordinator

1991

Hot Shots!

as Stunt Coordinator

1996

A Friend's Betrayal

as Stunt Coordinator

1996

The Truth About Cats & Dogs

as Stunt Coordinator

1993

Grumpy Old Men

as Stunt Coordinator

1990

1988

Police Story: Burnout

as Stunt Coordinator

1985

Badge of the Assassin

as Second Unit Director

1995

Perfect Alibi

as Stunt Coordinator

1988

Messenger of Death

as Stunt Coordinator

1990

Fatal Charm

as Stunt Coordinator

2008

Made of Honor

as Stunt Coordinator

2001

Corky Romano

as Stunt Coordinator

1996

1995

1989

Blind Fury

as Stunts

2008

Strange Wilderness

as Stunt Coordinator

2005

Yours, Mine & Ours

as Stunt Coordinator

2011

Just Peck

as Stunt Coordinator

2010

Furry Vengeance

as Stunt Coordinator

2003

Carolina

as Stunt Coordinator

2000

Men of Honor

as Stunt Coordinator

2000

Miracle in Lane 2

as Stunt Coordinator

1996

One Fine Day

as Stunt Coordinator

1998

Cab to Canada

as Stunt Coordinator

1999

Simpatico

as Stunt Coordinator

1996

Unlikely Angel

as Stunt Coordinator

1996

Don't Look Back

as Stunt Coordinator

1995

2002

Frank McKlusky, C.I.

as Stunt Coordinator

1998

CHiPs '99

as Second Unit Director

1993

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

as Second Unit Director

2005

Happy Endings

as Stunts

2004

Christmas with the Kranks

as Stunt Coordinator

2003

Cheaper by the Dozen

as Stunt Coordinator

2001

2004

Welcome to Mooseport

as Stunt Coordinator

2000

Picking Up the Pieces

as Stunt Coordinator

1995

Problem Child 3

as Stunt Coordinator

1996

Larger Than Life

as Second Unit Director

1998

Pleasantville

as Stunt Coordinator

1991

Another You

as Stunt Coordinator

1995

Theodore Rex

as Second Unit Director

2000

Magicians

as Stunt Coordinator

1997

A Nightmare Come True

as Stunt Coordinator

1994

1992

Into the Sun

as Stunt Coordinator

1988

Phantasm II

as Stunts

1997

City of Industry

as Second Unit Director

1996

Larger Than Life

as Stunt Coordinator

1997

Just Write

as Stunt Driver

1997

Friends 'Til The End

as Stunt Coordinator

1995

Theodore Rex

as Stunt Coordinator

1995

Coldblooded

as Stunt Coordinator

1990

Ghost Dad

as Stunts

1987

Carly's Web

as Second Unit Director

1998

Thirst

as Stunt Coordinator

1997

Trial and Error

as Stunt Coordinator

1997

City of Industry

as Stunt Coordinator

1994

Flashfire

as Stunt Coordinator

1994

Lily in Winter

as Stunt Coordinator

1987

Death Wish 4: The Crackdown

as Stunt Coordinator

1990

1987

Like Father Like Son

as Stunt Coordinator

2000

Men of Honor

as Second Unit Director

1992

Red Shoe Diaries

as Stunt Coordinator

2004

Club Dread

as Second Unit Director

2004

In Good Company

as Stunt Coordinator

1990

Donor

as Stunt Coordinator

1989

Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects

as Stunt Coordinator

1994

Andre

as Second Unit Director

1987

Winners Take All

as Second Unit Director

1991

Hot Shots!

as Second Unit Director

2006

The Pink Panther

as Second Unit Director

1997

The Love Bug

as Stunt Coordinator

2009

The Pink Panther 2

as Stunt Coordinator

1998

Doctor Dolittle

as Second Unit Director

2001

Joe Dirt

as Stunt Coordinator

1987

Murder by the Book

as Stunt Coordinator

2001

Black Knight

as Second Unit Director

1985

Death Wish 3

as Stunt Coordinator

1968

1984

The Evil That Men Do

as Second Unit Director

1976

Sky Riders

as Stunt Coordinator

1986

Murphy's Law

as Stunt Coordinator

1982

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

as Stunt Coordinator

1983

D.C. Cab

as Stunts

1985

A Reason to Live

as Stunt Coordinator

1993

Hot Shots! Part Deux

as Second Unit Director

1978

The Swarm

as Stunts

1984

The Evil That Men Do

as Stunt Coordinator

1985

Mischief

as Stunts

1993

Hot Shots! Part Deux

as Stunt Coordinator

1971

1981

Underground Aces

as Stunt Coordinator

1973

1982

Death Wish II

as Stunt Coordinator

1983

10 to Midnight

as Stunt Coordinator

1975

Night Moves

as Stunts

1986

Murphy's Law

as Stunts

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