Ernie F. Orsatti

Ernie F. Orsatti

Born: February 13, 1940
Died: September 12, 2020
in Beverly Hills, California, USA
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.

Movies for Ernie F. Orsatti...

Cult Culture: The Poseidon Adventure
Title: Cult Culture: The Poseidon Adventure
Character: Himself
Released: December 31, 2003
Type: Movie
This documentary follows avid fans and the pop cultural impact of the classic disaster movie The Poseidon Adventure.
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Title: Alice in Wonderland
Character: Bill
Released: December 9, 1985
Type: TV
Sometimes she's too big. Or much too small. Sometimes things are backwards. And there's always too much pepper in the soup! Nothing is quite right since Alice chased a very unusual White Rabbit and stumbled into an adventure that grows curiouser and curiouser. One of the greatest childhood fantasies is captured in Irwin Allen's colorful production adapted from Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." Originally aired over two nights in 1985 on CBS.
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Defiance
Title: Defiance
Released: March 14, 1980
Type: Movie
Tommy takes up temporary housing in a New York neighborhood plagued by a violent gang called the Souls. Tommy is waiting for his next assignment as a seaman and though he tries to avoid the gang and his neighbors, it does not work. Soon he is battling the Souls and not only changing their attitudes, but the attitudes of his previously intimidated neighbors as well.
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The Swarm
Title: The Swarm
Character: Duty Officer
Released: July 14, 1978
Type: Movie
Scientist Dr. Bradford Crane and army general Thalius Slater join forces to fight an almost invisible enemy threatening America; killer bees that have deadly venom and attack without reason. Disaster movie-master Irwin Allen's film contains spectacular special effects, including a train crash caused by the eponymous swarm.
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Title: The Incredible Hulk
Character: Phil Haze
Released: November 4, 1977
Type: TV
During an experiment gone bad, radiation turns a scientist into a raging green behemoth whenever he becomes agitated. Unable to control his transformations, David Banner searches for a cure as he crosses the country, fugitive-style, with a dogged tabloid reporter on his trail.
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Viva Knievel!
Title: Viva Knievel!
Character: Norman Clark (as Ernie Orsatti)
Released: June 10, 1977
Type: Movie
The legendary stuntman plans his most incredible stunt yet while battling the mob in this action-adventure.
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Sky Riders
Title: Sky Riders
Character: Joe
Released: March 26, 1976
Type: Movie
When an industrialist's wife and kids are kidnapped by terrorists in Greece, the woman's ex-husband comes to the rescue with a plan involving hang gliders.
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The Towering Inferno
Title: The Towering Inferno
Character: Mark Powers
Released: December 14, 1974
Type: Movie
At the opening party of a colossal—but poorly constructed—skyscraper, a massive fire breaks out, threatening to destroy the tower and everyone in it.
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The Stone Killer
Title: The Stone Killer
Character: Gunman (uncredited)
Released: August 8, 1973
Type: Movie
A Los Angeles detective is sent to New York where he must solve a case involving an old Sicilian Mafia family feud.
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The Last American Hero
Title: The Last American Hero
Character: Davie Baer
Released: July 27, 1973
Type: Movie
A young hell raiser quits his moonshine business and tries to become the best NASCAR racer the south has ever seen. Loosely based on the true story of NASCAR driver Junior Johnson.
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Title: Hawkins
Character: Sonny Bartlow
Released: March 13, 1973
Type: TV
Hawkins is a television series which aired for one season on CBS between 1973 and 1974. The mystery, created by Robert Hamner and David Karp, starred James Stewart as rural-bred lawyer Billy Jim Hawkins, who investigated the cases he was involved in, similarly to Stewart's earlier smash hit movie Anatomy of a Murder. Despite being critically well received and winning a Golden Globe Award, the series was cancelled after one season consisting of seven 90-minute episodes. Stewart requested the cancellation since he believed that the quality of scripts and directors in television could not continuously measure up to the level to which he was accustomed with theatrical films. Seen as part of The New CBS Tuesday Night Movies, it alternated with the TV movie adaptations of Shaft. Contemporary analysts suggested that since the two shows appealed to vastly different audience bases, alternating them only served to confuse fans of both series, giving neither one the time to build up a large viewership.
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The Poseidon Adventure
Title: The Poseidon Adventure
Character: Terry
Released: December 13, 1972
Type: Movie
When their ocean liner capsizes, a group of passengers struggle to survive and escape.
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The Green Berets
Title: The Green Berets
Character: Sgt. Don Ross (uncredited)
Released: July 4, 1968
Type: Movie
Col. Mike Kirby picks two teams of crack Green Berets for two missions in South Vietnam. The first is to strengthen a camp that is trying to be taken by the enemy. The second is to kidnap a North Vietnamese General.
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The Acid Eaters
Title: The Acid Eaters
Character: Ollie
Released: February 1, 1968
Type: Movie
A group of office workers go every Friday afternoon to the White Pyramid, a 50-foot tower of LSD.