About

Known credits:
138
Birthday:
1940-02-13
Place of birth:
Beverly Hills, California, USA
Website:
N/A

Ernie F. Orsatti

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
2003 Cult Culture: The Poseidon Adventure Actor Himself 59
Average
1980 Defiance Actor 59
Average
1978 The Swarm Actor Duty Officer 56
Average
1977 Viva Knievel! Actor Norman Clark (as Ernie Orsatti) 58
Average
1976 Sky Riders Actor Joe 59
Average
1974 The Towering Inferno Actor Mark Powers 66
Fair
1973 The Stone Killer Actor Gunman (uncredited) 59
Average
1973 The Last American Hero Actor Davie Baer 58
Average
1972 The Poseidon Adventure Actor Terry 66
Fair
1968 The Green Berets Actor Sgt. Don Ross (uncredited) 58
Average
1968 The Acid Eaters Actor Ollie 58
Average

Directing
2006 The Pink Panther Directing Second Unit Director 58
Average
2004 Club Dread Directing Second Unit Director 56
Average
2001 Black Knight Directing Second Unit Director 55
Average
2000 Men of Honor Directing Second Unit Director 71
Good
1998 CHiPs '99 Directing Second Unit Director 59
Average
1998 Doctor Dolittle Directing Second Unit Director 57
Average
1997 City of Industry Directing Second Unit Director 58
Average
1996 Larger Than Life Directing Second Unit Director 58
Average
1995 Theodore Rex Directing Second Unit Director 54
Average
1995 Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure Directing Second Unit Director 59
Average
1994 Andre Directing Second Unit Director 57
Average
1994 In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness Directing Second Unit Director 58
Average
1993 Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit Directing Second Unit Director 62
Fair
1993 Hot Shots! Part Deux Directing Second Unit Director 64
Fair
1991 Hot Shots! Directing Second Unit Director 64
Fair
1987 Carly's Web Directing Second Unit Director N/A
N/A
1987 Winners Take All Directing Second Unit Director 59
Average
1985 Badge of the Assassin Directing Second Unit Director 58
Average
1984 The Evil That Men Do Directing Second Unit Director 58
Average

Crew
2011 Just Peck Crew Stunt Coordinator 58
Average
2010 Furry Vengeance Crew Stunt Coordinator 54
Average
2009 The Pink Panther 2 Crew Stunt Coordinator 57
Average
2008 Made of Honor Crew Stunt Coordinator 63
Fair
2008 Strange Wilderness Crew Stunt Coordinator 55
Average
2005 Yours, Mine & Ours Crew Stunt Coordinator 60
Fair
2005 Happy Endings Crew Stunts 58
Average
2004 In Good Company Crew Stunt Coordinator 59
Average
2004 Christmas with the Kranks Crew Stunt Coordinator 60
Fair
2004 Welcome to Mooseport Crew Stunt Coordinator 56
Average
2003 Cheaper by the Dozen Crew Stunt Coordinator 62
Fair
2003 Carolina Crew Stunt Coordinator 58
Average
2003 Just Married Crew Stunt Coordinator 58
Average
2002 Frank McKlusky, C.I. Crew Stunt Coordinator 58
Average
2001 Black Knight Crew Stunt Coordinator 55
Average
2001 Corky Romano Crew Stunt Coordinator 54
Average
2001 Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles Crew Stunt Coordinator 55
Average
2001 Joe Dirt Crew Stunt Coordinator 57
Average
2000 Men of Honor Crew Stunt Coordinator 71
Good
2000 Big Momma's House Crew Stunt Coordinator 58
Average
2000 Picking Up the Pieces Crew Stunt Coordinator 56
Average
2000 Miracle in Lane 2 Crew Stunt Coordinator 59
Average
2000 Going Home Crew Stunt Coordinator 59
Average
2000 Magicians Crew Stunt Coordinator 58
Average
1999 Simpatico Crew Stunt Coordinator 58
Average
1999 My Favorite Martian Crew Stunt Coordinator 57
Average
1998 Cab to Canada Crew Stunt Coordinator 59
Average
1998 CHiPs '99 Crew Stunt Coordinator 59
Average
1998 Thirst Crew Stunt Coordinator 58
Average
1998 Pleasantville Crew Stunt Coordinator 69
Fair
1998 Jane Austen's Mafia! Crew Stunt Coordinator 57
Average
1998 American History X Crew Stunt Coordinator 82
Very good
1998 Doctor Dolittle Crew Stunt Coordinator 57
Average
1998 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Crew Stunts 70
Good
1998 Fallen Crew Stunt Coordinator 65
Fair
1997 The Love Bug Crew Stunt Coordinator 58
Average
1997 Alien Resurrection Crew Stunt Coordinator 61
Fair
1997 Trial and Error Crew Stunt Coordinator 58
Average
1997 City of Industry Crew Stunt Coordinator 58
Average
1997 Just Write Crew Stunt Driver 58
Average
1997 A Nightmare Come True Crew Stunt Coordinator 58
Average
1997 Friends 'Til The End Crew Stunt Coordinator 58
Average
1996 One Fine Day Crew Stunt Coordinator 61
Fair
1996 Unlikely Angel Crew Stunt Coordinator 59
Average
1996 To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday Crew Stunt Coordinator 58
Average
1996 Crime of the Century Crew Stunts 59
Average
1996 Larger Than Life Crew Stunt Coordinator 58
Average
1996 Don't Look Back Crew Stunt Coordinator 58
Average
1996 A Friend's Betrayal Crew Stunt Coordinator 58
Average
1996 The Truth About Cats & Dogs Crew Stunt Coordinator 59
Average
1996 Tremors 2: Aftershocks Crew Stunts 61
Fair
1996 Sgt. Bilko Crew Stunt Coordinator 58
Average
1996 The Ultimate Lie Crew Stunt Coordinator 58
Average
1996 Primal Fear Crew Stunt Coordinator 74
Good
1995 Theodore Rex Crew Stunt Coordinator 54
Average
1995 Unstrung Heroes Crew Stunts 58
Average
1995 Coldblooded Crew Stunt Coordinator 59
Average
1995 Perfect Alibi Crew Stunt Coordinator 59
Average
1995 Problem Child 3 Crew Stunt Coordinator 55
Average
1995 Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure Crew Stunt Coordinator 59
Average
1994 Lily in Winter Crew Stunt Coordinator 59
Average
1994 Flashfire Crew Stunt Coordinator 59
Average
1994 Airheads Crew Stunt Coordinator 60
Fair
1994 Shattered Image Crew Stunts 59
Average
1993 Grumpy Old Men Crew Stunt Coordinator 62
Fair
1993 Hot Shots! Part Deux Crew Stunt Coordinator 64
Fair
1992 Red Shoe Diaries Crew Stunt Coordinator 58
Average
1992 Into the Sun Crew Stunt Coordinator 58
Average
1991 The Taking of Beverly Hills Crew Stunts 58
Average
1991 Hot Shots! Crew Stunt Coordinator 64
Fair
1991 Another You Crew Stunt Coordinator 58
Average
1990 Almost an Angel Crew Stunts 58
Average
1990 Donor Crew Stunt Coordinator 58
Average
1990 Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael Crew Stunt Coordinator 59
Average
1990 Fatal Charm Crew Stunt Coordinator 58
Average
1990 Night of the Wilding Crew Stunts 58
Average
1990 Ghost Dad Crew Stunts 56
Average
1989 Blind Fury Crew Stunts 62
Fair
1989 Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects Crew Stunt Coordinator 58
Average
1988 Police Story: Burnout Crew Stunt Coordinator N/A
N/A
1988 I'm Gonna Git You Sucka Crew Stunts 60
Fair
1988 Messenger of Death Crew Stunt Coordinator 58
Average
1988 Phantasm II Crew Stunts 60
Fair
1987 Like Father Like Son Crew Stunt Coordinator 58
Average
1987 Death Wish 4: The Crackdown Crew Stunt Coordinator 58
Average
1987 Murder by the Book Crew Stunt Coordinator 58
Average
1986 Hoosiers Crew Stunt Coordinator 64
Fair
1986 Murphy's Law Crew Stunts 59
Average
1986 Murphy's Law Crew Stunt Coordinator 59
Average
1985 Death Wish 3 Crew Stunt Coordinator 60
Fair
1985 Mischief Crew Stunts 60
Fair
1985 A Reason to Live Crew Stunt Coordinator N/A
N/A
1984 The Evil That Men Do Crew Stunt Coordinator 58
Average
1983 D.C. Cab Crew Stunts 57
Average
1983 10 to Midnight Crew Stunt Coordinator 59
Average
1982 Remington Steele Crew Stunt Coordinator 70
Good
1982 The Entity Crew Stunts 62
Fair
1982 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid Crew Stunt Coordinator 62
Fair
1982 Death Wish II Crew Stunt Coordinator 60
Fair
1981 Underground Aces Crew Stunt Coordinator 58
Average
1978 The Swarm Crew Stunts 56
Average
1976 Sky Riders Crew Stunt Coordinator 59
Average
1975 Night Moves Crew Stunts 61
Fair
1974 The Towering Inferno Crew Stunts 66
Fair
1973 The Stone Killer Crew Stunts 59
Average
1972 The Poseidon Adventure Crew Stunts 66
Fair
1971 Star Spangled Girl Crew Stunts 59
Average
1968 The Green Berets Crew Stunts 58
Average