Ernie F. Orsatti

Personal Info

Known For Crew

Gender Male

Birthday 1940-02-13

Deathday 2020-09-12 (80 years old)

Place of Birth Beverly Hills, California, USA

Also Known As Eric Wahl, Ernie Osatti, Ernie Orsatti, Ernest Orsatti, Ernie Orsati, Ernest Frank Orsatti

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.

Known For

Crew

2011
Just Peck

as Stunt Coordinator

2010
Furry Vengeance

as Stunt Coordinator

2009
The Pink Panther 2

as Stunt Coordinator

2008
Made of Honor

as Stunt Coordinator

2008
Strange Wilderness

as Stunt Coordinator

2005
Yours, Mine & Ours

as Stunt Coordinator

2005
Happy Endings

as Stunts

2005
The Closer

as Stunt Coordinator

2004
In Good Company

as Stunt Coordinator

2004
Christmas with the Kranks

as Stunt Coordinator

2004
Welcome to Mooseport

as Stunt Coordinator

2003
Just Married

as Stunt Coordinator

2003
Carolina

as Stunt Coordinator

2003
Cheaper by the Dozen

as Stunt Coordinator

2002
Frank McKlusky, C.I.

as Stunt Coordinator

2001
Black Knight

as Stunt Coordinator

2001
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles

as Stunt Coordinator

2001
Corky Romano

as Stunt Coordinator

2001
Joe Dirt

as Stunt Coordinator

2000
Big Momma's House

as Stunt Coordinator

2000
Going Home

as Stunt Coordinator

2000
Men of Honor

as Stunt Coordinator

2000
Miracle in Lane 2

as Stunt Coordinator

2000
Magicians

as Stunt Coordinator

2000
Picking Up the Pieces

as Stunt Coordinator

1999
My Favorite Martian

as Stunt Coordinator

1999
Simpatico

as Stunt Coordinator

1998
CHiPs '99

as Stunt Coordinator

1998
Fallen

as Stunt Coordinator

1998
Doctor Dolittle

as Stunt Coordinator

1998
American History X

as Stunt Coordinator

1998
Jane Austen's Mafia!

as Stunt Coordinator

1998
Thirst

as Stunt Coordinator

1998
Pleasantville

as Stunt Coordinator

1998
Cab to Canada

as Stunt Coordinator

1998
Charmed

as Stunt Coordinator

1997
Alien Resurrection

as Stunt Coordinator

1997
A Nightmare Come True

as Stunt Coordinator

1997
Trial and Error

as Stunt Coordinator

1997
Just Write

as Stunt Driver

1997
Friends 'Til The End

as Stunt Coordinator

1997
City of Industry

as Stunt Coordinator

1997
The Love Bug

as Stunt Coordinator

1996
Primal Fear

as Stunt Coordinator

1996
Sgt. Bilko

as Stunt Coordinator

1996
The Ultimate Lie

as Stunt Coordinator

1996
A Friend's Betrayal

as Stunt Coordinator

1996
The Truth About Cats & Dogs

as Stunt Coordinator

1996
Larger Than Life

as Stunt Coordinator

1996
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday

as Stunt Coordinator

1996
One Fine Day

as Stunt Coordinator

1996
Don't Look Back

as Stunt Coordinator

1996
Unlikely Angel

as Stunt Coordinator

1996
1995
Perfect Alibi

as Stunt Coordinator

1995
Problem Child 3

as Stunt Coordinator

1995
1995
Theodore Rex

as Stunt Coordinator

1995
Coldblooded

as Stunt Coordinator

1995
Unstrung Heroes

as Stunts

1994
Airheads

as Stunt Coordinator

1994
Flashfire

as Stunt Coordinator

1994
Lily in Winter

as Stunt Coordinator

1994
Shattered Image

as Stunts

1993
Grumpy Old Men

as Stunt Coordinator

1993
Hot Shots! Part Deux

as Stunt Coordinator

1992
Red Shoe Diaries

as Stunt Coordinator

1992
Into the Sun

as Stunt Coordinator

1992
1991
Hot Shots!

as Stunt Coordinator

1991
Another You

as Stunt Coordinator

1990
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael

as Stunt Coordinator

1990
The Gumshoe Kid

as Stunts

1990
Fatal Charm

as Stunt Coordinator

1990
Ghost Dad

as Stunts

1990
Almost an Angel

as Stunts

1990
1990
Donor

as Stunt Coordinator

1989
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects

as Stunt Coordinator

1989
Blind Fury

as Stunts

1988
Police Story: Burnout

as Stunt Coordinator

1988
Messenger of Death

as Stunt Coordinator

1988
Phantasm II

as Stunts

1987
Like Father Like Son

as Stunt Coordinator

1987
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown

as Stunt Coordinator

1987
Murder by the Book

as Stunt Coordinator

1986
Hoosiers

as Stunt Coordinator

1986
Murphy's Law

as Stunt Coordinator

1986
Murphy's Law

as Stunts

1985
A Reason to Live

as Stunt Coordinator

1985
Death Wish 3

as Stunt Coordinator

1985
Mischief

as Stunts

1984
The Evil That Men Do

as Stunt Coordinator

1983
10 to Midnight

as Stunt Coordinator

1983
D.C. Cab

as Stunts

1982
The Entity

as Stunts

1982
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

as Stunt Coordinator

1982
Death Wish II

as Stunt Coordinator

1982
Remington Steele

as Stunt Coordinator

1981
Underground Aces

as Stunt Coordinator

1978
The Swarm

as Stunts

1976
Sky Riders

as Stunt Coordinator

1975
Night Moves

as Stunts

1974
1973
1971
1968

Director

2006
The Pink Panther

as Second Unit Director

2004
Club Dread

as Second Unit Director

2001
Black Knight

as Second Unit Director

2000
Men of Honor

as Second Unit Director

1998
CHiPs '99

as Second Unit Director

1998
Doctor Dolittle

as Second Unit Director

1997
City of Industry

as Second Unit Director

1996
Larger Than Life

as Second Unit Director

1995
Theodore Rex

as Second Unit Director

1995
1994
Andre

as Second Unit Director

1993
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

as Second Unit Director

1993
Hot Shots! Part Deux

as Second Unit Director

1991
Hot Shots!

as Second Unit Director

1987
Winners Take All

as Second Unit Director

1987
Carly's Web

as Second Unit Director

1985
Badge of the Assassin

as Second Unit Director

1984
The Evil That Men Do

as Second Unit Director

Actor

1981
Falcon Crest

as Hood

1981
Hill Street Blues

as Officer (uncredited)

1981
Hill Street Blues

as Officer Opening Cell (uncredited)

1981
Hill Street Blues

as Bank Robber (uncredited)

1978
The Swarm

as Duty Officer

1977
Viva Knievel!

as Norman Clark (as Ernie Orsatti)

1977
The Incredible Hulk

as Phil Haze

1976
Sky Riders

as Joe

1974
The Towering Inferno

as Mark Powers

1973
The Stone Killer

as Gunman (uncredited)

1973
1973
Hawkins

as Sonny Bartlow

1968
The Green Berets

as Sgt. Don Ross (uncredited)

1968