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Bob Orrison

Bob Orrison was born on July 28, 1928 in Bakersfield, California, USA as Robert P. Orrison. As a stuntman he worked on 41 movies from 1968 to 2005. He is known for his stunt work on Rambo III (1988) and Die Hard 2 (1990). His stunt work was also done on a regular basis for eleven episodes of Harry O (1974-1975); 144 episodes of The Dukes of Hazzard where he was the stunt driver for the General Lee car (1979-1985); and 72 episodes of the A-Team where he doubled for George Peppard in performing stunts (1983-1986). He died on October 11, 2014 when a pickup truck he was driving made a U-turn and was broadsided by a Jeep Cherokee in Rancho Cordova, California. Both Orrison and Gary McLarty, a passenger in the truck and Orrison's best friend, were killed. Both men were Hollywood Hall of Fame stuntmen. Orrison had lived in Rancho Cordova since 2007.


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Born:
Jul 28, 1928 In Bakersfield, California, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
7
First Appeared:
In the movie The Culpepper Cattle Co. 1972-04-15
Latest Project:
Series The A-Team 1983-01-23
Known For
Poster of Sunburn
Poster of Convoy
Poster of Mitchell
Poster of The Culpepper Cattle Co.
Filmography
Series The A-Team Bus Driver 1983-01-23
Movie Tom Horn Matt 1980-03-28
Movie Sunburn Milan 1979-08-10
Movie Convoy Bookman 1978-06-27
Movie Hooper Indian (uncredited) 1978-07-28
Movie Mitchell Mistretta's Hood 1975-09-10
Movie The Culpepper Cattle Co. Rutter 1972-04-15