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Bob Orrison (28 July 192811 October 2014; age 86) was a stuntman and stunt coordinator who worked as a stunt double and stunt performer on several episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series. He was one of Leonard Nimoy's and DeForest Kelley's stunt doubles and received no credit for his appearances.

Orrison filmed his scenes for "I, Mudd" on Monday 14 August 1967 at Desilu Stage 9 and his scenes for "The Trouble with Tribbles" on Tuesday 29 August 1967 at Stage 10. He filmed his scenes for "A Private Little War" on Monday 2 October 1967 and Wednesday 4 October 1967 on location at the Bell Ranch, and his scene for "Spectre of the Gun" on Monday 27 May 1968 at Stage 10.

Personal[]

Born as Robert P. Orrison in Bakersfield, California, he followed his younger brother George Orrison, who worked as personal stunt double for Clint Eastwood throughout his career, into the stunt business, after he worked as steer wrestler and bulldogger in the rodeos. Orrison was a member of Stunts Unlimited and an inductee in the Stuntmen's Hall of Fame. His two sons, Brad and Mark Orrison were worked as stuntmen.

Orrison died with fellow retired stuntman Gary McLarty in a car accident on 11 October 2014, aged 86. [1]

Stunt career[]

Orrison started his career when he worked as stunt double for Dean Martin on 5 Card Stud (1968), on which he worked with fellow stuntman Robert F. Hoy. Beside working on several episodes of Star Trek in the late 1960s, he also performed stunts in Bandolero! (1968, stunt coordinated by Hal Needham and stunts by Gary Combs and Donna Garrett), Che! (1969, stunt coordinated by George Sawaya and stunts by Phil Adams, Bobby Bass, Dave Cadiente, Fred Carson, Kenny Endoso, Alan Oliney, Frank Orsatti, Victor Paul, and Ron Veto), The Wild Bunch (1969, with stunts by Tony Epper, Lou Elias, Roy N. Sickner, Bob Herron, and Gary Combs), The Great Bank Robbery (1969), with stunts by Carl Saxe, Allen Pinson, Carey Loftin, Jack Perkins, Bob Miles, Carol Daniels, Bill Catching, and Paul Baxley), and The Undefeated (1969, stunt coordinated by Hal Needham).

In the 1970s, he performed stunts in John Wayne's Chisum (1970), Molly and Lawless John (1972), The Culpepper Cattle Co. (1972), Class of '44 (1973, with Walker Edmiston), Three the Hard Way (1974, starring Fred Williamson and stunts by Dick Ziker, Jophery C. Brown, Charles Picerni, Buddy Joe Hooker, and Bob Minor), A Boy and His Dog (1975), Mitchell (1975), The Return of a Man Called Horse (1976), Bound for Glory (1976, stunt coordinated by Buddy Joe Hooker), the comedy Fun with Dick and Jane (1977, coordinated by Paul Baxley), Smokey and the Bandit (1977), Zero to Sixty (1978), Convoy (1978), Hooper (1978, directed by Hal Needham), and Sunburn (1979).

In addition, Orrison worked as stunt driver for Harry O under stunt coordinator Craig R. Baxley between 1974 and 1975 and performed stunts in episodes of The Immortal (1970, with Alan Oliney, Frank Orsatti, and Charlie Picerni), Mannix (1971), and Alias Smith and Jones (1971).

Between 1979 and 1985, Orrison worked for stunt coordinator Paul Baxley as stunt double for actor James Best on tThe Dukes of Hazzard along with fellow stunt performers Corey Michael Eubanks, Steve Kelso, Doug Coleman, Henry Kingi, Sr., and Gene LeBell. He was also the main stunt double for actor George Peppard on The A-Team between 1983 and 1987 where he worked with actors Dwight Schultz and Melinda Culea, stunt coordinator Craig R. Baxley and stunt performers Lane Leavitt, Leslie Hoffman, Nick Dimitri, and Bobby Bass.

Further stunt work in the 1980s include Tom Horn (1980), Smokey and the Bandit II (1980), In God We Tru$t (1980, with stunts by Christine Anne Baur, Kane Hodder, Pete Kellett, Pat McGroarty, and Mic Rodgers), Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981), No Man's Land (1987, with stunts by Terry Jackson, Spiro Razatos, and Brian J. Williams), Action Jackson (1988), The Seventh Sign (1988), Rambo III (1988), Road House (1989, with stunts by Janet Brady, Gary Epper, Branscombe Richmond, Patricia Tallman, Anthony De Longis, and Glenn R. Wilder), and Tango & Cash (1989).

In the 1990s, Orrison worked as stunt driving double for Dolph Lundgren on Universal Soldier (1992) and performed stunts in Far Out Man (1990), Days of Thunder (1990), Die Hard 2 (1990), Stone Cold (1991), Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time (1991, stunt coordination by Al Jones), Revenge on the Highway (1992), Hoffa (1992), Speed (1994), Stargate (1994), The Avenging Angel (1995), Two-Bits & Pepper (1995), and Breast Men (1997).

Among his later work were stunts in The Wedding Planner (2001, with stunts by Merritt Yohnka and Gordon O. Hansen and stunt coordination by Corey Michael Eubanks), The Animal (2001), the television western The Last Cowboy (2003, stunt coordination by Clint Lilley), and the television crime drama Detective (2005, with stunts by Danny Downey, Caryn Mower, and Jim Palmer).

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