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George Orrison (1929-2001)

Birthplace:
Los Angeles, California, USA

Born:
October 30, 1929

Died:
March 1, 2001

Biography from TheMovieDB

After dropping out of high school in his freshman year, George Orrison enlisted in the U.S. Army at age sixteen in 1945. While in the Army, Orrison was stationed in Alaska with the Army Corps of Engineers and helped build the Alcan Highway. At age eighteen, Orrison tried his hand on the rodeo circuit, in which he did bulldogging, bareback riding, and even some bull riding. George decided to pursue a career in the film business as a stuntman in 1960 after being introduced around Hollywood by fellow stuntman Erwin Neal. Among the notable actors that Orrison doubled for are Clint Eastwood, Lee Marvin, Leslie Nielsen, William Smith, Richard Harris, Lee Van Cleef, Dan Duryea, John Smith, Claude Akins, and Hal Baylor.

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Film Performances

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Film Production

Stunt Double:
1965  Cat Ballou
1973  High Plains Drifter
1977  The Gauntlet
1983  Sudden Impact
1984  Tightrope
1986  Heartbreak Ridge

Stunts:
1964  The New Interns
1965  Cat Ballou
1965  King Rat
1965  The War Lord
1967  Camelot
1972  Joe Kidd
1972  Justin Morgan Had a Horse
1973  High Plains Drifter
1976  The Enforcer
1977  The Gauntlet
1980  Heaven's Gate
1983  Sudden Impact
1984  Tightrope
1986  Heartbreak Ridge
1986  Ratboy
1988  The Dead Pool
1992  Unforgiven
1997  Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

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