Biography
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.
Filmography
all 27
Movies 27
Airport Bartender
Absolute Power (1997)
Movie
6
Café Patron
The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
Movie
5.5
The Shadow / Stunts
Unforgiven (1992)
Movie
5.95
Det. Orrison
The Rookie (1990)
Movie
6
Embarcadero Bodyguard #1 / Stunts
The Dead Pool (1988)
Movie
5.3
Patient with Checkers
Bird (1988)
Movie
6
Stunt Double
Heartbreak Ridge (1986)
Movie
4.29
Stunts
Ratboy (1986)
Movie
Stationmaster Whitey
Pale Rider (1985)
Movie
5.33
Stunts / Stunt Double
Tightrope (1984)
Movie
6
Stunts / Stunt Double
Sudden Impact (1983)
Movie
5.41
Leon Sprague
Firefox (1982)
Movie
5.78
Cowboy in Bar
Bronco Billy (1980)
Movie
4
Fight Spectator
Every Which Way but Loose (1978)
Movie
5.4
Stunt Double
The Gauntlet (1977)
Movie
6
Stunt Double
High Plains Drifter (1973)
Movie
6
Stunts
Joe Kidd (1972)
Movie
6
Stunts
Camelot (1967)
Movie
Stunts
The War Lord (1965)
Movie
Stunts
King Rat (1965)
Movie
Stunt Double
Cat Ballou (1965)
Movie
4
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1929-10-30
Deathday2001-03-01 (71 years old)
Birth Place Los Angeles, California, USA
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