Robert P. Orrison (July 28, 1928 – October 11, 2014) was an American film and television stunt performer.
He was the stunt double for actor Audie Murphy for many films and did stunt work in John Wayne movies such as The Undefeated and Chisum. He also performed stunts in such films as The Wild Bunch, Smokey and the Bandit, Rambo III, Days of Thunder, Die Hard 2, and Speed. For television, he worked on the original Star Trek series doubling for Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley on several occasions.Gene Scott Freese Hollywood Stunt Performers, 1910s-1970s: A Biographical Dictionary, Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2014, p.198 He was the primary stunt driver of the General Lee car on The Dukes of Hazzard, and doubled for George Peppard in stunts performed for The A-Team.
On October 11, 2014, Orrison and his friend and fellow retired stuntman, Gary McLarty, were killed in a traffic collision in Rancho Cordova, California, where Orrison had lived since 2007. He was 86.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1968 5 Card Stud Pete Uncredited1972 The Culpepper Cattle Co. Rutter 1975 Mitchell Mistretta Hood #1 1978 Convoy Officer Bob Bookman 1978 Zero to Sixty 1979 Sunburn Milan 1980 Tom Horn Matt 1988 Bulletproof Guerilla #2 1994 Bigfoot: The Unforgettable Encounter Joe Perkins 1995 Two Bits & Pepper Cowboy #3
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