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    Bob Orrison

    1928-07-28 (96 years old) in Bakersfield, California, USA

    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.

    Movies

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    Tom Horn
    64 %|Mar 28, 1980
    Western, Action, Drama
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    Sunburn
    50 %|Aug 10, 1979
    Action, Comedy, Crime
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    Hooper
    63 %|Jul 28, 1978
    Action, Comedy
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    Convoy
    63.35 %|Jun 27, 1978
    Action, Comedy, Drama
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    Mitchell
    32.68 %|Sep 10, 1975
    Crime, Drama, Action
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    The Culpepper Cattle Co.
    64 %|Apr 15, 1972
    Western

    Series

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    The A-Team
    75 %|Jan 23, 1983
    Action & Adventure, Comedy, Crime
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    Star Trek
    80.35 %|Sep 8, 1966
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama