Robert P. "Bob" Orrison (July 28, 1928 – October 11, 2014) was an American film and television stunt performer. He was the

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for actor

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for many films and did stunt work in John Wayne movies such as '' The Undefeated'' and ''

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''. He also performed stunts in such films as ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Days of Thunder'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. For television, he worked on the original '' Star Trek'' series doubling for

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and DeForest Kelley on several occasions.Gene Scott Frees
''Hollywood Stunt Performers, 1910s-1970s: A Biographical Dictionary''
Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2014, p.198 He was the primary stunt driver of the

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car on ''

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'', and doubled for

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in stunts performed for ''

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''. On October 11, 2014, Orrison and his friend and fellow retired stuntman, Gary McLarty, were killed in a traffic collision in

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, where Orrison had lived since 2007. He was 86.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Orrison, Bob 1928 births 2014 deaths American stunt performers Road incident deaths in California