Frank Orsatti

Frank Orsatti was the stuntman and stunt actor who performed stunts in and in three episodes of . He received no credit for his television appearances. Orsatti also filled in as stunt coordinator on the TNG third season episode , coordinating the stunt fight between stunt doubles Dan Koko and John Nowak.
born in Los Angeles, California, he was part of a stunt family. His father was former baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals and stuntman , his brother was stuntman and stunt coordinator Ernie F. Orsatti, and his nephew is Noon Orsatti, who is also in the stunt industry. His mother was opera singer Inez Gorman. Originally he tried to start a baseball career at the St. Louis Cardinals, but an injury crossed this vision. He then worked for ten years on freighters for the Merchant Marine.
Orsatti started his stunt career in the late '60s and performed in several television series such as The New People (1969), Daniel Boone (1968-1970, alongside stuntmen Charles Picerni, Kenny Endoso, and Richard E. Butler), Mission: Impossible (1971, with William Shatner and Charlie Picerni), The Streets of San Francisco (1972, with Tim O'Connor, Ed Lauter, and Ed McCready), Kung Fu (1973, with , Kermit Murdock, and Keye Luke), and Planet of the Apes (1974, with Jay Robinson, John McLiam, and Hubie Kerns, Jr.).
He was also part of many feature films, including (1968), Rosemary's Baby (1968, with Elisha Cook), (1971), (1972, alongside Charlie Picerni and under stunt coordinator Glenn R. Wilder), (1972, with stunts by Paul Stader, Gary Epper, George Sawaya, and George Wilbur), (1973, starring Leigh Taylor-Young and Brock Peters), the thriller The Towering Inferno (1974), and (1976, with Fritz Weaver).
Between 1978 and 1982 he served as stunt double for in , in which he also appeared in several other parts and served as director for twelve episodes. Manny Perry and Gene LeBell were also among the stunt cast. Orsatti also doubled actor for nine years in several films and television series.
Orsatti continued and performed in (1982), (1983, with Fran Bennett), (1982), (1989, with Wendy Schaal, Dick Miller, Robert Picardo, and Henry Gibson), and (1989). He served as stunt double for in (1984) and served also as stunt coordinator for projects such as the television film Stark (1985, starring Nicolas Surovy and featuring Denise Crosby), (1989), and (1991, starring Virginia Madsen).
Further feature films as stunt performer include (1991), (1992), (1992, starring Terri Garr and with stunt performers George Colucci, Mitchell Danton, B.J. Davis, Chris Doyle, Dennis Madalone, Rosine "Ace" Hatem, Dan Koko, Irving Lewis, Ken Lesco, Tom Morga, and Lynn Salvatori), (1995), (1996, with Teri Hatcher), (1996, with Louise Fletcher), (1997, with Colm Meaney), and stunt coordination for (2002).
Orsatti passed away in Sherman Oaks, California, due to acute respiratory failure, in 2004. He was 62 years old and survived by his wife Julie Ann Steinberg Orsatti, daughters Kimberly Ann and Gina Marie, brothers Ernie and Rex, and a granddaughter. 
==Star Trek appearances==
File:No image yet.jpg|Stunt performer
File:Armed Tau Cygna V colonist 2.jpg|Tau Cygna V colonist(uncredited)
File:Frank Orsatti, First Contact.jpg|Stunt double forSteven Anderson(uncredited)
File:Enterprise-D science officer 31, 2367.jpg|Science division officer(uncredited)
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