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Ernie Orsatti Dies: Famed Stuntman With Memorable Fall In ‘The Poseidon Adventure’ Was 80

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Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerErnie F. Orsatti, best known for his unforgettable fall through a glass skylight in the 1972 movie The Poseidon Adventure, has died.

He was 80 and passed Sept. 12 in La Quinta, Calif. from a hemorrhagic stroke, his son, Noon Orsatti, confirmed.Ernie Orsatti was born in Beverly Hills on Feb.

13, 1940, to opera singer Inez Gorman and Ernie R. Orsatti, a former professional baseball player and double for Buster Keaton in Sherlock Jr. (1924).

The younger Orsatti became a model and competitive swimmer before breaking into show business with appearances in the 1968 film The Acid Eaters and in The Green Berets, starring John Wayne.

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