Trivia

In 2011 Bob Orrison participated in a reenactment of a 1969 Dodge replica of the General Lee making one of his patented leaps he made famous from 1979 to 1985. An excited crowd waited breathlessly as Orrison raced toward the ramp and began the leap. It did not go well. The landing caused the vehicle to flip end over end, landing on all four wheels headed in the opposite direction. There are no records of Orrison attempting any other post-retirement reenactments.

The first Stuntman Awards were presented in Hollywood in 1985. A winner in the Best Vehicular Stunt category was Bob Orrison for his work for the television pilot for "Hunter.".

At the first annual Grand Prix Rodeo, held at Westgate Park in Cerritos, California, USA in October 1965 a Hollywood stunt man named Bob Orrison set a new record in the steer wrestling event. Orrison wrestled his steer to the ground in 5.6 seconds, besting the previous record by 1.1 seconds.

On many occasions film stunt doubles were not credited or even listed as cast members. One such film was the 1971 release of "The Organization" starring Sidney Poitier. The stunt coordinator was credited, Hal Needham. Despite not being identified in the film credits, Bob Orrison was shown in a nationally distributed promotional photo for that film as he attacked Poitier (Detective Virgil Tibbs). He was identified in the photo caption as Bob Orrison, narcotics dealer in some newspapers, as a gun-wielding thug in others.

The second annual Sacramento Rodeo and Days of '49 Celebration was a Lions Club benefit held in May 1955 at Hughes Stadium. In the May 21, 1955 rodeo curtain raising bareback bronc riding event, the first horse, Don Dodge, fell and suffered a fracture of its right leg. The rider from Bakersfield, Bob Orrison, escaped injury.

Father of fellow stunt-men Brad Orrison and Mark Orrison.