Hal Needham
- Acting
- March 6, 1931 · Memphis, Tennessee, USA
- October 25, 2013
Biography
Hal Brett Needham (March 6, 1931 – October 25, 2013) was an American stuntman, film director, actor and writer. He is best known for his frequent collaborations with actor Burt Reynolds, usually in films involving fast cars, such as Smokey and the Bandit (1977), Hooper (1978), The Cannonball Run (1981) and Stroker Ace (1983). In his later years, Needham moved out of stunt work, and focused his energy on the World land speed record project. In 2001, Needham received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Taurus World Stunt Awards, and in 2012, he was awarded a Governors Award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hal Needham, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known for
Filmography
- A RAD Documentary · Self
- The Bandit · Self
- Loaded up and Trucking: The Making of Smokey and the Bandit · Self
- Hard Time: Hostage Hotel · Director
- Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar · Self
- The Sunchaser · Stunts
- Cybill · Hal Needham
- Charlie Sheen's Stunts Spectacular · Self
- Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel · Director, Executive producer
- Bandit: Beauty and the Bandit · Characters, Director
- Bandit: Bandit, Bandit · Executive producer, Characters
- Bandit: Bandit Goes Country · Characters, Story
- B.L. Stryker · Director
- The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen · Self
- Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1988 · Self
- Body Slam · Director
- Rad · Director
- Cannonball Run II · Porsche 928 Driver with Cowboy Hat (uncredited), Director
- Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 · Characters
- Stroker Ace · Man Punching Stroker Into Ladies Room, Director
- MegaForce · Technician (uncredited), Director
- The Cannonball Run · Ambulance EMT (uncredited), Director
- Smokey and the Bandit II · Director, Characters
- Stunts Unlimited · H.N. (uncredited), Director
- Death Car on the Freeway · Mr. Blanchard, Director
- The Villain · Director
- Hooper · Director
- Foul Play · Stunts
- The End · Stunt Coordinator
- The Greatest Stuntman Alive · Self
- Superstunt · Self
- Smokey and the Bandit · Director, Stunts
- Billy Jack Goes to Washington · Stunt Coordinator
- Nickelodeon · Stunt Coordinator
- A Star Is Born · Stunts
- Charlie's Angels · Julio, Spencer
- Gator · Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director
- Jackson County Jail · Chief of Fallsburg Police
- Gable and Lombard · Stunts
- Lucky Lady · Stunts
- Peeper · Stunt Coordinator
- Take a Hard Ride · Garmes (uncredited), Stunt Coordinator
- W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings · Trooper Carson, Stunt Coordinator
- French Connection II · Doyle Kidnapper (uncredited), Stunt Coordinator
- Dinah! · Self
- The Longest Yard · Second Unit Director, Stunt Coordinator
- Three the Hard Way · Stunt Coordinator
- Chinatown · Stunt Coordinator
- Busting · Stunts
- Blazing Saddles · Outlaw (uncredited), Stunts
- McQ · Santiago Henchman (uncredited), Stunt Driver
- White Lightning · Second Unit Director, Stunts
- The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing · Stunt Coordinator
- Call to Danger · Connors, Stunts
- The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean · Stunts
- The Heist · Stunts
- The Bounty Man · Pike
- Goodnight, My Love · Stunt Coordinator
- The Culpepper Cattle Co. · Burgess, Stunt Coordinator
- Hardcase · Stunt Coordinator
- Sometimes a Great Notion · Man at Racetrack, Stunts
- Something Big · Stunt Coordinator
- The Organization · Stunts
- The French Connection · Stunts
- Chrome and Hot Leather · Stunts
- One More Train to Rob · Bert Gant, Stunt Coordinator
- Alias Smith and Jones
- Angel Unchained · Stunt Coordinator
- Dirty Dingus Magee · Stunts
- C.C. and Company · Stunts
- Chisum · Stunt Coordinator
- Rio Lobo · Stunts
- The Animals · Stunts
- The Undefeated · Yankee Corporal at River Crossing (uncredited), Stunt Coordinator
- The Bridge at Remagen · Stunt Coordinator
- The Great Bank Robbery · Stunts
- Hellfighters · Stunt Coordinator
- Bandolero! · Stunt Coordinator
- The Devil's Brigade · The Sergeant, Stunt Coordinator
- The Ballad of Josie · Stunts