Hal Needham
Acting
Born: March 6, 1931 · Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Died: October 25, 2013 (aged 82)
Highest Rated
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
Chinatown
1974
The French Connection
1971
Blazing Saddles
1974
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
Smokey and the Bandit
1977
The Cannonball Run
1981
How the West Was Won
1962
French Connection II
1975
The Big Country
1958
The Great Race
1965
Cannonball Run II
1984
The Longest Yard
1974
Photos (1)
Movies (29)
Blazing Saddles
Outlaw (uncredited)
The Cannonball Run
Ambulance EMT (uncredited)
Cannonball Run II
Porsche 928 Driver with Cowboy Hat (uncredited)
McLintock!
Carter (uncredited)
French Connection II
Doyle Kidnapper (uncredited)
The War Wagon
Hite
The Great Race
Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
The Undefeated
Yankee Corporal at River Crossing (uncredited)
In Harm's Way
Airman in the Blue Lagoon (uncredited)
MegaForce
Technician (uncredited)
Sometimes a Great Notion
Man at Racetrack
Advance to the Rear
Rebel Soldier (uncredited)
McQ
Santiago Henchman (uncredited)
The Devil's Brigade
The Sergeant
4 for Texas
Thomas Worker (uncredited)
Jackson County Jail
Chief of Fallsburg Police
Stroker Ace
Man Punching Stroker Into Ladies Room
The Culpepper Cattle Co.
Burgess
One More Train to Rob
Bert Gant
Take a Hard Ride
Garmes (uncredited)
W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings
Trooper Carson
Death Car on the Freeway
Mr. Blanchard
Guns of the Timberland
Townsman (uncredited)
The Bounty Man
Pike
The Fiend Who Walked the West
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Call to Danger
Connors
Stunts Unlimited
H.N. (uncredited)
Shootout at Big Sag
Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
Paratroop Command
German (uncredited)
TV Shows (63)
Ironside
Officer Connell · 1 eps
Mannix
1 eps
Mannix
Henchman #2 (uncredited) · 1 eps
Wagon Train
Saloon Tough (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Virginian
The Man · 1 eps
The Virginian
Bounty Hunter · 1 eps
The Wild Wild West
Henchman (uncredited) · 1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
Harry Beldon · 1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
Gleet · 1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
3rd Posseman · 1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
Little Horse · 1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
Mac · 1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
Trail Hand Mabry · 1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
Gandy Dancer · 1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
Gunman #1 - Joe · 1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
Soldier · 1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
Morgan - Trooper · 1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
Emmet Trager · 1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
Cowhand · 2 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
Club Bartender · 1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
Shaw · 1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
Cal - Posse Member · 1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
First Guide · 1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
Ham Turner · 1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
Lookout · 1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
Turner · 1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
Body Guard #2 · 1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
Buddy Webster · 1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
2nd Deputy · 1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
Dink Turner · 1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
Apache · 1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
Wiggen - Wagonmaster · 1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
Saloon Brawler (uncredited) · 1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
Band member (uncredited) · 1 eps
Charlie's Angels
Julio · 1 eps
Charlie's Angels
Spencer · 1 eps
Tales of Wells Fargo
Indian Brave · 1 eps
Tales of Wells Fargo
Stage Passenger (uncredited) · 1 eps
Tales of Wells Fargo
2nd Cowhand · 1 eps
Tales of Wells Fargo
Townsman (uncredited) · 1 eps
Tales of Wells Fargo
Outlaw · 1 eps
Rawhide
Corporal Williams · 1 eps
Rawhide
Tom (uncredited) · 1 eps
Rawhide
Brawler (uncredited) · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Ed · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Cowboy · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Charlie (uncredited) · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Henchman (uncredited) · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Gang Member (uncredited) · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Renegade · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Townsman (uncredited) · 1 eps
Cybill
Hal Needham · 1 eps
Zorro
Don (uncredited) · 1 eps
Zorro
Lancer (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Rebel
Indian · 1 eps
Alias Smith and Jones
1 eps
Stoney Burke
1 eps
Laredo
1 eps
Cimarron Strip
1 eps
The Great Adventure
Recruiting Officer · 1 eps
Yancy Derringer
Judge Randall's guard (uncredited) · 1 eps
Yancy Derringer
Guard (uncredited) · 1 eps
Coronado 9
1 eps
Self / Appearances (9)
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 4 eps
Dinah!
Self · 1 eps
The Bandit
Self (archive footage)
The Greatest Stuntman Alive
Himself
Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar
Self
Loaded up and Trucking: The Making of Smokey and the Bandit
Self
A RAD Documentary
Self
Charlie Sheen's Stunts Spectacular
Self
Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1988
Self
Directing (22)
The Cannonball Run
Director
Smokey and the Bandit
Director
Smokey and the Bandit II
Director
The Longest Yard
Second Unit Director
Cannonball Run II
Director
B.L. Stryker
Director
White Lightning
Second Unit Director
Hooper
Director
MegaForce
Director
Rad
Director
The Villain
Director
Gator
Second Unit Director
Stroker Ace
Director
Take a Hard Ride
Second Unit Director
Hard Time: Hostage Hotel
Director
Body Slam
Director
Death Car on the Freeway
Director
Bandit: Beauty and the Bandit
Director
Stunts Unlimited
Director
Bandit: Bandit Goes Country
Director
Bandit: Bandit, Bandit
Director
Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel
Director
Writing (11)
Smokey and the Bandit
Story
Smokey and the Bandit II
Characters
Cannonball Run II
Screenplay
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3
Characters
MegaForce
Screenplay
Stroker Ace
Screenplay
Bandit: Beauty and the Bandit
Characters
Bandit: Bandit Goes Country
Characters
Bandit: Bandit Goes Country
Story
Bandit: Bandit, Bandit
Characters
Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel
Characters
Producing (4)
Other Crew (80)
The Wild Wild West
Stunts
Have Gun, Will Travel
Stunt Double
Chinatown
Stunt Coordinator
Blazing Saddles
Stunts
Smokey and the Bandit
Stunts
The French Connection
Stunts
How the West Was Won
Stunts
The Longest Yard
Stunt Coordinator
Foul Play
Stunts
McLintock!
Stunts
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Stunts
French Connection II
Stunt Coordinator
The War Wagon
Stunts
The War Wagon
Stunt Double
The War Wagon
Stunt Coordinator
Rio Lobo
Stunts
White Lightning
Stunts
White Lightning
Stunt Coordinator
White Lightning
Stunt Double
The Big Country
Stunts
A Star Is Born
Stunts
Major Dundee
Stunts
The Bridge at Remagen
Stunt Coordinator
Chisum
Stunt Coordinator
Bandolero!
Stunt Coordinator
The Undefeated
Stunt Coordinator
Our Man Flint
Stunts
In Harm's Way
Stunts
The Organization
Stunts
The War Lord
Stunts
The Sunchaser
Stunts
Sometimes a Great Notion
Stunts
The Rare Breed
Stunt Coordinator
Camelot
Stunts
The Way West
Stunts
Donovan's Reef
Stunts
Gator
Stunt Coordinator
Lucky Lady
Stunts
McQ
Stunt Driver
Shenandoah
Stunts
Tobruk
Stunts
Hellfighters
Stunt Coordinator
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Stunts
The Ballad of Josie
Stunts
The Spirit of St. Louis
Stunts
The Devil's Brigade
Stunt Coordinator
Alvarez Kelly
Stunts
4 for Texas
Stunts
A Thunder of Drums
Stunt Double
C.C. and Company
Stunts
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
Stunt Coordinator
Nickelodeon
Stunt Coordinator
Mail Order Bride
Stunts
The Culpepper Cattle Co.
Stunt Coordinator
One More Train to Rob
Stunt Coordinator
Busting
Stunts
Kings of the Sun
Stunts
The End
Stunt Coordinator
Peeper
Stunt Coordinator
Take a Hard Ride
Stunt Coordinator
Hells Angels on Wheels
Stunts
Something Big
Stunt Coordinator
Dirty Dingus Magee
Stunts
Hardcase
Stunt Coordinator
Wall of Noise
Stunts
The Great Bank Robbery
Stunts
W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings
Stunt Coordinator
Beau Geste
Stunt Coordinator
Three the Hard Way
Stunt Coordinator
The Animals
Stunts
Gable and Lombard
Stunts
The Raiders
Stunts
Thunder in the Sun
Stunts
Call to Danger
Stunts
Chrome and Hot Leather
Stunts
Angel Unchained
Stunt Coordinator
The Heist
Stunts
Goodnight, My Love
Stunt Coordinator
Billy Jack Goes to Washington
Stunt Coordinator
Paratroop Command
Stunts