
Hal Needham
Department: Acting
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

Jackson County Jail
1976

Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1988
1987

The Cannonball Run
1981

The Fiend Who Walked the West
1958

Paratroop Command
1959

Guns of the Timberland
1960

Shootout at Big Sag
1962

4 for Texas
1963

Advance to the Rear
1964

The Devil's Brigade
1968

One More Train to Rob
1971

The Undefeated
1969

Sometimes a Great Notion
1971

McQ
1974

French Connection II
1975

Take a Hard Ride
1975

Stunts Unlimited
1980

Death Car on the Freeway
1979

Blazing Saddles
1974

McLintock!
1963

The Great Race
1965

Loaded up and Trucking: The Making of Smokey and the Bandit
2006

The Culpepper Cattle Co.
1972

The War Wagon
1967

Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar
1996

Charlie Sheen's Stunts Spectacular
1994

The Bandit
2016

W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings
1975

MegaForce
1982

Stroker Ace
1983

Cannonball Run II
1984

The Bounty Man
1972

The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen
1988

Call to Danger
1973

A RAD Documentary
2025

The Greatest Stuntman Alive
1978

In Harm's Way
1965

Superstunt
1977

The Great Adventure
1963

Cybill
1995

Alias Smith and Jones
1971

Charlie's Angels
1976

Mannix
1967

Tales of Wells Fargo
1957

Tales of Wells Fargo
1957

Tales of Wells Fargo
1957

Tales of Wells Fargo
1957

Tales of Wells Fargo
1957

Gunsmoke
1955

Laredo
1965

Rawhide
1959

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

Cimarron Strip
1967

The Virginian
1962

Yancy Derringer
1958

The Rebel
1959

Stoney Burke
1962

Coronado 9
1960

Rawhide
1959

Yancy Derringer
1958

The Virginian
1962

Gunsmoke
1955

Gunsmoke
1955

Gunsmoke
1955

Gunsmoke
1955

Gunsmoke
1955

Zorro
1957

The Mike Douglas Show
1961

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

Dinah!
1974

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

Gunsmoke
1955

Wagon Train
1957

Ironside
1967

Mannix
1967

Rawhide
1959

The Wild Wild West
1965