Hal Needham
Date of birth: 1931-03-06
Place of birth: Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
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
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Jackson County Jail
1976-03-31
A young woman stumbles into a nightmare land of hijacking and humiliation while driving cross-countr
Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1988
1987-12-01
Profiles of Playboy Playmates. Features: Marina Baker (Playmate of the Month, March 1987), Kim Morri
The Cannonball Run
1981-06-19
A cross-country road race is based on an actual event, the Cannonball Baker Sea to Shining Sea Memor
The Fiend Who Walked the West
1958-08-01
A convicted bank robber, serving his sentence and yearning for freedom, becomes entangled with a psy
Paratroop Command
1959-02-01
Charlie becomes a paratrooper, but, while serving in North Africa, he mistakenly kills one of his fe
Guns of the Timberland
1960-02-01
Logger Jim Hadley and his lumberjack crew are looking for new forest to cut. They locate a prime pro
Shootout at Big Sag
1962-05-31
A man has his eyes set on controlling the Big Sag territory in Montana and hopes to achieve his goal
4 for Texas
1963-12-21
In the 1870s, two rival businessmen, Zack Thomas and Joe Jarrett, on a stagecoach heading to Galvest
Advance to the Rear
1964-06-10
As punishment for their incompetence in battle, disgraced Union soldier Capt. Jared Heath and his ap
The Devil's Brigade
1968-05-15
At the onset of World War II, American Lt. Col. Robert Frederick is put in charge of a unit called
One More Train to Rob
1971-02-19
Harker Flet and compatriots Timothy X. Nolan and Katy, along with three other men, steal $40,000 in
The Undefeated
1969-10-04
After the Civil War, ex-Union Colonel John Henry Thomas and ex-Confederate Colonel James Langdon are
Sometimes a Great Notion
1971-12-17
Hank Stamper and his father, Henry, own and operate the family business by cutting and shipping logs
McQ
1974-01-04
Police Lieutenant Lon McQ investigates the killing of his best friend and uncovers corrupt elements
French Connection II
1975-05-18
"Popeye" Doyle travels to Marseilles to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler that eluded him in Ne
Take a Hard Ride
1975-10-29
After his cattle rancher boss dies, right-hand man Pike is given the job of returning $86,000 to som
Stunts Unlimited
1980-01-04
A group of Hollywood stunt performers are recruited by former U.S. Intelligence agent Dirk Macauley
Death Car on the Freeway
1979-09-24
A determined TV reporter is out to find a maniac who is methodically attacking lone women drivers on
In Harm's Way
1965-04-06
A Naval officer, reprimanded after Pearl Harbor, is later promoted to Rear Admiral and gets a second
Blazing Saddles
1974-02-07
A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab
McLintock!
1963-11-12
Ageing, wealthy, rancher and self-made man, George Washington McLintock is forced to deal with numer
The Great Race
1965-07-01
Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto m
Loaded up and Trucking: The Making of Smokey and the Bandit
a “making of” documentary on Smokey and the Bandit
The Culpepper Cattle Co.
1972-04-15
Working as an assistant on a long cattle drive, the young Ben Mockridge contends between his dream o
The War Wagon
1967-05-26
An ex-con seeks revenge on the man who put him in prison by planning a robbery of the latter's stage
Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar
1996-08-30
Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar is a documentary on Jackie Chan.
Charlie Sheen's Stunts Spectacular
1994-06-30
The first behind the scenes look revealing the movie magic of the men and women of the stunt profess
The Bandit
2016-03-12
THE BANDIT is a film about 70s superstar Burt Reynolds, his best friend, roommate and stunt-double H
W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings
1975-05-21
W.W. Bright is a robber with a heart of gold who travels the South knocking off banks and gas statio
MegaForce
1982-06-25
MegaForce is an elite multi-national military unit that does the jobs that individual governments wo
Stroker Ace
1983-07-01
Stroker Ace, a champion NASCAR driver, is standing at the top of his career, but is getting fed up w
Cannonball Run II
1984-06-29
When a wealthy sheikh puts up $1 million in prize money for a cross-country car race, there is one p
The Bounty Man
1972-10-31
Kinkaid is a rugged, hard-driving bounty hunter, determined to find outlaw Billy Riddle. He tracks B
The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen
1988-01-01
A follow-up special to ABC's 1987 "The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson." The program in
Call to Danger
1973-02-27
A federal agent recruits a computer whiz to try to free a Mafia witness who has been kidnapped and h
A RAD Documentary
2025-03-20
The official documentary about the 1986 cult classic RAD. It features exclusive interviews with cast
The Greatest Stuntman Alive
1978-01-01
The behind the scenes/making of featurette for the 1978 Hal Needham movie 'Hooper'