Hal Needham
Actor
Born March 6, 1931 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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.
Filmography
A RAD Documentary
Self
The Bandit
Self (archive footage)
Loaded up and Trucking: The Making of Smokey and the Bandit
Self
Hard Time: Hostage Hotel
Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar
Self
The Sunchaser
Cybill
Hal Needham
Charlie Sheen's Stunts Spectacular
Self
Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel
Bandit: Beauty and the Bandit
Bandit: Bandit, Bandit
Bandit: Bandit Goes Country
B.L. Stryker
Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1988
Self
Body Slam
Rad
Cannonball Run II
Porsche 928 Driver with Cowboy Hat (uncredited)
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3
Stroker Ace
Man Punching Stroker Into Ladies Room
MegaForce
Technician (uncredited)
The Cannonball Run
Ambulance EMT (uncredited)
Smokey and the Bandit II
Stunts Unlimited
H.N. (uncredited)
Death Car on the Freeway
Mr. Blanchard
The Villain
Hooper
Foul Play
The End
The Greatest Stuntman Alive
Himself
Smokey and the Bandit
Billy Jack Goes to Washington
Nickelodeon
A Star Is Born
Charlie's Angels
Julio
Gator
Jackson County Jail
Chief of Fallsburg Police
Gable and Lombard
Lucky Lady
Peeper
Take a Hard Ride
Garmes (uncredited)
W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings
Trooper Carson
French Connection II
Doyle Kidnapper (uncredited)
Dinah!
Self
The Longest Yard
Three the Hard Way
Chinatown
Busting
Blazing Saddles
Outlaw (uncredited)
McQ
Santiago Henchman (uncredited)
White Lightning
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
Call to Danger
Connors
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
The Heist
The Bounty Man
Pike
Goodnight, My Love
The Culpepper Cattle Co.
Burgess
Hardcase
Sometimes a Great Notion
Man at Racetrack
Something Big
The Organization
The French Connection
Chrome and Hot Leather
One More Train to Rob
Bert Gant
Alias Smith and Jones
Angel Unchained
Dirty Dingus Magee
C.C. and Company
Chisum
Rio Lobo
The Animals
The Undefeated
Yankee Corporal at River Crossing (uncredited)
The Bridge at Remagen
The Great Bank Robbery
Hellfighters
Bandolero!
The Devil's Brigade
The Sergeant
The Ballad of Josie
Camelot
Mannix
Cimarron Strip
Hells Angels on Wheels
The War Wagon
Hite
The Way West
Ironside
Officer Connell
Tobruk
Alvarez Kelly
Beau Geste
The Rare Breed
Our Man Flint
The War Lord
The Wild Wild West
Henchman (uncredited)
Laredo
The Great Race
Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
Shenandoah
In Harm's Way
Airman in the Blue Lagoon (uncredited)
Major Dundee
Advance to the Rear
Rebel Soldier (uncredited)
Mail Order Bride
4 for Texas
Thomas Worker (uncredited)
Kings of the Sun
The Raiders
McLintock!
Carter (uncredited)
The Great Adventure
Recruiting Officer
Wall of Noise
Donovan's Reef
How the West Was Won
Stoney Burke
The Virginian
The Man
Shootout at Big Sag
Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
A Thunder of Drums
Coronado 9
Guns of the Timberland
Townsman (uncredited)
The Rebel
Indian
Thunder in the Sun
Paratroop Command
German (uncredited)
Rawhide
Corporal Williams
Yancy Derringer
Judge Randall's guard (uncredited)
The Big Country
The Fiend Who Walked the West
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Zorro
Don (uncredited)
Wagon Train
Saloon Tough (uncredited)
Have Gun, Will Travel
Harry Beldon
The Spirit of St. Louis
Tales of Wells Fargo
2nd Cowhand
Gunsmoke
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