Hal Needham
Born: 1931-03-06 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Died: 2013-10-25
Known For: 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
Filmography
2025
- A RAD Documentary as Self
2016
- The Bandit as Self (archive footage)
1999
- Hard Time: Hostage Hotel ... (Director)
1996
- The Sunchaser ... (Stunts)
- Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar as Self
1995
- Cybill as Hal Needham
1994
- Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel ... (Director)
- Bandit: Beauty and the Bandit ... (Characters)
- Bandit: Bandit Goes Country ... (Characters)
- Charlie Sheen's Stunts Spectacular as Self
- Bandit: Bandit, Bandit ... (Executive Producer)
1989
- B.L. Stryker ... (Director)
1987
1984
- Cannonball Run II as Porsche 928 Driver with Cowboy Hat (uncredited)
1983
- Stroker Ace as Man Punching Stroker Into Ladies Room
- Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 ... (Characters)
1982
- MegaForce as Technician (uncredited)
1981
- The Cannonball Run as Ambulance EMT (uncredited)
1980
- Stunts Unlimited as H.N. (uncredited)
- Smokey and the Bandit II ... (Director)
1979
- The Villain ... (Director)
- Death Car on the Freeway as Mr. Blanchard
1978
- Foul Play ... (Stunts)
- The End ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Hooper ... (Director)
- The Greatest Stuntman Alive as Himself
1977
- Smokey and the Bandit ... (Director)
- Billy Jack Goes to Washington ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1976
- Charlie's Angels as Julio
- Gator ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- A Star Is Born ... (Stunts)
- Jackson County Jail as Chief of Fallsburg Police
- Gable and Lombard ... (Stunts)
- Nickelodeon ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1975
- Peeper ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Lucky Lady ... (Stunts)
- French Connection II as Doyle Kidnapper (uncredited)
- Take a Hard Ride as Garmes (uncredited)
- W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings as Trooper Carson
1974
- Dinah! as Self
- Blazing Saddles as Outlaw (uncredited)
- Chinatown ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Busting ... (Stunts)
- McQ as Santiago Henchman (uncredited)
- The Longest Yard ... (Second Unit Director)
- Three the Hard Way ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1973
- The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- White Lightning ... (Second Unit Director)
- Call to Danger as Connors
1972
- The Heist ... (Stunts)
- The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean ... (Stunts)
- Hardcase ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- The Culpepper Cattle Co. as Burgess
- The Bounty Man as Pike
- Goodnight, My Love ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1971
- Alias Smith and Jones
- Something Big ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- The French Connection ... (Stunts)
- Sometimes a Great Notion as Man at Racetrack
- The Organization ... (Stunts)
- One More Train to Rob as Bert Gant
- Chrome and Hot Leather ... (Stunts)
1970
- Chisum ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Rio Lobo ... (Stunts)
- Dirty Dingus Magee ... (Stunts)
- Angel Unchained ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- C.C. and Company ... (Stunts)
- The Animals ... (Stunts)
1969
- The Bridge at Remagen ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- The Great Bank Robbery ... (Stunts)
- The Undefeated as Yankee Corporal at River Crossing (uncredited)
1968
- Bandolero! ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Hellfighters ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- The Devil's Brigade as The Sergeant
- The Ballad of Josie ... (Stunts)
1967
- Ironside as Officer Connell
- Mannix
- Camelot ... (Stunts)
- Cimarron Strip
- Tobruk ... (Stunts)
- The Way West ... (Stunts)
- The War Wagon as Hite
- Hells Angels on Wheels ... (Stunts)
1966
- Beau Geste ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Alvarez Kelly ... (Stunts)
- The Rare Breed ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Our Man Flint ... (Stunts)
1965
- The Wild Wild West as Henchman (uncredited)
- Laredo
- Shenandoah ... (Stunts)
- Major Dundee ... (Stunts)
- The Great Race as Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
- In Harm's Way as Airman in the Blue Lagoon (uncredited)
- The War Lord ... (Stunts)
1964
- Mail Order Bride ... (Stunts)
- Advance to the Rear as Rebel Soldier (uncredited)
1963
- McLintock! as Carter (uncredited)
- The Great Adventure as Recruiting Officer
- The Raiders ... (Stunts)
- Donovan's Reef ... (Stunts)
- 4 for Texas as Thomas Worker (uncredited)
- Kings of the Sun ... (Stunts)
- Wall of Noise ... (Stunts)
1962
- The Virginian as The Man
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance ... (Stunts)
- How the West Was Won ... (Stunts)
- Stoney Burke
- Shootout at Big Sag as Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- A Thunder of Drums ... (Stunt Double)
1960
- Guns of the Timberland as Townsman (uncredited)
- Coronado 9
1959
- Rawhide as Corporal Williams
- The Rebel as Indian
- Paratroop Command as German (uncredited)
- Thunder in the Sun ... (Stunts)
1958
- The Big Country ... (Stunts)
- Yancy Derringer as Judge Randall's guard (uncredited)
- The Fiend Who Walked the West as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1957
- Wagon Train as Saloon Tough (uncredited)
- Have Gun, Will Travel as Harry Beldon
- Zorro as Don (uncredited)
- Tales of Wells Fargo as Indian Brave
- The Spirit of St. Louis ... (Stunts)
1955
- Gunsmoke as Ed