Hal Needham

Acting

March 6, 1931 – October 25, 2013 (died at 82)

Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Male

152 Movies

67 TV Shows

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

The Great Race

1965 7.1

as Saloon Brawler (uncredited)

Age 34 (now 82)

Jackson County Jail

1976 5.6

as Chief of Fallsburg Police

Age 45 (now 82)

French Connection II

1975 6.8

as Doyle Kidnapper (uncredited)

Age 44 (now 82)

The War Wagon

1967 6.8

as Hite

Age 36 (now 82)

McLintock!

1963 6.6

as Carter (uncredited)

Age 32 (now 82)

The Culpepper Cattle Co.

1972 6.4

as Burgess

Age 41 (now 82)

Sometimes a Great Notion

1971 6.9

as Man at Racetrack

Age 40 (now 82)

Take a Hard Ride

1975 5.3

as Garmes (uncredited)

Age 44 (now 82)

MegaForce

1982 4.0

as Technician (uncredited)

Age 51 (now 82)

Stroker Ace

1983 4.9

as Man Punching Stroker Into Ladies Room

Age 52 (now 82)

In Harm's Way

1965 6.6

as Airman in the Blue Lagoon (uncredited)

Age 34 (now 82)

One More Train to Rob

1971 5.4

as Bert Gant

Age 39 (now 82)

McQ

1974 6.1

as Santiago Henchman (uncredited)

Age 42 (now 82)

Guns of the Timberland

1960 6.2

as Townsman (uncredited)

Age 28 (now 82)

Death Car on the Freeway

1979 5.2

as Mr. Blanchard

Age 48 (now 82)

The Undefeated

1969 6.3

as Yankee Corporal at River Crossing (uncredited)

Age 38 (now 82)

A RAD Documentary

2025 8.2

as Self

Age 94 (now 82)

The Bandit

2016 7.6

as Self (archive footage)

Age 85 (now 82)

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

2006

as Self

Age 75 (now 82)

Hard Time: Hostage Hotel

1999 6.9

Director

Age 68 (now 82)

Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar

1996 7.5

as Self

Age 65 (now 82)

The Sunchaser

1996 6.3

Stunts

Age 65 (now 82)

Charlie Sheen's Stunts Spectacular

1994 9.3

as Self

Age 63 (now 82)

Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel

1994 4.8

Characters

Age 63 (now 82)

Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel

1994 4.8

Director

Age 63 (now 82)

Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel

1994 4.8

Executive Producer

Age 63 (now 82)

Bandit: Beauty and the Bandit

1994 4.7

Characters

Age 63 (now 82)

Bandit: Beauty and the Bandit

1994 4.7

Director

Age 63 (now 82)

Bandit: Beauty and the Bandit

1994 4.7

Executive Producer

Age 63 (now 82)

Bandit: Bandit, Bandit

1994 4.9

Characters

Age 63 (now 82)

Bandit: Bandit, Bandit

1994 4.9

Director

Age 63 (now 82)

Bandit: Bandit, Bandit

1994 4.9

Executive Producer

Age 63 (now 82)

Bandit: Bandit Goes Country

1994 4.2

Story

Age 62 (now 82)

Bandit: Bandit Goes Country

1994 4.2

Characters

Age 62 (now 82)

Bandit: Bandit Goes Country

1994 4.2

Director

Age 62 (now 82)

Bandit: Bandit Goes Country

1994 4.2

Executive Producer

Age 62 (now 82)

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

1988

as Self

Age 56 (now 82)

Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1988

1987 4.4

as Self

Age 56 (now 82)

Body Slam

1986 5.1

Director

Age 55 (now 82)

Rad

1986 6.5

Director

Age 55 (now 82)

Cannonball Run II

1984 5.4

as Porsche 928 Driver with Cowboy Hat (uncredited)

Age 53 (now 82)

Cannonball Run II

1984 5.4

Director

Age 53 (now 82)

Cannonball Run II

1984 5.4

Screenplay

Age 53 (now 82)

Smokey and the Bandit Part 3

1983 4.4

Characters

Age 52 (now 82)

Stroker Ace

1983 4.9

Director

Age 52 (now 82)

Stroker Ace

1983 4.9

Screenplay

Age 52 (now 82)

Stroker Ace

1983 4.9

as Man Punching Stroker Into Ladies Room

Age 52 (now 82)

MegaForce

1982 4.0

as Technician (uncredited)

Age 51 (now 82)

MegaForce

1982 4.0

Screenplay

Age 51 (now 82)

MegaForce

1982 4.0

Director

Age 51 (now 82)

The Cannonball Run

1981 6.2

Director

Age 50 (now 82)

The Cannonball Run

1981 6.2

as Ambulance EMT (uncredited)

Age 50 (now 82)

Smokey and the Bandit II

1980 5.5

Characters

Age 49 (now 82)

Smokey and the Bandit II

1980 5.5

Director

Age 49 (now 82)

Stunts Unlimited

1980 6.0

as H.N. (uncredited)

Age 48 (now 82)

Stunts Unlimited

1980 6.0

Director

Age 48 (now 82)

Death Car on the Freeway

1979 5.2

Director

Age 48 (now 82)

Death Car on the Freeway

1979 5.2

as Mr. Blanchard

Age 48 (now 82)

The Villain

1979 5.7

Director

Age 48 (now 82)

Hooper

1978 6.3

Director

Age 47 (now 82)

Foul Play

1978 6.3

Stunts

Age 47 (now 82)

The End

1978 5.6

Stunt Coordinator

Age 47 (now 82)

The Greatest Stuntman Alive

1978

as Himself

Age 46 (now 82)

Superstunt

1977

as Self

Age 46 (now 82)

Smokey and the Bandit

1977 7.0

Stunts

Age 46 (now 82)

Smokey and the Bandit

1977 7.0

Director

Age 46 (now 82)

Smokey and the Bandit

1977 7.0

Story

Age 46 (now 82)

Billy Jack Goes to Washington

1977 6.5

Stunt Coordinator

Age 46 (now 82)

Nickelodeon

1976 6.1

Stunt Coordinator

Age 45 (now 82)

A Star Is Born

1976 6.0

Stunts

Age 45 (now 82)

Gator

1976 5.2

Stunt Coordinator

Age 45 (now 82)

Gator

1976 5.2

Second Unit Director

Age 45 (now 82)

Jackson County Jail

1976 5.6

as Chief of Fallsburg Police

Age 45 (now 82)

Gable and Lombard

1976 5.0

Stunts

Age 44 (now 82)

Lucky Lady

1975 5.5

Stunts

Age 44 (now 82)

Peeper

1975 5.1

Stunt Coordinator

Age 44 (now 82)

Take a Hard Ride

1975 5.3

Second Unit Director

Age 44 (now 82)

Take a Hard Ride

1975 5.3

as Garmes (uncredited)

Age 44 (now 82)

Take a Hard Ride

1975 5.3

Stunt Coordinator

Age 44 (now 82)

W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings

1975 6.0

as Trooper Carson

Age 44 (now 82)

W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings

1975 6.0

Stunt Coordinator

Age 44 (now 82)

French Connection II

1975 6.8

as Doyle Kidnapper (uncredited)

Age 44 (now 82)

French Connection II

1975 6.8

Stunt Coordinator

Age 44 (now 82)

The Longest Yard

1974 6.8

Second Unit Director

Age 43 (now 82)

The Longest Yard

1974 6.8

Stunt Coordinator

Age 43 (now 82)

Three the Hard Way

1974 6.3

Stunt Coordinator

Age 43 (now 82)

Chinatown

1974 7.9

Stunt Coordinator

Age 43 (now 82)

Busting

1974 6.2

Stunts

Age 42 (now 82)

Blazing Saddles

1974 7.2

as Outlaw (uncredited)

Age 42 (now 82)

Blazing Saddles

1974 7.2

Stunts

Age 42 (now 82)

McQ

1974 6.1

as Santiago Henchman (uncredited)

Age 42 (now 82)

McQ

1974 6.1

Stunt Driver

Age 42 (now 82)

White Lightning

1973 6.1

Second Unit Director

Age 42 (now 82)

White Lightning

1973 6.1

Stunts

Age 42 (now 82)

White Lightning

1973 6.1

Stunt Double

Age 42 (now 82)

White Lightning

1973 6.1

Stunt Coordinator

Age 42 (now 82)

The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing

1973 5.8

Stunt Coordinator

Age 42 (now 82)

Call to Danger

1973 9.0

Stunts

Age 41 (now 82)

Call to Danger

1973 9.0

as Connors

Age 41 (now 82)

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

1972 6.5

Stunts

Age 41 (now 82)

The Heist

1972 8.3

Stunts

Age 41 (now 82)

The Bounty Man

1972 6.3

as Pike

Age 41 (now 82)

Goodnight, My Love

1972 7.1

Stunt Coordinator

Age 41 (now 82)

The Culpepper Cattle Co.

1972 6.4

Stunt Coordinator

Age 41 (now 82)

The Culpepper Cattle Co.

1972 6.4

as Burgess

Age 41 (now 82)

Hardcase

1972 6.3

Stunt Coordinator

Age 40 (now 82)

Sometimes a Great Notion

1971 6.9

as Man at Racetrack

Age 40 (now 82)

Sometimes a Great Notion

1971 6.9

Stunts

Age 40 (now 82)

Something Big

1971 5.3

Stunt Coordinator

Age 40 (now 82)

The Organization

1971 6.3

Stunts

Age 40 (now 82)

The French Connection

1971 7.5

Stunts

Age 40 (now 82)

Chrome and Hot Leather

1971 5.6

Stunts

Age 40 (now 82)

One More Train to Rob

1971 5.4

as Bert Gant

Age 39 (now 82)

One More Train to Rob

1971 5.4

Stunt Coordinator

Age 39 (now 82)

Angel Unchained

1970 4.8

Stunt Coordinator

Age 39 (now 82)

Dirty Dingus Magee

1970 4.7

Stunts

Age 39 (now 82)

C.C. and Company

1970 5.5

Stunts

Age 39 (now 82)

Chisum

1970 6.7

Stunt Coordinator

Age 39 (now 82)

Rio Lobo

1970 6.5

Stunts

Age 39 (now 82)

The Animals

1970 3.9

Stunts

Age 39 (now 82)

The Undefeated

1969 6.3

Stunt Coordinator

Age 38 (now 82)

The Undefeated

1969 6.3

as Yankee Corporal at River Crossing (uncredited)

Age 38 (now 82)

The Bridge at Remagen

1969 6.7

Stunt Coordinator

Age 38 (now 82)

The Great Bank Robbery

1969 6.6

Stunts

Age 38 (now 82)

Hellfighters

1968 6.3

Stunt Coordinator

Age 37 (now 82)

Bandolero!

1968 6.6

Stunt Coordinator

Age 37 (now 82)

The Devil's Brigade

1968 6.3

as The Sergeant

Age 37 (now 82)

The Devil's Brigade

1968 6.3

Stunt Coordinator

Age 37 (now 82)

The Ballad of Josie

1968 6.0

Stunts

Age 36 (now 82)

Camelot

1967 6.2

Stunts

Age 36 (now 82)

Hells Angels on Wheels

1967 5.2

Stunts

Age 36 (now 82)

The War Wagon

1967 6.8

Stunt Coordinator

Age 36 (now 82)

The War Wagon

1967 6.8

Stunt Double

Age 36 (now 82)

The War Wagon

1967 6.8

as Hite

Age 36 (now 82)

The War Wagon

1967 6.8

Stunts

Age 36 (now 82)

The Way West

1967 6.1

Stunts

Age 36 (now 82)

Tobruk

1967 6.5

Stunts

Age 35 (now 82)

Alvarez Kelly

1966 6.2

Stunts

Age 35 (now 82)

Beau Geste

1966 5.6

Stunt Coordinator

Age 35 (now 82)

The Rare Breed

1966 6.2

Stunt Coordinator

Age 34 (now 82)

Our Man Flint

1966 6.4

Stunts

Age 34 (now 82)

The War Lord

1965 6.2

Stunts

Age 34 (now 82)

The Great Race

1965 7.1

as Saloon Brawler (uncredited)

Age 34 (now 82)

Shenandoah

1965 7.0

Stunts

Age 34 (now 82)

In Harm's Way

1965 6.6

as Airman in the Blue Lagoon (uncredited)

Age 34 (now 82)

In Harm's Way

1965 6.6

Stunts

Age 34 (now 82)

Major Dundee

1965 6.7

Stunts

Age 34 (now 82)

Advance to the Rear

1964 5.2

as Rebel Soldier (uncredited)

Age 33 (now 82)

Mail Order Bride

1964 7.0

Stunts

Age 33 (now 82)

4 for Texas

1963 5.1

as Thomas Worker (uncredited)

Age 32 (now 82)

4 for Texas

1963 5.1

Stunts

Age 32 (now 82)

Kings of the Sun

1963 6.1

Stunts

Age 32 (now 82)

The Raiders

1963 4.8

Stunts

Age 32 (now 82)

McLintock!

1963 6.6

Stunts

Age 32 (now 82)

McLintock!

1963 6.6

as Carter (uncredited)

Age 32 (now 82)

Wall of Noise

1963 4.1

Stunts

Age 32 (now 82)

Donovan's Reef

1963 6.3

Stunts

Age 32 (now 82)

How the West Was Won

1962 7.0

Stunts

Age 31 (now 82)

Shootout at Big Sag

1962 5.5

as Saloon Brawler (uncredited)

Age 31 (now 82)

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

1962 7.8

Stunts

Age 31 (now 82)

A Thunder of Drums

1961 5.7

Stunt Double

Age 30 (now 82)

Guns of the Timberland

1960 6.2

as Townsman (uncredited)

Age 28 (now 82)

Thunder in the Sun

1959 5.6

Stunts

Age 28 (now 82)

Paratroop Command

1959 5.9

as German (uncredited)

Age 27 (now 82)

Paratroop Command

1959 5.9

Stunts

Age 27 (now 82)

The Big Country

1958 7.6

Stunts

Age 27 (now 82)

The Fiend Who Walked the West

1958 6.4

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Age 27 (now 82)

The Spirit of St. Louis

1957 6.7

Stunts

Age 26 (now 82)