Hal Needham

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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ACTING

Jackson County Jail (1976)

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)

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)

Zorro (1957)

The Mike Douglas Show (1961)

Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)

Dinah! (1974)

Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)

Gunsmoke (1955)

Wagon Train (1957)

Ironside (1967)

Mannix (1967)

Rawhide (1959)

The Wild Wild West (1965)

Charlie's Angels (1976)

CREW

Hardcase (1972)

The Rare Breed (1966)

Three the Hard Way (1974)

Something Big (1971)

Nickelodeon (1976)

Take a Hard Ride (1975)

The War Wagon (1967)

Donovan's Reef (1963)

W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (1975)

The Animals (1970)

White Lightning (1973)

Foul Play (1978)

The End (1978)

Smokey and the Bandit (1977)

Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977)

Lucky Lady (1975)

A Star Is Born (1976)

Gator (1976)

Gable and Lombard (1976)

The Longest Yard (1974)

Chinatown (1974)

Blazing Saddles (1974)

McQ (1974)

White Lightning (1973)

The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973)

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)

The Heist (1972)

The Culpepper Cattle Co. (1972)

Sometimes a Great Notion (1971)

The Organization (1971)

The French Connection (1971)

Chrome and Hot Leather (1971)

Rio Lobo (1970)

One More Train to Rob (1971)

Angel Unchained (1970)

C.C. and Company (1970)

Dirty Dingus Magee (1970)

Chisum (1970)

The Undefeated (1969)

The Bridge at Remagen (1969)

The Great Bank Robbery (1969)

Hellfighters (1968)

The Devil's Brigade (1968)

The Ballad of Josie (1968)

Camelot (1967)

The Way West (1967)

Hells Angels on Wheels (1967)

Tobruk (1967)

Alvarez Kelly (1966)

Beau Geste (1966)

Our Man Flint (1966)

The War Lord (1965)

Major Dundee (1965)

Shenandoah (1965)

In Harm's Way (1965)

Mail Order Bride (1964)

The Raiders (1963)

Kings of the Sun (1963)

4 for Texas (1963)

McLintock! (1963)

Wall of Noise (1963)

How the West Was Won (1962)

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

A Thunder of Drums (1961)

The Big Country (1958)

Thunder in the Sun (1959)

The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)

Paratroop Command (1959)

French Connection II (1975)

Busting (1974)

Call to Danger (1973)

Bandolero! (1968)

Peeper (1975)

The Sunchaser (1996)

Goodnight, My Love (1972)

The War Wagon (1967)

Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)

The Wild Wild West (1965)

DIRECTING

Smokey and the Bandit (1977)

The Cannonball Run (1981)

Cannonball Run II (1984)

MegaForce (1982)

Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)

Hard Time: Hostage Hotel (1999)

Hooper (1978)

Stroker Ace (1983)

Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel (1994)

Body Slam (1986)

The Villain (1979)

The Longest Yard (1974)

Death Car on the Freeway (1979)

Rad (1986)

Take a Hard Ride (1975)

Stunts Unlimited (1980)

White Lightning (1973)

Gator (1976)

Bandit: Bandit Goes Country (1994)

Bandit: Bandit, Bandit (1994)

Bandit: Beauty and the Bandit (1994)

B.L. Stryker (1989)

PRODUCTION

Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel (1994)

Bandit: Bandit Goes Country (1994)

Bandit: Bandit, Bandit (1994)

Bandit: Beauty and the Bandit (1994)

WRITING

Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)

MegaForce (1982)

Cannonball Run II (1984)

Stroker Ace (1983)

Smokey and the Bandit (1977)

Bandit: Bandit Goes Country (1994)

Bandit: Bandit, Bandit (1994)

Bandit: Beauty and the Bandit (1994)

Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel (1994)

Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983)