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Hal Brett Needham (March 6, 1931 – October 25, 2013) was an American stuntman, film director, actor, writer, and NASCAR team owner. 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).
Hal Needham was a legendary stuntman, director and NASCAR team owner who worked on over 4500 TV episodes and 310 movies. He invented many stunt devices and techniques, won an Emmy and an Oscar, and drove a fake ambulance in The Cannonball Run.
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Hal Needham was a stuntman, stunt coordinator, 2nd unit director and director of action comedy films. He worked with Burt Reynolds, invented many stunt devices and set Guinness World Records.
- March 6, 1931
- October 25, 2013
Nov 1, 2013 · Hal Needham spent most of the 1950s and '60s falling off horses, wrecking stagecoach wagons and falling from really, really high places. A Hollywood stuntman for more than four decades, he worked ...
Oct 26, 2013 · Needham, 82, a legendary Hollywood stuntman before becoming the director of frothy, adrenaline-pumped films including “Smokey and the Bandit” and “The Cannonball Run,” died Friday in Los ...
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Apr 30, 2024 · Hal Needham was born to be a stuntman. He was taking “crazy” risks as a teenager, long before he was leaping from planes, jumping from high-rise buildings and crashing burning cars in a screen ...
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Oct 26, 2013 · “Hal Needham was a great stunt coordinator, director, and an icon,” Arnold Schwarzenegger wrote on Twitter on Friday. “I’m still grateful he took a chance with me in ‘The Villain ...
