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Hal Needham

Actor

Hal Needham

Born March 6, 1931 in Memphis, Tennessee, USADied October 25, 201329 films

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).

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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.

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Blazing Saddles posterFirst watchBlazing Saddles19747.2as Outlaw (uncredited)Crafty railroad worker Bart becomes the first Black sheriff of Rock Ridge, a frontier town about to be destroyed in order to make way for a new railroad.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Great Race poster7.1The Great Race1965French Connection II poster6.8French Connection II1975The Cannonball Run poster6.2The Cannonball Run1981The War Wagon poster6.8The War Wagon1967McLintock! poster6.6McLintock!1963In Harm's Way poster6.6In Harm's Way1965Sometimes a Great Notion poster6.9Sometimes a Great Notion1971Cannonball Run II poster5.4Cannonball Run II1984

Filmography

29 films as actor
  1. 1984Cannonball Run IIPorsche 928 Driver with Cowboy Hat (uncredited)
  2. 1983Stroker AceMan Punching Stroker Into Ladies Room
  3. 1982MegaForceTechnician (uncredited)
  4. 1981The Cannonball RunAmbulance EMT (uncredited)
  5. 1980Stunts UnlimitedH.N. (uncredited)
  6. 1979Death Car on the FreewayMr. Blanchard
  7. 1976Jackson County JailChief of Fallsburg Police
  8. 1975Take a Hard RideGarmes (uncredited)
  9. 1975W.W. and the Dixie DancekingsTrooper Carson
  10. 1975French Connection IIDoyle Kidnapper (uncredited)
  11. 1974Blazing SaddlesOutlaw (uncredited)
  12. 1974McQSantiago Henchman (uncredited)
  13. 1973Call to DangerConnors
  14. 1972The Bounty ManPike
  15. 1972The Culpepper Cattle Co.Burgess
  16. 1971Sometimes a Great NotionMan at Racetrack
  17. 1971One More Train to RobBert Gant
  18. 1969The UndefeatedYankee Corporal at River Crossing (uncredited)
  19. 1968The Devil's BrigadeThe Sergeant
  20. 1967The War WagonHite
  21. 1965The Great RaceSaloon Brawler (uncredited)
  22. 1965In Harm's WayAirman in the Blue Lagoon (uncredited)
  23. 1964Advance to the RearRebel Soldier (uncredited)
  24. 19634 for TexasThomas Worker (uncredited)
  25. 1963McLintock!Carter (uncredited)
  26. 1962Shootout at Big SagSaloon Brawler (uncredited)
  27. 1960Guns of the TimberlandTownsman (uncredited)
  28. 1959Paratroop CommandGerman (uncredited)
  29. 1958The Fiend Who Walked the WestCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)