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Hal Needham


As the highest paid stuntman in the world, Hal Needham broke 56 bones, his back twice, punctured a lung and knocked out a few teeth. His career has included work on 4500 television episodes and 310 feature films as a stuntman, stunt coordinator, 2nd unit director and ultimately, director. He wrote and directed some of the most financially successful action comedy films... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideStunts (98 titles)
1996 The Sunchaser (stunts)
 
1996 Street Luge (short) (stunt design)
 
1978 Foul Play (stunt performer)
 
1978 The End (stunt coordinator)
 
1977 Smokey and the Bandit (stunts - uncredited)
 
1977 Billy Jack Goes to Washington (stunt coordinator)
 
1976 Nickelodeon (stunt coordinator, stunts)
 
1976 A Star Is Born (stunts - uncredited)
 
1976 Gator (stunt coordinator - uncredited)
 
1976 Gable and Lombard (stunts - uncredited)
 
1976 Peeper (stunt coordinator)
 
1975 Lucky Lady (stunts - uncredited)
 
1975 Take a Hard Ride (stunts)
 
1975 W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (stunt coordinator)
 
1975 French Connection II (stunt coordinator)
 
1974 Kodiak (TV series) (stunt double: Clint Walker)
 
1974 The Longest Yard (stunt coordinator - uncredited, stunts - uncredited)
 
1974 Three the Hard Way (stunt coordinator)
 
1974 Chinatown (stunt coordinator - uncredited)
 
1974 Busting (stunt gaffer)
 
1974 Blazing Saddles (stunts - uncredited)
 
1974 McQ (stunt driver - uncredited)
 
1973 White Lightning (stunt coordinator - uncredited, stunt double: Burt Reynolds - uncredited)
 
1973 The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (stunt coordinator - uncredited)
 
1973 Call to Danger (TV movie) (stunts - uncredited)
 
1972 The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (stunts - uncredited)
 
1972 The Heist (TV movie) (stunts - uncredited)
 
1972 Goodnight, My Love (TV movie) (stunt coordinator)
 
1972 The Culpepper Cattle Co. (stunt coordinator)
 
1972 Man on a String (TV movie) (stunts - uncredited)
 
1972 Hardcase (TV movie) (stunt coordinator)
 
1972 The Night Stalker (TV movie) (stunts - uncredited)
 
1971 Mission: Impossible (TV series) (stunt double: Christopher George - 1 episode)
Nerves (1971) (stunt double: Christopher George - uncredited)
 
1971 Something Big (stunt coordinator)
 
1971 The Organization (stunts - uncredited)
 
1971 Chrome and Hot Leather (stunts - uncredited)
 
1971 Escape (TV movie) (stunt coordinator, stunts - uncredited)
 
1971 One More Train to Rob (stunt coordinator)
 
1970 Sometimes a Great Notion (stunts - uncredited)
 
1970 Rio Lobo (stunts - uncredited)
 
1970 The Immortal (TV series) (stunt coordinator - 2 episodes)
The Return (1970) (stunt coordinator)
Man on a Punched Card (1970) (stunt coordinator)
 
1970 Little Big Man (stunt gaffer)
 
1970 Dirty Dingus Magee (stunts - uncredited)
 
1970 C.C. and Company (stunts - uncredited)
 
1970 Dan August (TV series) (stunt double: Burt Reynolds)
 
1970 Chisum (stunt coordinator - uncredited)
 
1970 The Animals (stunts - uncredited)
 
1969 The Undefeated (stunt coordinator, stunts - uncredited)
 
1969 The Great Bank Robbery (stunts - uncredited)
 
1969 The Bridge at Remagen (stunt supervisor)
 
1969 Che! (stunts - uncredited)
 
1969 100 Rifles (stunts - uncredited)
 
1968 Hellfighters (stunt coordinator, stunts - uncredited)
 
1968 Bandolero! (stunt coordinator)
 
1968 The Devil's Brigade (stunt supervisor)
 
1967 Mannix (TV series) (stunts)
 
1967 Hells Angels on Wheels (stunts - uncredited)
 
1967 The War Wagon (stunts - uncredited)
 
1967 The Way West (stunts - uncredited)
 
1967 Camelot (stunts - uncredited)
 
1967 Tobruk (stunts - uncredited)
 
1967 The Ballad of Josie (stunts - uncredited)
 
1966 The Big Valley (TV series) (stunt double: Richard Long - 1 episode)
A Day of Terror (1966) (stunt double: Richard Long - uncredited)
 
1966 Alvarez Kelly (stunts - uncredited)
 
1966 Star Trek (TV series) (stunt double: Gary Lockwood - 1 episode)
Where No Man Has Gone Before (1966) (stunt double: Gary Lockwood - uncredited)
 
1966 The Rat Patrol (TV series) (stunt double)
 
1966 Beau Geste (stunt coordinator)
 
1966 Stagecoach (stunts - uncredited)
 
1966 The Rare Breed (action coordinator)
 
1966 Our Man Flint (stunts - uncredited)
 
1965 The War Lord (stunts)
 
1965 Laredo (TV series) (stunt double: Peter Brown)
 
1965 The Great Race (stunts - uncredited)
 
1965 Shenandoah (stunts - uncredited)
 
1965 In Harm's Way (stunts - uncredited)
 
1965 Major Dundee (stunts - uncredited)
 
1964 Advance to the Rear (stunts - uncredited)
 
1964 Mail Order Bride (stunts - uncredited)
 
Gunsmoke (TV series) (stunt double: Burt Reynolds - 2 episodes, 1963) (stunt double: Michael Higgins - 1 episode, 1963) (stunt man: Burt Reynolds - 1 episode, 1964)
No Hands (1964) (stunt man: Burt Reynolds - uncredited)
Two of a Kind (1963) (stunt double: Michael Higgins - uncredited)
The Bad One (1963) (stunt double: Burt Reynolds - uncredited)
The Renegades (1963) (stunt double: Burt Reynolds - uncredited)
 
1963 The Raiders (stunts - uncredited)
 
1963 Kings of the Sun (stunts - uncredited)
 
1963 4 for Texas (stunts - uncredited)
 
1963 McLintock! (stunts - uncredited)
 
Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series) (stunt double: Richard Boone - 225 episodes, 1957-1963) (stunt double: Crahan Denton - 1 episode, 1960)
Squatter's Rights (1963) (stunt double: Richard Boone - uncredited)
The Sanctuary (1963) (stunt double: Richard Boone - uncredited)
Face of a Shadow (1963) (stunt double: Richard Boone - uncredited)
The Black Bull (1963) (stunt double: Richard Boone - uncredited)
Two Plus One (1963) (stunt double: Richard Boone - uncredited)
 
1963 Donovan's Reef (stunts - uncredited)
 
1962 How the West Was Won (stunts - uncredited)
 
1962 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (stunts - uncredited)
 
1961 A Thunder of Drums (stunts - uncredited)
 
1960 Hong Kong (TV series) (stunts)
 
1960 Coronado 9 (TV series) (stunts)
 
1960 Black Saddle (TV series) (stunt double: Peter Breck - 1 episode)
The Indian Tree (1960) (stunt double: Peter Breck - uncredited)
 
1959 Laramie (TV series) (stunts)
 
1959 Pork Chop Hill (stunts - uncredited)
 
1959 Thunder in the Sun (stunts - uncredited)
 
1959 Paratroop Command (stunts)
 
1958 The Big Country (stunts - uncredited)
 
1957 The Spirit of St. Louis (stunts - uncredited)
 
1956 Mike Hammer (TV series) (stunts)
 
Show ShowActor (53 titles)
1987 Sledge Hammer! (TV series)
Bartender
Play It Again Sledge (1987) … Bartender
 
1984 Cannonball Run II
Porsche 928 Driver with Cowboy Hat (uncredited)
 
1983 Stroker Ace
Man Punching Stroker Into Ladies Room (uncredited)
 
1982 Simon & Simon (TV series)
Oldtimer #3 in Saloon
Rough Rider Rides Again (1982) … Oldtimer #3 in Saloon (uncredited)
 
1982 Megaforce
Technician (uncredited)
 
1981 The Cannonball Run
Ambulance EMT (uncredited)
 
1980 Stunts Unlimited (TV movie)
H.N.
 
1979 Death Car on the Freeway (TV movie)
Mr. Blanchard
 
1979 Fantasy Island (TV series)
Orville 'Boots' Pierce
Photographs/Royal Flush (1979) … Orville 'Boots' Pierce
 
1976-1977 Charlie's Angels (TV series)
Julio / Spencer
Angels in the Wings (1977) … Julio
The Killing Kind (1976) … Spencer
 
1976 Jackson County Jail
Chief of Fallsburg Police
 
1975 Take a Hard Ride
Garmes (uncredited)
 
1975 W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings
Trooper Carson
 
1975 French Connection II
Doyle Kidnapper (uncredited)
 
1974 Blazing Saddles
Outlaw (uncredited)
 
1973 Egan (TV movie)
Policeman
 
1972 The Bounty Man (TV movie)
Pike
 
1972 Mission: Impossible (TV series)
Mork
Break! (1972) … Mork (uncredited)
 
1972 The Culpepper Cattle Co.
Burgess
 
1971-1972 Alias Smith and Jones (TV series)
Devil's Hole Gang Leader / Duke
The McCreedy Bust: Going, Going, Gone (1972) … Duke (uncredited)
Wrong Train to Brimstone (1971) … Devil's Hole Gang Leader (uncredited)
 
1971 Mannix (TV series)
Arnie
Wine from These Grapes (1971) … Arnie
 
1971 One More Train to Rob
Bert Gant
 
1970 Sometimes a Great Notion
Bit Part
 
1962-1969 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Barfly / Billy Joe Carter / Brawler / …
Hawk (1969) … Renegade Indian #3
Deputy Festus (1965) … Cowboy in Long Branch (uncredited)
Double Entry (1965) … Charlie (uncredited)
Hammerhead (1964) … Henchman (uncredited)
Jonah Hutchinson (1964) … Poker Player (uncredited)
 
1969 The Undefeated
Yankee Corporal at River Crossing (uncredited)
 
1968 The Devil's Brigade
The Sgt.
 
1962-1968 The Virginian (TV series)
Bounty Hunter / Brawler / Jaimie McIntosh / …
The Handy Man (1968) … Ranch Hand
Long Ride to Wind River (1966) … Jaimie McIntosh
Jennifer (1965) … Bounty Hunter
50 Days to Moose Jaw (1962) … Brawler (uncredited)
Riff-Raff (1962) … The Man
 
1968 Ironside (TV series)
Connell
To Kill a Cop (1968) … Connell
 
1967 Cimarron Strip (TV series)
Yewcie
The Battleground (1967) … Yewcie
 
1967 The War Wagon
Hite
 
1965 The Wild Wild West (TV series)
Assailant / Henchman
The Night That Terror Stalked the Town (1965) … Assailant (uncredited)
The Night the Wizard Shook the Earth (1965) … Henchman (uncredited)
 
1965 Laredo (TV series)
Cole
A Matter of Policy (1965) … Cole
 
1964 Daniel Boone (TV series)
Brawling Settler
The Family Fluellen (1964) … Brawling Settler (uncredited)
 
1961-1964 Wagon Train (TV series)
Saloon Tough / Warrior
The Race Town Story (1964)
The Santiago Quesada Story (1964) … Saloon Tough (uncredited)
Wagon to Fort Anderson (1961) … Warrior (uncredited)
 
1962-1964 Rawhide (TV series)
Corporal Williams / Tom
The Race (1964) … Tom (uncredited)
The Deserters' Patrol (1962) … Corporal Williams
 
1964 The Richard Boone Show (TV series)
Run, Pony, Run (1964)
 
1964 The Great Adventure (TV series)
Recruiting Officer
Rodger Young (1964) … Recruiting Officer
 
1963 McLintock!
Carter (uncredited)
 
1959-1963 Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series)
Cowhand / Henchman / 2nd Deputy / …
Squatter's Rights (1963) … Sim
The Black Bull (1963) … Henchman (uncredited)
Sweet Lady of the Moon (1963) … Jimmy Traynor (uncredited)
The Walking Years (1963) … Wiggen
Caravan (1963) … The Apache
 
1963 Laramie (TV series)
Collins
The Renegade Brand (1963) … Collins
 
1963 Stoney Burke (TV series)
Stan Fremont
Webb of Fear (1963) … Stan Fremont
 
1961-1962 Tales of Wells Fargo (TV series)
2nd Cowhand / Indian Brave
Portrait of Teresa (1962) … 2nd Cowhand
Tanoa (1961) … Indian Brave
 
1962 Frontier Circus (TV series)
Ralph Wexler
The Balloon Girl (1962) … Ralph Wexler
 
1960-1961 The Rebel (TV series)
Indian
The Uncourageous (1961) … Indian
The Scalp Hunter (1960) … Indian
 
1961 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (TV series)
Printer
The Good Mule and the Bad Mule (1961) … Printer (uncredited)
 
1959-1961 Riverboat (TV series)
2nd Ruffian / River Pirate
Listen to the Nightingale (1961) … 2nd Ruffian
The Unwilling (1959) … River Pirate (uncredited)
 
1960 Dante (TV series)
Bill Armstrong
Opening Night (1960) … Bill Armstrong
 
1960 Coronado 9 (TV series)
Joe
Doomtown (1960) … Joe
 
1960 Tate (TV series)
Sedon Henchman
Before Sunup (1960) … Sedon Henchman (uncredited)
 
1959 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Soldier
The Tunnel (1959) … Soldier
 
1958-1959 Yancy Derringer (TV series)
Guard / Judge Randall's guard / Soldier
Two Tickets to Promontory (1959) … Guard (uncredited)
Gone But Not Forgotten (1959) … Judge Randall's guard (uncredited)
Memo to a Firing Squad (1958) … Soldier (uncredited)
 
1959 The Restless Gun (TV series)
Ambusher #1
Code for a Killer (1959) … Ambusher #1 (uncredited)
 
1959 The Rifleman (TV series)
Townsman
The Indian (1959) … Townsman (uncredited)
 
Show ShowDirector (20 titles)
1999 Hard Time: Hostage Hotel (TV movie)
 
1996 Street Luge (short)
 
1994 Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel (TV movie)
 
1994 Bandit: Beauty and the Bandit (TV movie)
 
1994 Bandit: Bandit Bandit (TV movie)
 
1994 Bandit: Bandit Goes Country (TV movie)
 
1989 B.L. Stryker (TV series)
The King of Jazz (1989)
 
1986 Body Slam
 
1986 Rad
 
1983 Stroker Ace
 
1982 Megaforce
 
1981 Stockers (TV movie)
 
1980 Stunts Unlimited (TV movie)
 
1979 Death Car on the Freeway (TV movie)
 
1979 The Villain
 
1978 Hooper
 
Show ShowWriter (9 titles)
1994 Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel (TV movie) (characters)
 
1994 Bandit: Beauty and the Bandit (TV movie) (characters)
 
1994 Bandit: Bandit Bandit (TV movie) (characters)
 
1994 Bandit: Bandit Goes Country (TV movie) (characters / story)
 
1984 Cannonball Run II (written by)
 
1983 Stroker Ace (screenplay)
 
1982 Megaforce (screenplay)
 
1980 Smokey and the Bandit II (characters created by)
 
1977 Smokey and the Bandit (story)
 
1980 Rough Cut (second unit director - uncredited)
 
1976 Gator (second unit director)
 
1975 Take a Hard Ride (second unit director)
 
1974 The Longest Yard (second unit director: car chase sequence)
 
1973 White Lightning (second unit director)
 
Show ShowProducer (3 titles)
1994 Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1994 Bandit: Bandit Bandit (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1994 Bandit: Bandit Goes Country (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1973 The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (action sequence coordinator)
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2010/II The Wall (short) (special thanks)
 
1997 James Dean: Race with Destiny (TV movie) (special thanks and appreciation)
 
Show ShowSelf (12 titles)
2013 The 85th Oscars (TV special)
Himself - Honoree
 
2010 Hollywood's Hottest Car Chases (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2010 30 for 30 (TV series)
Himself
Tim Richmond: To the Limit (2010) … Himself
 
2006 Wanderlust (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1999 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
Himself
Dean Martin (1999) … Himself
 
1996 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Cybill (TV series)
Himself
The Cheese Stands Alone (1995) … Himself
 
1985 Southern Voices, American Dreams (documentary)
Himself
 
1979 Dinah! (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 7 August 1979 (1979) … Himself
 
1978 Good Morning America (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 19 July 1978 (1978) … Himself
 
1975 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 16 September 1975 (1975) … Himself
 

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Hal Needham was the man behind "Budweiser Rocket", driven by his stunt friend Stan Barrett in december 1979. Hal claims that they was the first to brake the sound-barrier. The air-force confermed that the three-wheel hybrid-car reached a speed of 1190,4 km/h. The car even had sidewinders without the warheads... See more »

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[on stuntman for John Wayne in In Harm's Way] Otto [Preminger] treated the cast like they were dirt, except Wayne. The crew hated him. I thought, 'If I ever become a director, I don't ever want to do that crud. Yeah, I learned a lot of things from those big, big directors. And a lot of it was what I didn't want to do. See more »

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Former father-in-law of Connie Needham. See more »

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Usually ends his films by showing outtakes during the credits See more »

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