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Brock Yates(1933-2016)

  • Writer
  • Producer
  • Actor
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Brock Yates was born on 21 October 1933 in Lockport, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The Cannonball Run (1981), Smokey and the Bandit II (1980) and Cannonball Run II (1984). He was previously married to Pamela Gail (Russomanno) Reynolds and Sally Rae Kingsley. He died on 5 October 2016 in Batavia, New York, USA.
BornOctober 21, 1933
DiedOctober 5, 2016(82)
BornOctober 21, 1933
DiedOctober 5, 2016(82)
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Adrienne Barbeau, Farrah Fawcett, Roger Moore, Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr. in The Cannonball Run (1981)
The Cannonball Run
6.2
  • Writer
  • 1981
Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)
Smokey and the Bandit II
5.2
  • Writer
  • 1980
Marilu Henner, Shirley MacLaine, Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Dean Martin, Telly Savalas, Sammy Davis Jr., and Jamie Farr in Cannonball Run II (1984)
Cannonball Run II
5.0
  • Writer
  • 1984
Adam Driver in Ferrari (2023)
Ferrari
  • Writer
  • 2023

Credits

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Writer

  • Ferrari
    • based on the book by
    • Post-production
    • 2023
  • Bandit: Bandit Bandit (1994)
    Bandit: Bandit Bandit
    • written by
    • TV Movie
    • 1994
  • The Last Race
    • writer
    • 1993
  • Two of a Kind
    • Writer
    • TV Movie
    • 1988
  • The Time Machines
    • Writer
    • TV Movie
    • 1986
  • Marilu Henner, Shirley MacLaine, Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Dean Martin, Telly Savalas, Sammy Davis Jr., and Jamie Farr in Cannonball Run II (1984)
    Cannonball Run II
    • characters creator
    • 1984
  • Adrienne Barbeau, Farrah Fawcett, Roger Moore, Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr. in The Cannonball Run (1981)
    The Cannonball Run
    • written by
    • 1981
  • Stockers
    • Writer
    • TV Movie
    • 1981
  • Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)
    Smokey and the Bandit II
    • screenplay
    • 1980

Producer

  • USA's Cannonball Run 2001
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2001
  • Two of a Kind
    • producer
    • TV Movie
    • 1988

Actor

  • Adrienne Barbeau, Farrah Fawcett, Roger Moore, Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr. in The Cannonball Run (1981)
    The Cannonball Run
    • Organizer
    • 1981

Personal details

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  • Born
    • October 21, 1933
    • Lockport, New York, USA
  • Died
    • October 5, 2016
    • Batavia, New York, USA(Alzheimer's disease)
  • Spouses
      Pamela Gail (Russomanno) ReynoldsFebruary 18, 1978 - October 5, 2016 (his death)
  • Other works
    Book: "Cannonball! World's Greatest Outlaw Road Race," 1979.

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    The movie "Cannonball Run" was based on the 5th - and last - running of the Cannon Ball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, in which Yates teamed with Hal Needham to race a 150-MPH van converted to be an ambulance, Yates' wife Pamela Reynolds riding on the gurney as ambulance. They didn't finish, but Yates wrote the screenplay, Needham directed the movie, and both appeared in cameo roles.

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