As Director
Hard Time: Hostage Hotel
1999
6.7
Hal Needham
Acting
Birth Date
March 6, 1931
Place of Birth
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Date of Death
October 25, 2013
Biography
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
Complete Filmography
As Actor
Charlie Sheen's Stunts Spectacular
1994
9.5
As Director
Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel
1994
4.5
As Director
Bandit: Beauty and the Bandit
1994
4.2
As Director
Bandit: Bandit, Bandit
1994
4.7
As Director
Bandit: Bandit Goes Country
1994
3.7
As Director
Body Slam
1986
4.8
As Director
Rad
1986
6.5
As Director, As Writer
Cannonball Run II
1984
5.4
As Director, As Writer
Stroker Ace
1983
5.0
As Director, As Writer
MegaForce
1982
4.0
As Director
The Cannonball Run
1981
6.2
As Director
Smokey and the Bandit II
1980
5.5
As Director
Death Car on the Freeway
1979
5.3
As Director
The Villain
1979
5.7
As Director
Hooper
1978
6.3
As Director
Smokey and the Bandit
1977
7.0
As Actor
Jackson County Jail
1976
5.7