Basic Information About Hal Needham
| Category | Celebrities › Actors |
|---|---|
| Professions | Screenwriter, Actor, Film director, Stunt Performer, Inventor |
| Net worth | $2,000,000 |
| Date of birth | 1931-03-06 |
| Place of birth | Memphis |
| Date of death | 2013-10-25 (aged 82) |
| Nationality | United States of America |
| Curiosities and Trademarks | His films feature many stunts (car chases, fights, etc) Usually ends his films by showing outtakes during the credits Often cast Burt Reynolds. |
| Spouse | 31 December - Ellyn Wynne Williams ( 1996 - 25 October 2013) (his death) Dani Crayne - (29 June 1981 - 1987) (divorced) 21 May - Arlene R. Wheeler. ( 1960 - 1977) (divorced) |
| Gender | Male |
| Social Media | ↗︎ Wikipedia ↗︎ IMDb |
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What Movie Awards did Hal Needham win?
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hal Needham roles
| Movie / Series | Role |
|---|---|
| Blazing Saddles | Outlaw (uncredited) |
| Smokey and the Bandit | Director |
| Smokey and the Bandit | Writer |
| McLintock! | Carter (uncredited) |
| The Cannonball Run | Director |
| The Cannonball Run | Ambulance EMT (uncredited) |
| Rad | Director |
| In Harm's Way | Airman in the Blue Lagoon (uncredited) |
| The Great Race | Saloon Brawler (uncredited) |
| The Devil's Brigade | The Sergeant |
| 4 for Texas | Thomas Worker (uncredited) |
| Cannonball Run II | Director |
| Cannonball Run II | Writer |
| Cannonball Run II | Porsche 928 Driver with Cowboy Hat (uncredited) |
| The Villain | Director |
| The War Wagon | Hite |
| The Undefeated | Yankee Corporal at River Crossing (uncredited) |
| Megaforce | Director |
| Megaforce | Writer |
| Megaforce | Technician (uncredited) |
| Laredo | Cole 1 episode, 1965 |
| The Virginian | Bounty Hunter / ... 4 episodes, 1962-1968 |
| Mission: Impossible | Mork (uncredited) unknown episodes |
| Mannix | Arnie / ... 1 episode, 1970-1975 |
| Simon & Simon | Oldtimer #3 in Saloon (uncredited) unknown episodes |
| Combat! | Brawler (uncredited) unknown episodes |
| The Wild Wild West | Assailant / ... (uncredited) unknown episodes |
| Fantasy Island | Orville 'Boots' Pierce 1 episode, 1979 |
| Cybill | Self 1 episode, 1995 |
Hal Needham's Quotes
- [on Burt Reynolds] Burt's a very private person. And he has the capacity for loyalty and caring. Here's a man who has made it okay and he forgets no one he's ever cared for -- men or women. He certainly has tried to keep me from breaking my neck in all the years I've been doubling him.
- [on being the stuntman for John Wayne in In Harm's Way (1965)] Otto [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.
Interesting Facts about Hal Needham
- Doubled for Burt Reynolds, Christopher George, and Richard Boone.
- Billboard model for Viceroy Cigarettes.
- When he began directing, his films were usually blasted by the critics but did well at the box office. He once took out an ad in the trade papers quoting his negative reviews but showing a wheelbarrow filled with money to sum up his career.
- Served in the U.S. Army as a paratrooper.
- Former father-in-law of Connie Needham.
- Father of David Needham.
- Grandfather of Taylor Needham and Kimberly Needham.
- Hal Needham first met Burt Reynolds in 1959 when Reynolds was starring in the TV Series, Riverboat (1959). Needham had been hired to be Burt's stunt double and the two formed a lifelong friendship from there.
