Needham was a prolific stuntman in the 1950s and has been credited with introducing new safety measures such as air bags to break falls. The former paratrooper appeared in many TV shows and movies as ...

Quentin Tarantino’s new film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood was inspired by the partnership between actor Burt Reynolds and his stuntman Hal Needham. Tarantino had even cast Reynolds in the film, as ...

Stuntman and director Hal Needham spoke with a down-home twang but was as Hollywood as air kisses and car chases — and had the scars to prove it. In a career that spanned hundreds of TV episodes and ...

Winning an honorary Oscar last year was legendary stuntman Hal Needham, the son of Arkansas sharecroppers with eight years of education, a paratrooper who tested parachutes by making over 400 jumps ...

If you've been a Pontiac fan for any length of time, but in particular, one who fancies Firebirds, you've no doubt screened Smokey and the Bandit. Not only was it the last movie Alfred Hitchcock ...

One of the worst Westerns of all time was released 47 years ago and it owns a 0% from critics on Rotten Tomatoes.

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 ...

Hal Needham may have penned the colorfully titled memoir "Stuntman! My Car-Crashing, Plane-Jumping, Bone-Breaking, Death-Defying Hollywood Life," but he has no Ernest Hemingway delusions. "I don't ...

After doubling for Burt Reynolds for years, he turned to directing the actor in such fun-loving films as “Smokey and the Bandit,” “Cannonball Run” and “Stroker Ace.” By Duane Byrge, Mike Barnes Hal ...