| Hal Needham  AKA Hal Brett Needham
Born: 6-Mar-1931
Birthplace: Memphis, TN
Died: 25-Oct-2013
Location of death: Los Angeles, CA
Cause of death: Cancer - unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Film Director, Actor Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Cannonball Run Military service: US Army (paratrooper, Korean War) Former professional stuntman. Father: Howard Needham
Mother: Edith May
Wife: Dani Crayne (actress, m. 29-Jun-1981, div. 1987)
Wife: Ellyn Wynne Williams (m. 31-Dec-1996)
Oscar (honorary) 1987 Scientific and Engineering Award (shared)
FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
Hard Time: Hostage Hotel (14-Nov-1999)
Body Slam (1987)
Rad (21-Mar-1986)
Cannonball Run II (29-Jun-1984)
Stroker Ace (16-Sep-1983)
Megaforce (25-Jun-1982)
The Cannonball Run (19-Jun-1981)
Smokey and the Bandit II (15-Aug-1980)
Death Car on the Freeway (25-Sep-1979)
The Villain (20-Jul-1979)
Hooper (28-Jul-1978)
Smokey and the Bandit (27-Mar-1977)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Death Car on the Freeway (25-Sep-1979)
Jackson County Jail (28-Jul-1976)
W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (21-May-1975)
The Culpepper Cattle Company (16-Apr-1972) · Burgess
Sometimes a Great Notion (19-Jan-1972) · Supporting Cast
One More Train to Rob (19-Feb-1971) · Bert Gant
The Devil's Brigade (15-May-1968) · The Sgt.
The War Wagon (27-May-1967) · Hite
Author of books:
Stuntman! My Car-crashing, Plane-jumping, Bone-breaking, Death-defying Hollywood Life (2011, memoir)
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