Hal Needham

Birth Name:

Hal Brett Needham

Birth Place:

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Profession

Stunts, Actor, Director, Writer, Assistant director, Producer

In 1998, he won a Technical Achievement Award from the Society of Camera Operators
In 2001, he was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the World Stunt Awards
In 1981, he got married to former actress Dani Crayne
Started out working as a billboard model for Viceroy Cigarettes
Frequently worked as a stunt double for actor Burt Reynolds
Is the first director to show outtakes during a film's end credits
Served as a paratrooper in the military during the Korean War

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