Hal NeedhamSTUNTMAN | ACTOR | DIRECTOR

The late Hal Needham was a Memphis-born longtime Hollywood stuntman. From his IMDB: As the highest paid stuntman in the world, Hal Needham broke 56 bones, his back twice, punctured a lung and knocked out a few teeth. His career has included work on 4500 television episodes and 310 feature films as a stuntman, stunt coordinator, 2nd unit director and ultimately, director. He wrote and directed some of the most financially successful action comedy films, making his directorial debut with the box office smash, Smokey and the Bandit (1977).