# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hal-needham
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:53:07.267Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hal-needham"
name: "Hal Needham"
slug: "hal-needham"
description: "Hal Brett Needham was an American stuntman, film director, actor, writer, and NASCAR team owner. He is best known for his frequent collaborations with actor Burt Reynolds, usually in films involving fast cars, such as Smokey and the Bandit (1977), Hooper (1978), The Cannonball Run (1981) and Stroker Ace (1983)."
tagline: "American stunt performer and film director (1931-2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hal_needham_2011.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1931-03-06"
deathDate: "2013-10-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55
  momentum:             2.747025349198138
  historical:           19.60279866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0624102/"
    handle:    "nm0624102"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "Hal Needham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hal Needham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hal Needham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hal Needham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hal Needham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hal Needham"
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    title: "Hal Needham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hal Needham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hal Needham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hal Needham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/67767"
    title: "Hal Needham"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump