Hal Needham's life included cross-country street races, fights with John Wayne, and jumping off a 30-foot ledge onto a moving stagecoach. He was the inspiration for Brad Pitt's character in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
career. famed stuntman and author of my death defying hollywood life, he joins us right now from hollywood. good morning to you, hal. hi, how are you guys? we re doing fine, thank you very much. and we should point out that give us a little litany of some of the movies that you have had a hand in. oh, my goodness. well, i ve done 330 movies and 310, i think it is, and over 4500 hours of episodes of tv. so it would be impossible. you know, i did the undefeated . i did little big men and the list goes on and on. how did you get into the business, hal? how do you become a stuntman? well, i had a pretty good background the fact that when i was very young, i got a job as a tree topper. then i joined the military and i went in the paratroops and from