This is FRESH AIR. Hal Needham probably was one of the most famous Hollywood stunt doubles. He did all kinds of stunts in all kinds of movies, but he got his start in Western movies and TV shows such ...

There are men. There are manly men. And then there's Hal Needham. Now 80 years old, Needham has done more in one life than most men have done in ten. He's just published a book, Stuntman!: My ...

Needham, who died in 2013, worked as a Hollywood stuntman for over 40 years. In this 2011 interview, he detailed some of his most death-defying feats — and why he disliked modern special effects. This ...