Hal Needham, who appeared as a stuntman in more than 4,000 television episodes and more than 300 feature films. He also directed movies including The Cannonball Run. In 2012, he became only the second stunt performer to receive an honorary Oscar for his work. He is author of Stuntman! My Car-Crashing, Plane-Jumping, Bone-Breaking, Death-Defying Hollywood Life (Little, Brown).
Tricks from an Oscar-Winning Stuntman When we fall, our natural instinct is to reach out for the ground with our…