- Served in the U.S. Army as a paratrooper.
- When he began directing, his films were usually blasted by the critics but did well at the box office. He once took out an ad in the trade papers quoting his negative reviews but showing a wheelbarrow filled with money to sum up his career.
- Hal Needham first met Burt Reynolds in 1959 when Reynolds was starring in the TV Series, Riverboat (1959). Needham had been hired to be Burt's stunt double and the two formed a lifelong friendship from there.
- Father of David Needham.
- Billboard model for Viceroy Cigarettes.
- Grandfather of Taylor Needham and Kimberly Needham.
- Former father-in-law of Connie Needham.
- Was presented his honorary Academy Award by Oscar-winning screenwriter/director Quentin Tarantino. In Tarantino's Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019), the character of Cliff Booth, played by Brad Pitt, is inspired by Needham.
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