By Joe Donahue
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Albany, NY – Hal Needham's first break was as the stunt double for actor Richard Boone on the popular TV western Have Gun, Will Travel. Needham trained under John Wayne's stunt double Chuck Roberson, and quickly became one of the top stuntman of the 1960s on such films as How the West Was Won, McLintock!, The War Lord, and Little Big Man.
Joe speaks with him about his career and his new book about it, Stuntman!: My Car-Crashing, Plane-Jumping, Bone-Breaking, Death-Defying Hollywood Life.