Head to headHal Needham against Jack Elam Both careers by IMDb ratingHal NeedhamJack Elam
Tale of the tape
Hal Needham vs Jack Elam
Jack Elam averages 6.30 across 36 rated films as an actor, ahead of Hal Needham at 5.60 as a director.
- 10
- Films
- 63 (36 rated)
- 5.60
- Average
- 6.30▶
- 5.66
- Weighted
- 6.37▶
- Smokey and the Bandit 7.0
- Best film
- Once Upon a Time in the West 8.5▶
- 6.06, 1977 to 1981
- Peak five
- 7.00, 1967 to 1969▶
- None
- Longest 7+ run
- 2 films▶
- ◀5.14 (−0.46)
- Current form
- 5.40 (−0.90)
- 184K
- IMDb votes
- 623K▶
- 1977 to 1986
- Career
- 1949 to 1991
- ◀1 win, 1 nom
- Oscars
- None
Rows won
2 to 6
Jack Elam ahead
Films together
2
averaging 5.80
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
 The Villain | 1979 | 5.3 | Director | as Avery Simpson |
 The Cannonball Run | 1981 | 6.3 | Director | as Doctor Nikolas Van Helsing |