Brock Yates(1933-2016)

Writer
Producer
Actor

Brock Yates was born on 21 October 1933 in Lockport, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The Cannonball Run (1981), Ferrari (2023) and Smokey and the Bandit II (1980). He was married to Pamela Gail (Russomanno) Reynolds and Sally Rae Kingsley. He died on 5 October 2016 in Batavia, New York, USA.

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The Cannonball Run

6.2

Writer

1981

Ferrari

6.4

Writer

2023

Smokey and the Bandit II

5.3

Writer

1980

Frank Sinatra, Catherine Bach, Jackie Chan, Marilu Henner, Shirley MacLaine, Burt Reynolds, Susan Anton, Dom DeLuise, Richard Kiel, Dean Martin, Telly Savalas, Sammy Davis Jr., and Jamie Farr in Cannonball Run II (1984)

Cannonball Run II

5.1

Writer

1984

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Ferrari
6.4
- book "Enzo Ferrari: The Man, The Cars, The Races, The Machine"
- 2023
Bandit: Bandit Bandit
4.8
TV Movie
- written by
- 1994
The Last Race
- writer
- 1993
Two of a Kind
TV Movie
- Writer
- 1988
The Time Machines
TV Movie
- Writer
- 1986
Cannonball Run II
5.1
- characters creator
- 1984
The Cannonball Run
6.2
- written by
- 1981
Stockers
TV Movie
- Writer
- 1981
Smokey and the Bandit II
5.3
- screenplay by
- 1980

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Actor

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Born
- October 21, 1933
- Lockport, New York, USA
Died
- October 5, 2016
- Batavia, New York, USA(Alzheimer's disease)
Spouses
Other works
Book: "Cannonball! World's Greatest Outlaw Road Race," 1979.

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Trivia
The movie "Cannonball Run" was based on the 5th - and last - running of the Cannon Ball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, in which Yates teamed with Hal Needham to race a 150-MPH van converted to be an ambulance, Yates' wife Pamela Reynolds riding on the gurney as ambulance. They didn't finish, but Yates wrote the screenplay, Needham directed the movie, and both appeared in cameo roles.