Brock Yates(1933-2016)

Brock Yates was born on 21 October 1933 in Lockport, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for L'Équipée du Cannonball (1981), Ferrari (2023) and Tu fais pas le poids, shérif! (1980). He was married to Pamela Gail (Russomanno) Reynolds and Sally Rae Kingsley. He died on 5 October 2016 in Batavia, New York, USA.

6.2

6.4

5.3

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 2
5.1
- characters creator
- 1984
L'Équipée du Cannonball
6.2
- written by
- 1981
The Stockers
TV Movie
- Writer
- 1981
Tu fais pas le poids, shérif!
5.3
- screenplay by
- 1980
Free Wheelin'
Short
- Writer
- 1976

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.