Lynn Stalmaster

Lynn Stalmaster

Born: November 17, 1927
Died: February 12, 2021
in Omaha, Nebraska, USA
From Wikipedia

Lynn Arlen Stalmaster, born 1927 in Omaha, Nebraska, is an award winning American casting director.

After serving in the U.S. Army Stalmaster got his first job in show business as an actor, appearing in the war movies The Steel Helmet (1951) and The Flying Leathernecks (1951). He also acted in the TV series Big Town but soon became involved in the casting department of the same show. Stalmaster established himself quickly as a solid casting director, finding steady work in both television and motion pictures. The name Lynn Stalmaster became well known especially to cinema-goers of the 1970s, when he was credited with casting more than 60 movies of the decade, among them; Fiddler on the Roof, Harold and Maude, The Cowboys, Deliverance, Rollerball, Silver Streak, Black Sunday, Coming Home, Convoy, The Rose, Superman and Being There.

Stalmaster was also responsible for casting TV-shows like Combat!, Gunsmoke, The Untouchables as well as Academy Award winning movies In the Heat of the Night, The Thomas Crown Affair, The Right Stuff and Brian De Palma's 1987 motion picture version of The Untouchables.

Movies for Lynn Stalmaster...

Hal
Title: Hal
Character: Self
Released: March 28, 2019
Type: Movie
Hal Ashby's obsessive genius led to an unprecedented string of Oscar®-winning classics, including Harold and Maude, Shampoo and Being There. But as contemporaries Coppola, Scorsese and Spielberg rose to blockbuster stardom in the 1980s, Ashby's uncompromising nature played out as a cautionary tale of art versus commerce.
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Casting By
Title: Casting By
Character: Self
Released: November 1, 2012
Type: Movie
This essential new documentary pays tribute to the legacy of the late, legendary casting director Marion Dougherty and shines a light on one of the most overlooked and least understood crafts in filmmaking.
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Tevye's Daughters
Title: Tevye's Daughters
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: Movie
The actors who played Tevye's daughters reflect on their experiences filming Fiddler on the Roof.
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You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
Title: You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
Character: Self
Released: November 28, 2006
Type: Movie
A 5-part documentary of the history of Superman in the movies. • Origin - Superman in the media and the challenges the Salkinds faced • Vision - Creating the right script, Choosing the right director and casting the right actors • Ascent - The production and launch of a new kind of fantasy film • Crisis - Complications and conflicts between the creative forces behind Superman II • Redemption - Criticisms and burnout of Superman III and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
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Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
Title: Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
Character: Self
Released: May 1, 2001
Type: Movie
Marc McClure presents a documentary on the making of 'Superman' (1978).
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Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
Title: Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2001
Type: Movie
Documentary on the making of the 1978 film 'Superman.'
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Flying Leathernecks
Title: Flying Leathernecks
Released: August 28, 1951
Type: Movie
Major Daniel Kirby takes command of a squadron of Marine fliers just before they are about to go into combat. While the men are well meaning, he finds them undisciplined and prone to always finding excuses to do what is easy rather than what is necessary. The root of the problem is the second in command, Capt. Carl 'Griff' Griffin. Griff is the best flier in the group but Kirby finds him a poor commander who is not prepared to make the difficult decision that all commanders have to make - to put men in harm's way knowing that they may be killed.
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The Steel Helmet
Title: The Steel Helmet
Character: Second Lieutenant
Released: January 24, 1951
Type: Movie
A ragtag group of American stragglers battles against superior Communist troops in an abandoned Buddhist temple during the Korean War.