Lynn Stalmaster

Born: 1927-11-17

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.


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Flying Leathernecks

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Released: 1951-08-28

Major Daniel Kirby takes command of a squadron of Marine fliers just before they are about to go...

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Casting By

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Released: 2012-11-01

This essential new documentary pays tribute to the legacy of the late, legendary casting...

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The Steel Helmet

as Second Lieutenant
Released: 1951-01-24

A ragtag group of American stragglers battles against superior Communist troops in an abandoned...

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Hal

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Released: 2019-03-28

Hal Ashby's obsessive genius led to an unprecedented string of Oscar®-winning classics,...

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Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend

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Released: 2001-01-01

Documentary on the making of the 1978 film 'Superman.'

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You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman

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Released: 2006-11-28

A 5-part documentary of the history of Superman in the movies. • Origin - Superman in the media...

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Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'

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Released: 2001-05-01

Marc McClure presents a documentary on the making of 'Superman' (1978).

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