Lynn Stalmaster
Production Born Nov 17, 1927 Died Feb 12, 2021 Omaha, Nebraska, USA 288 credits
Biography
Lynn Stalmaster was an American casting director. He holds the distinction of being the first casting director to receive an honorary Academy Award. In 2016, Stalmaster was conferred an Honorary Oscar.
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Hal
Casting By
Tevye's Daughters
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut · CastingA Lobster Tale · CastingYou Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
Remembering Roots
Making 'Superman': Filming the LegendTaking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
Battlefield Earth · CastingBattlefield Earth · Casting Director
Crime of the Century · CastingTo Gillian on Her 37th Birthday · CastingCarpool · CastingNo Easy Way · Casting
Fluke · Casting
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale · CastingIntersection · CastingBlue Sky · CastingClifford · CastingThere Goes My Baby · Casting
Guilty as Sin · CastingThe Program · Casting
Folks! · CastingDouble Jeopardy · CastingStay Tuned · Casting
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze · CastingFrankie and Johnny · CastingThe Doctor · CastingFor the Boys · Casting
The Bonfire of the Vanities · CastingTaking Care of Business · CastingHavana · CastingVoices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase · CastingCrazy People · Casting
See No Evil, Hear No Evil · CastingWeekend at Bernie's · CastingCasualties of War · CastingWinter People · CastingDead Bang · Casting
Switching Channels · CastingLady in White · CastingSplit Decisions · Casting
Spaceballs · CastingDragnet · CastingReal Men · CastingAmerican Harvest · CastingOutrageous Fortune · Casting
Nine 1/2 Weeks · Casting8 Million Ways to Die · Casting
Santa Claus: The Movie · CastingCreator · CastingMarie: A True Story · CastingLove, Mary · Casting
Supergirl · Casting DirectorThe Lonely Guy · CastingThe Glitter Dome · CastingUnfaithfully Yours · CastingMaster Ninja · Casting
The Thorn Birds · CastingThe Right Stuff · CastingUncommon Valor · CastingClass · CastingRita Hayworth: The Love Goddess · Casting
First Blood · Casting DirectorTootsie · CastingYoung Doctors in Love · CastingSplit Image · CastingHanky Panky · Casting
Blow Out · CastingCaveman · CastingAbsence of Malice · CastingMommie Dearest · CastingDark Night of the Scarecrow · Casting
Superman II · CastingStir Crazy · CastingFoolin' Around · CastingThe Black Marble · CastingThe Mountain Men · Casting
10 · CastingThe French Atlantic Affair · CastingBeing There · CastingIke · Casting DirectorAshanti · Casting
Superman · CastingThe Betsy · CastingDamien - Omen II · CastingFoul Play · CastingConvoy · Casting
The Other Side of Midnight · CastingNew York, New York · CastingFun with Dick and Jane · CastingValentino · CastingBlack Sunday · Casting
Archie · CastingNickelodeon · CastingSilver Streak · CastingThe Big Bus · CastingJames Dean · Casting
Mandingo · CastingRollerball · Casting DirectorCornbread, Earl and Me · Casting DirectorThe Legend of Valentino · CastingThe Wild Party · Casting
Billy Two Hats · CastingThe Dove · CastingConrack · CastingThe Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz · CastingAll the Kind Strangers · Casting
Full Filmography
288 titles- Hal (2019) as Self
- Casting By (2012) as Self
- Tevye's Daughters (2007)
- Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006) Casting
- A Lobster Tale (2006) Casting
- You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman (2006) as Self
- Remembering Roots (2002) as Self
- Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend (2001) as Self
- Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman' (2001) as Self
- Battlefield Earth (2000) Casting
- Battlefield Earth (2000) Casting Director
- Crime of the Century (1996) Casting
- To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday (1996) Casting
- Carpool (1996) Casting
- No Easy Way (1996) Casting
- Fluke (1995) Casting
- Squanto: A Warrior's Tale (1994) Casting
- Intersection (1994) Casting
- Blue Sky (1994) Casting
- Clifford (1994) Casting
- There Goes My Baby (1994) Casting
- Guilty as Sin (1993) Casting
- The Program (1993) Casting
- Folks! (1992) Casting
- Double Jeopardy (1992) Casting
- Stay Tuned (1992) Casting
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991) Casting
- Frankie and Johnny (1991) Casting
- The Doctor (1991) Casting
- For the Boys (1991) Casting
- The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) Casting
- Taking Care of Business (1990) Casting
- Havana (1990) Casting
- Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase (1990) Casting
- Crazy People (1990) Casting
- See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) Casting
- Weekend at Bernie's (1989) Casting
- Casualties of War (1989) Casting
- Winter People (1989) Casting
- Dead Bang (1989) Casting
- Physical Evidence (1989) Casting
- Welcome Home (1989) Casting
- Get Smart, Again! (1989) Casting
- The Jeweller's Shop (1989) Casting
- Incident at Dark River (1989) Casting
- Margaret Bourke-White (1989) Casting
- A Sinful Life (1989) Casting
- Switching Channels (1988) Casting
- Lady in White (1988) Casting
- Split Decisions (1988) Casting
- Spaceballs (1987) Casting
- Dragnet (1987) Casting
- Real Men (1987) Casting
- American Harvest (1987) Casting
- Outrageous Fortune (1987) Casting
- Big Shots (1987) Casting
- Nine 1/2 Weeks (1986) Casting
- 8 Million Ways to Die (1986) Casting
- Santa Claus: The Movie (1985) Casting
- Creator (1985) Casting
- Marie: A True Story (1985) Casting
- Love, Mary (1985) Casting
- Supergirl (1984) Casting Director
- The Lonely Guy (1984) Casting
- The Glitter Dome (1984) Casting
- Unfaithfully Yours (1984) Casting
- Master Ninja (1984) Casting
- Something About Amelia (1984) Casting
- Harry & Son (1984) Casting
- The River (1984) Casting
- Songwriter (1984) Casting
- Her Life as a Man (1984) Casting
- The Parade (1984) Casting Director
- The Thorn Birds (1983) Casting
- The Right Stuff (1983) Casting
- Uncommon Valor (1983) Casting
- Class (1983) Casting
- Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess (1983) Casting
- Love is Forever (1983) Casting
- Deadly Lessons (1983) Casting
- First Blood (1982) Casting Director
- Tootsie (1982) Casting
- Young Doctors in Love (1982) Casting
- Split Image (1982) Casting
- Hanky Panky (1982) Casting
- Making Love (1982) Casting
- Some Kind of Hero (1982) Casting
- Mae West (1982) Casting
- Blow Out (1981) Casting
- Caveman (1981) Casting
- Absence of Malice (1981) Casting
- Mommie Dearest (1981) Casting
- Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981) Casting
- Second-Hand Hearts (1981) Casting
- Splendor in the Grass (1981) Casting
- Looker (1981) Casting
- Crisis at Central High (1981) Casting
- On the Right Track (1981) Casting
- Superman II (1980) Casting
- Stir Crazy (1980) Casting
- Foolin' Around (1980) Casting
- The Black Marble (1980) Casting
- The Mountain Men (1980) Casting
- Wholly Moses (1980) Casting
- Loving Couples (1980) Casting
- A Change of Seasons (1980) Casting
- The Women's Room (1980) Casting
- The Last Song (1980) Casting
- 10 (1979) Casting
- The French Atlantic Affair (1979) Casting
- Being There (1979) Casting
- Ike (1979) Casting Director
- Ashanti (1979) Casting
- The Onion Field (1979) Casting
- Prophecy (1979) Casting
- Goldengirl (1979) Casting
- The Rose (1979) Casting
- Nightwing (1979) Casting
- North Dallas Forty (1979) Casting
- The Last Word (1979) Casting
- The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan (1979) Casting
- Superman (1978) Casting
- The Betsy (1978) Casting
- Damien - Omen II (1978) Casting
- Foul Play (1978) Casting
- Convoy (1978) Casting
- The Fury (1978) Casting
- Coming Home (1978) Casting
- Gray Lady Down (1978) Casting
- Matilda (1978) Casting
- SST: Death Flight (1978) Casting
- Go Tell the Spartans (1978) Casting
- And I Alone Survived (1978) Casting
- Ishi: The Last of His Tribe (1978) Casting
- A Question of Love (1978) Casting
- The Users (1978) Casting
- The Other Side of Midnight (1977) Casting
- New York, New York (1977) Casting
- Fun with Dick and Jane (1977) Casting
- Valentino (1977) Casting
- Black Sunday (1977) Casting
- Audrey Rose (1977) Casting
- Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn (1977) Casting
- Brothers (1977) Casting
- Good Against Evil (1977) Casting
- You Light Up My Life (1977) Casting
- The Night They Took Miss Beautiful (1977) Casting
- Having Babies II (1977) Casting
- Relentless (1977) Casting
- Archie (1976) Casting
- Nickelodeon (1976) Casting
- Silver Streak (1976) Casting
- The Big Bus (1976) Casting
- James Dean (1976) Casting
- Bound for Glory (1976) Casting
- 21 Hours at Munich (1976) Casting
- Victory at Entebbe (1976) Casting
- Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976) Casting
- I Want to Keep My Baby! (1976) Casting
- Having Babies (1976) Casting
- Second Wind (1976) Casting
- Mandingo (1975) Casting
- Rollerball (1975) Casting Director
- Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975) Casting Director
- The Legend of Valentino (1975) Casting
- The Wild Party (1975) Casting
- The Master Gunfighter (1975) Casting
- Hustling (1975) Casting
- Katherine (1975) Casting
- Beyond the Bermuda Triangle (1975) Casting
- Billy Two Hats (1974) Casting
- The Dove (1974) Casting
- Conrack (1974) Casting
- The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974) Casting
- All the Kind Strangers (1974) Casting
- The Great Niagara (1974) Casting
- Rhinoceros (1974) Casting
- Sleeper (1973) Casting
- The Last Detail (1973) Casting
- Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973) Casting
- Scorpio (1973) Casting
- Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973) Casting
- The Iceman Cometh (1973) Casting
- The Girl Most Likely To... (1973) Casting
- Cinderella Liberty (1973) Casting
- A Summer Without Boys (1973) Casting
- Isn't It Shocking? (1973) Casting
- A Night Train to Terror (1973) Producer
- Class of '63 (1973) Producer
- Class of '63 (1973) Casting
- A Chant of Silence (1973) Producer
- The Third Girl from the Left (1973) Casting
- Deliverance (1972) Casting
- The Cowboys (1972) Casting
- The Mechanic (1972) Casting
- Jeremiah Johnson (1972) Casting
- The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972) Casting
- The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972) Casting
- Junior Bonner (1972) Casting
- Hickey & Boggs (1972) Casting
- Pocket Money (1972) Casting
- Footsteps (1972) Producer
- Fiddler on the Roof (1971) Casting
- Harold and Maude (1971) Casting
- The Organization (1971) Casting
- Le Mans (1971) Casting
- Lawman (1971) Casting
- The Sporting Club (1971) Casting
- Sweet, Sweet Rachel (1971) Casting
- Honky (1971) Casting
- The Grissom Gang (1971) Casting
- Valdez Is Coming (1971) Casting
- If Tomorrow Comes (1971) Casting
- The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler (1971) Casting
- They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970) Casting
- Too Late the Hero (1970) Casting
- The Hawaiians (1970) Casting
- Monte Walsh (1970) Casting
- Halls of Anger (1970) Casting
- Cannon for Cordoba (1970) Casting
- The Landlord (1970) Casting
- The Bridge at Remagen (1969) Casting
- The Bridge at Remagen (1969) Casting Director
- Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969) Casting
- The April Fools (1969) Casting
- They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) Casting
- Viva Max! (1969) Casting
- The Reivers (1969) Casting
- Castle Keep (1969) Casting
- What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969) Casting
- If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969) Casting
- Gaily, Gaily (1969) Casting
- The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) Casting
- The Scalphunters (1968) Casting
- Yours, Mine and Ours (1968) Casting
- How Sweet It Is! (1968) Casting
- The Stalking Moon (1968) Casting
- The Killing of Sister George (1968) Casting
- The Graduate (1967) Casting Consultant
- In the Heat of the Night (1967) Casting
- Hour of the Gun (1967) Casting
- Clambake (1967) Casting
- Fitzwilly (1967) Casting
- Return of the Seven (1966) Casting
- Cast a Giant Shadow (1966) Casting
- The Fortune Cookie (1966) Casting
- The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! (1966) Casting
- Man in the Square Suit (1966) Casting
- The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) Casting
- The Hallelujah Trail (1965) Casting
- The Satan Bug (1965) Casting
- A Rage to Live (1965) Casting
- The Loved One (1965) Casting
- My Living Doll (1964) Casting
- Kiss Me, Stupid (1964) Casting
- Lady in a Cage (1964) Casting
- The Best Man (1964) Casting Director
- My Favorite Martian (1963) Casting
- Irma la Douce (1963) Casting
- A Child Is Waiting (1963) Casting
- Toys in the Attic (1963) Casting
- Two for the Seesaw (1962) Casting
- Pressure Point (1962) Casting
- West Side Story (1961) Casting
- Gunslinger (1961) Casting
- Harrigan and Son (1960) Casting
- Inherit the Wind (1960) Casting
- The Third Man (1959) Casting
- Pork Chop Hill (1959) Casting
- Tokyo After Dark (1959) Casting
- The Rifleman (1958) Casting
- The Texan (1958) Casting
- I Want to Live! (1958) Casting
- Kings Go Forth (1958) Casting
- When Hell Broke Loose (1958) Casting
- Have Gun, Will Travel (1957) Casting
- Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman (1957) Casting
- Trooper Hook (1957) Casting
- Black Patch (1957) Casting
- Hot Rod Rumble (1957) Casting
- Please Murder Me (1956) Casting
- Please Murder Me (1956) Casting Director
- Time Table (1956) Casting Consultant
- Johnny Concho (1956) Casting
- Screaming Eagles (1956) Casting
- Gunsmoke (1955) Casting
- Flying Leathernecks (1951)
- The Steel Helmet (1951) as Second Lieutenant
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Lynn Stalmaster best known for?
Lynn Stalmaster is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006), Battlefield Earth (2000), Battlefield Earth (2000), A Woman Called Moses (1978).
When and where was Lynn Stalmaster born?
Lynn Stalmaster was born on November 17, 1927 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. They passed away on February 12, 2021.
How many credits does Lynn Stalmaster have?
Lynn Stalmaster has accumulated over 288 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1951 to 2019.
What is Lynn Stalmaster's background in cinema and television?
Lynn Stalmaster was an American casting director. He holds the distinction of being the first casting director to receive an honorary Academy Award. In 2016, Stalmaster was conferred an Honorary Oscar.