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ThatРІР‚в„ўs the key,РІР‚Сњ he told THRРІР‚Вs Scott FeinbergР’В in 2014. Stalmaster took notes on every actor he saw and saved them, knowing that someday, a more suitable part might come along. РІР‚СљI gotta thank you, man, for heading me down that road,РІР‚Сњ Bridges said at the Governors Awards. He came back to him again for The Iceman Cometh (1973), and BridgesРІР‚в„ў experience on that film convinced him to make acting his career. Stalmaster saw РІР‚Сљan innate sense of truthРІР‚Сњ in Jeff Bridges and cast the twentysomething actor (and youngest son of Lloyd Bridges) in his first movie, Halls of Anger (1970).

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He cast more than 100 roles for that movie alone.

#After earth movie casting pro#

Stalmaster also was instrumental in the career of William Shatner ( Judgment at Nuremberg) discovered LeVar Burton, then a sophomore at USC, for the landmark ABC miniseries Roots cast country singer Mac Davis to play a pro quarterback in North Dallas Forty (1979) and insisted that eventual Oscar nominee Sam Shepard portray Chuck Yeager in 1983РІР‚в„ўs The Right Stuff (РІР‚СљItРІР‚в„ўs the only time I thought the film couldnРІР‚в„ўt be made without one specific actor,РІР‚Сњ he once said). And he suggested that Ned Beatty (making his film debut) play one of the businessmen who takes that fateful canoe trip down the river.

РІР‚СљNever compromise,РІР‚Сњ he said at the Governors Awards, РІР‚Сљno matter what the size of a role, even if itРІР‚в„ўs just a reaction.РІР‚СњР”Р‡or John BoormanРІР‚в„ўs Deliverance (1972), Stalmaster set up a casting call at a Georgia elementary school and found Billy Redden to play the quirky youngster in the movieРІР‚в„ўs famous banjo scene. Nicknamed РІР‚СљThe Master Caster,РІР‚Сњ StalmasterР’В has more than 400 casting credits listed on IMDb, with the too-many highlights to mention including I Want to Live! (1958), Inherit the Wind (1960), The Great Escape (1963), The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966), In the Heat of the Night (1967), They Shoot Horses, DonРІР‚в„ўt They? (1969), Harold and Maude (1971), Jeremiah Johnson (1972), The Onion Field (1979), Tootsie (1982), Nine 1/2 Weeks (1986), The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) and Battlefield Earth (2000).Р”ВuringР’В the course of his remarkable six-decade career, the amiable StalmasterР’В found new faces and consistently cast againstР’В type. Said director Taylor Hackford in the documentary: РІР‚СљThe reality is, youРІР‚в„ўre not a director youРІР‚в„ўre a casting, uh, person, youРІР‚в„ўre РІР‚Вcasting byРІР‚в„ў РІР‚В¦ РІР‚СљThere was my name in the main titles on a separate card: РІР‚ВCasting by Lynn StalmasterРІР‚в„ў РІР‚В¦ it was one of the most moving moments of my life,РІР‚Сњ the onetime actor recalled in Casting By РІР‚В¦, the 2012 documentary directed by Tom Donahue.Р”Р‡or years, Hollywood refused to acknowledge the integral role played by casting directors like Stalmaster and his legendary East Coast counterpart, Marion Dougherty. On Norman JewisonРІР‚в„ўs The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), the heist classic that starred Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway, Stalmaster became the first casting director to receive a single-card credit in the titles. And IРІР‚в„ўve found the answer in some very strange places.РІР‚Сњ РІР‚СљBecause as IРІР‚в„ўve said many times, you never know where or when you will find the answer. РІР‚СљРІР‚ВOpenРІР‚в„ў is one of my favorite words,РІР‚Сњ he noted. РІР‚В¦ Thank you, Lynn, for showing us the way.РІР‚СњР”Р„fter he accepted his honorary Oscar, Stalmaster said that the key to his success was keeping an opening mind. РІР‚СљHe was a friend and mentor to many of us. РІР‚СљA pioneer of our craft, Lynn was a trailblazer with over half a century of world-class film and television casting credits,РІР‚Сњ CSA co-presidents Russell Boast and Rich Mento said in a statement.

Stalmaster, who at the Governors Awards in November 2016 became the first casting director in history to receive an Academy Award, died Friday morning at his home in Los Angeles, Laura Adler of the Casting Society of America told The Hollywood Reporter. Lynn Stalmaster, the canny casting director who pushed relative unknowns Dustin Hoffman for The Graduate, Christopher Reeve for Superman and John Travolta for Welcome Back, Kotter, has died.