- As of 2017, he provided the cast of eight films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966), In the Heat of the Night (1967), Fiddler on the Roof (1971), Deliverance (1972), Bound for Glory (1976), Coming Home (1978), Tootsie (1982) and The Right Stuff (1983). Of those, only In the Heat of the Night (1967) is a winner in the category.
- He was the son of Estelle (Lapidus) and Irvin Stalmaster. His mother was born in Nebraska, to Jewish emigrants from Latvia/Russia, and his father was a Russian Jewish immigrant.
- Has two grandchildren.
- Enlisted as a private in the U.S. Army on 26 February 1945 during World War II.
- Father of two children: Lincoln Stalmaster and Lara.
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