Hal Stalmaster

{{short description|American television actor}}

{{Infobox person

|name = Hal Stalmaster

|birth_name = Harry Lapidus Stalmaster

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|03|29}}

|birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

|occupation = Television actor

|relatives = Lynn Stalmaster (brother){{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/18/movies/lynn-stalmaster-casting-dead.html|title=Lynn Stalmaster, Hollywood's 'Master Caster,' Dies at 93|first=Penelope|last=Green|work=The New York Times|date=February 18, 2021|access-date=November 27, 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://allthingsliberty.com/2014/02/10-questions-with-hal-stalmaster-johnny-tremain/|title=10 Questions with Hal Stalmaster (Johnny Tremain)|work=Journal of the American Revolution|first=Michael|last=Schellhammer|date=February 13, 2014|access-date=November 27, 2021}}

|years_active = 1957–1966

|alma mater = University of California

}}

Harry Lapidus Stalmaster (born March 29, 1940){{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5Hmh296a8mUC|title=Motion Picture: Volume 47|page=10|date=1957|publisher=Macfadden Communications Group|via=Google Books}} is an American film and television actor.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/210040767/|title=Serves Two Armies 189 Years Apart|work=The Times Herald|location=Port Huron, Michigan|date=June 5, 1965|access-date=November 27, 2021|page=16|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}} He is perhaps best known for playing the title role in the film Johnny Tremain, based on the 1943 historical novel by Esther Forbes.

Stalmaster was born in Los Angeles, California,{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/455464061/|title=New to the Screen|work=Daily News|location=New York, New York|date=June 9, 1957|access-date=November 27, 2021|page=597|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}} and attended Beverly Hills High School. In 1957 he starred in the title role of the film Johnny Tremain.{{Cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sUZriXDP61sC&pg=PA58|title=Boys' Life (Vol. 47, No. 7)|publisher=Boy Scouts of America|first=Fran|last=Smith|journal=Boys' Life. Inkprint Edition|page=58|date=July 1957|issn=0006-8608|via=Google Books}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/07/11/archives/johnny-tremain-at-neighborhood-houses.html|title=Johnny Tremain' at Neighborhood Houses|work=The New York Times|date=July 11, 1957|access-date=November 27, 2021}} He then attended the University of California, graduating in 1963. He retired from acting in 1966, last appearing in the sitcom television series My Three Sons.

Stalmaster served as an army officer at the Presidio in San Francisco, California, for two years. He also worked as a booking agent.