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Mike Fenton, the casting director behind some of Hollywood s most beloved films including the Back to the Future movies, Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial and The Godfather Part II, has died at age 85.
Fenton racked up an impressive resume casting movie and TV projects for more than 50 years, became a frequent collaborator with filmmakers including Steven Spielberg, and co-founded the Casting Society of America in 1982. His remarkable accomplishments and his incredible work in elevating the awareness and appreciation of the craft of casting defines his legacy in the entertainment industry, CSA co-presidents Russell Boast and Rich Mento said in a statement.
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Mike Fenton, the legendary casting director who worked on the “Back to the Future” franchise, “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,” “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and scores of other classic movies and TV shows, has died. He was 85. Fenton co-founded what is now known as Casting Society of America in 1982. He was a prominent casting
Mike Fenton
He also collaborated with Sheldon Leonard on The Andy Griffith Show and I Spy and with Steven Spielberg on Indiana Jones movies during his long career.
Mike Fenton, the influential casting director who found actors for such landmark films as
One Flew Over the Cuckoo s Nest,
The Godfather: Part II,
E.T. The Extraterrestrial and the three
Back to the Future movies, has died. He was 85.
Fenton, who spent more than a half-century in show business, died Wednesday of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles,
his son, Mick, told
The Hollywood Reporter.
After starting out in the mailroom at Music Corporation of America and becoming an agent at the Lew Wasserman firm, Fenton served as casting director for Paramount and then for Danny Thomas and Sheldon Leonard s T&L Productions, where he worked on