Stirling Silliphant
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- January 15, 1918
- Died
- April 26, 1996 (aged 78)
- Birthplace
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
Biography
Stirling Dale Silliphant (January 16, 1918 – April 26, 1996) was an American screenwriter and producer. He is best remembered for his screenplay for In the Heat of the Night, for which he won an Academy Award in 1967, and for creating the television series Naked City, Perry Mason, and Route 66. Other features as screenwriter include the Irwin Allen productions The Towering Inferno and The Poseidon Adventure. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stirling Silliphant, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
Filmography
The General And Me
Movie · Writer
The Grass Harp
Movie · Screenplay
Day of Reckoning
Movie · Writer
A Stranger in the Mirror
Movie · Teleplay
Salween
Movie · Writer
Over the Top
Movie · Screenplay
The Three Kings
Movie · Writer
Catch the Heat
Movie · Writer
Space
TV · Teleplay · 5 eps
Mussolini: The Untold Story
TV · Writer · 4 eps
Travis McGee
Movie · Teleplay
Fly Away Home
Movie · Writer
Golden Gate
Movie · Writer
When Time Ran Out...
Movie · Screenplay
Circle of Iron
Movie · Screenplay, Story
The Swarm
Movie · Screenplay
Pearl
TV · Writer · 3 eps
Telefon
Movie · Screenplay
The Enforcer
Movie · Screenplay
The Killer Elite
Movie · Screenplay
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant
Movie · Writer
Death Scream
Movie · Writer
The Towering Inferno
Movie · Screenplay
Shaft in Africa
Movie · Writer
A Time For Love
Movie · Writer
The Poseidon Adventure
Movie · Screenplay
The New Healers
Movie · Writer
The New Centurions
Movie · Screenplay
Movin' On
Movie · Original Series Creator
Longstreet
Movie · Writer
Murphy's War
Movie · Screenplay
Longstreet
TV · Writer · 3 eps
A Walk in the Spring Rain
Movie · Screenplay
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
Movie · Screenplay
Marlowe
Movie · Screenplay
Charly
Movie · Screenplay
In the Heat of the Night
Movie · Screenplay
Wings of Fire
Movie · Writer
The Slender Thread
Movie · Writer
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV · Writer · 1 ep
Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing
Movie · Writer
Village of the Damned
Movie · Screenplay
Route 66
TV · Writer · 72 eps
The Silent Kill
Movie · Writer
Mr. Lucky
TV · Writer · 1 ep
Tightrope
TV · Writer · 1 ep
The Lineup
Movie · Writer
Damn Citizen
Movie · Writer
Maracaibo
Movie · Screenplay
Naked City
TV · Writer · 4 eps
Alcoa Theatre
TV · Writer · 1 ep
M Squad
TV · Writer · 1 ep
Suspicion
TV · Writer · 3 eps
Perry Mason
TV · Writer · 1 ep
Nightfall
Movie · Writer
Huk!
Movie · Novel, Screenplay
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV · Writer · 1 ep
5 Against the House
Movie · Screenplay
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · Writer, Teleplay · 9 eps