Stirling Silliphant
Writing
- Born
- January 15, 1918 · Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Died
- April 26, 1996 (age 78)
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.
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Known for
Over the Top
February 13, 1987
In the Heat of the Night
August 2, 1967
The Towering Inferno
December 14, 1974
The Poseidon Adventure
December 1, 1972
The Enforcer
December 16, 1976
Village of the Damned
June 16, 1960
Shaft
June 25, 1971
The Swarm
June 26, 1978
The Killer Elite
December 19, 1975
Telefon
December 16, 1977
Charly
September 23, 1968
Nightfall
November 9, 1956
Behind the camera46
- 2017The General And Me Writer
- 1996The Grass Harp Screenplay, Co-Producer
- 1994Day of Reckoning Writer
- 1993A Stranger in the Mirror Teleplay
- 1993Salween Writer
- 1987The Three Kings Writer
- 1987Catch the Heat Writer, Executive Producer
- 1987Over the Top Screenplay
- 1983Travis McGee Teleplay
- 1981Golden Gate Writer