Stirling Silliphant
Writing
Born: January 15, 1918 · Detroit, Michigan, USA
Died: April 26, 1996 (aged 78)
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
Over the Top
1987
In the Heat of the Night
1967
The Towering Inferno
1974
The Poseidon Adventure
1972
The Enforcer
1976
Salem's Lot
1979
Village of the Damned
1960
Shaft
1971
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
The Swarm
1978
The Killer Elite
1975
Perry Mason
1957
Photos (1)
Directing (1)
Writing (61)
Perry Mason
Writer
Route 66
Writer
Naked City
Writer
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Writer
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Teleplay
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Writer
M Squad
Writer
Suspicion
Writer
Over the Top
Screenplay
Alcoa Theatre
Writer
Mr. Lucky
Writer
The Towering Inferno
Screenplay
The Poseidon Adventure
Screenplay
Tightrope
Writer
In the Heat of the Night
Screenplay
The Enforcer
Screenplay
Longstreet
Writer
The Swarm
Screenplay
Space
Teleplay
Village of the Damned
Screenplay
The Lineup
Writer
The Killer Elite
Screenplay
Shaft in Africa
Writer
Marlowe
Screenplay
Pearl
Writer
Telefon
Screenplay
The Grass Harp
Screenplay
Mussolini: The Untold Story
Writer
Murphy's War
Screenplay
The New Healers
Writer
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
Screenplay
Charly
Screenplay
5 Against the House
Screenplay
Nightfall
Writer
Circle of Iron
Screenplay
Circle of Iron
Story
When Time Ran Out...
Screenplay
The New Centurions
Screenplay
Huk!
Novel
Huk!
Screenplay
The Slender Thread
Writer
Maracaibo
Screenplay
The Three Kings
Writer
Death Scream
Writer
Catch the Heat
Writer
Travis McGee
Teleplay
A Stranger in the Mirror
Teleplay
Damn Citizen
Writer
Fly Away Home
Writer
Golden Gate
Writer
A Walk in the Spring Rain
Screenplay
Day of Reckoning
Writer
The Silent Kill
Writer
Movin' On
Original Series Creator
Wings of Fire
Writer
Salween
Writer
The General And Me
Writer
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant
Writer
A Time For Love
Writer
Longstreet
Writer
Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing
Writer
Producing (13)
Salem's Lot
Executive Producer
Longstreet
Producer
Shaft
Executive Producer
Brotherhood of the Rose
Producer
Shaft in Africa
Producer
The Grass Harp
Co-Producer
The New Healers
Producer
5 Against the House
Producer
Catch the Heat
Executive Producer
The Joe Louis Story
Producer
Fly Away Home
Producer
A Walk in the Spring Rain
Producer
A Time For Love
Producer