Stirling Silliphant
Writing·January 15, 1918·† April 26, 1996 — 78 years old·Detroit, Michigan, USA
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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2017The General And MeWriter1996The Grass HarpScreenplay · Co-Producer1994Day of ReckoningWriter1993A Stranger in the MirrorTeleplay1993SalweenWriter1989Brotherhood of the RoseTVProducer1987The Three KingsWriter1987Catch the HeatWriter · Executive Producer1987Over the TopScreenplay1985Mussolini: The Untold StoryTVWriter1985SpaceTVTeleplay1983Travis McGeeTeleplay1981Golden GateWriter1981Fly Away HomeWriter · Producer1980When Time Ran Out...Screenplay1979Salem's LotTVExecutive Producer1978PearlTVWriter1978Circle of IronScreenplay · Story1978The SwarmScreenplay1977TelefonScreenplay1976The EnforcerScreenplay1975The Killer EliteScreenplay1975Death ScreamWriter1975The First 36 Hours of Dr. DurantWriter1974The Towering InfernoScreenplay1973Shaft in AfricaWriter · Producer1973A Time For LoveWriter · Producer · Director1972The Poseidon AdventureScreenplay1972The New CenturionsScreenplay1972The New HealersCreator · Writer · Producer1972Movin' OnOriginal Series Creator1971LongstreetTVWriter · Producer · Creator1971ShaftExecutive Producer1971LongstreetWriter1971Murphy's WarScreenplay1970A Walk in the Spring RainScreenplay · Producer1970The Liberation of L.B. JonesScreenplay1969MarloweScreenplay1968CharlyScreenplay1967In the Heat of the NightScreenplay1967Wings of FireWriter1965The Slender ThreadWriter1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreTVWriter1962Lizard's Leg and Owlet's WingWriter1960Route 66TVWriter · Creator1960Village of the DamnedScreenplay1959Mr. LuckyTVWriter1959The Man from BlackhawkTVCreator1959The Silent KillWriter1958Naked CityTVWriter · Creator1958The LineupWriter1958MaracaiboScreenplay1958Damn CitizenWriter1957Alcoa TheatreTVWriter1957SuspicionTVWriter1957Perry MasonTVWriter1957M SquadTVWriter1956NightfallWriter1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreTVWriter1956Huk!Screenplay · Novel1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsTVWriter · Teleplay19555 Against the HouseScreenplay · Producer1953The Joe Louis StoryProducer