Person
Stirling Silliphant
Writing · 1918–1996 · 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
Perry Mason
Writer
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Writer
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Writer
Naked City
Writer
Route 66
Writer
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Writer
Suspicion
Writer
M Squad
Writer
Alcoa Theatre
Writer
Over the Top
Screenplay
Filmography
- 2017The General And MeWriter
- 1996The Grass HarpScreenplay
- 1994Day of ReckoningWriter
- 1993A Stranger in the MirrorTeleplay
- 1993SalweenWriter
- 1989Brotherhood of the RoseProducer
- 1987The Three KingsWriter
- 1987Catch the HeatWriter
- 1987Over the TopScreenplay
- 1985Mussolini: The Untold StoryWriter
- 1985SpaceTeleplay
- 1983Travis McGeeTeleplay
- 1981Golden GateWriter
- 1981Fly Away HomeWriter
- 1980When Time Ran Out...Screenplay
- 1979Salem's LotExecutive Producer
- 1978PearlWriter
- 1978Circle of IronScreenplay
- 1978The SwarmScreenplay
- 1977TelefonScreenplay
- 1976The EnforcerScreenplay
- 1975The Killer EliteScreenplay
- 1975Death ScreamWriter
- 1975The First 36 Hours of Dr. DurantWriter
- 1974The Towering InfernoScreenplay
- 1973Shaft in AfricaWriter
- 1973A Time For LoveDirector
- 1972The Poseidon AdventureScreenplay
- 1972The New CenturionsScreenplay
- 1972The New HealersCreator
- 1972Movin' OnOriginal Series Creator
- 1971LongstreetWriter
- 1971ShaftExecutive Producer
- 1971LongstreetWriter
- 1971Murphy's WarScreenplay
- 1970A Walk in the Spring RainScreenplay
- 1970The Liberation of L.B. JonesScreenplay
- 1969MarloweScreenplay
- 1968CharlyScreenplay
- 1967In the Heat of the NightScreenplay
- 1967Wings of FireWriter
- 1965The Slender ThreadWriter
- 1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreWriter
- 1962Lizard's Leg and Owlet's WingWriter
- 1960Route 66Writer
- 1960Village of the DamnedScreenplay
- 1959Mr. LuckyWriter
- 1959The Man from BlackhawkCreator
- 1959The Silent KillWriter
- 1958Naked CityWriter
- 1958The LineupWriter
- 1958MaracaiboScreenplay
- 1958Damn CitizenWriter
- 1957Alcoa TheatreWriter
- 1957SuspicionWriter
- 1957Perry MasonWriter
- 1957M SquadWriter
- 1956NightfallWriter
- 1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreWriter
- 1956Huk!Novel
- 1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsWriter
- 19555 Against the HouseScreenplay
- 1953The Joe Louis StoryProducer
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