Stirling Silliphant

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1918-01-15

Deathday 1996-04-26 (78 years old)

Place of Birth Detroit, Michigan, USA

Stirling Silliphant

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

Writer

2017
1995
The Grass Harp

as Screenplay

1994
1993
1988
Gunman II

as Writer

1987
Over the Top

as Screenplay

1987
The Three Kings

as Writer

1987
Catch the Heat

as Writer

1985
1985
Space

as Teleplay

1983
Travis McGee

as Teleplay

1981
Fly Away Home

as Writer

1981
Golden Gate

as Writer

1980
When Time Ran Out...

as Screenplay

1978
Circle of Iron

as Screenplay

1978
1978
The Swarm

as Screenplay

1978
Pearl

as Writer

1977
Telefon

as Screenplay

1976
The Enforcer

as Screenplay

1975
The Killer Elite

as Screenplay

1975
Death Scream

as Writer

1974
The Towering Inferno

as Screenplay

1973
Shaft in Africa

as Writer

1973
A Time For Love

as Writer

1972
1972
The New Healers

as Writer

1972
The New Centurions

as Screenplay

1972
Movin' On

as Original Series Creator

1971
Longstreet

as Writer

1971
Murphy's War

as Screenplay

1971
Longstreet

as Writer

1970
1969
Marlowe

as Screenplay

1968
Charly

as Screenplay

1967
1967
Wings of Fire

as Writer

1965
1960
Village of the Damned

as Screenplay

1960
Route 66

as Writer

1959
The Silent Kill

as Writer

1959
Mr. Lucky

as Writer

1958
The Lineup

as Writer

1958
Damn Citizen

as Writer

1958
Maracaibo

as Screenplay

1958
Naked City

as Writer

1957
Alcoa Theatre

as Writer

1957
M Squad

as Writer

1957
Suspicion

as Writer

1957
Perry Mason

as Writer

1956
Nightfall

as Writer

1956
Huk!

as Novel

1956
Huk!

as Screenplay

1955
5 Against the House

as Screenplay

Producer

1995
The Grass Harp

as Co-Producer

1989
1987
Catch the Heat

as Executive Producer

1981
Fly Away Home

as Producer

1979
Salem's Lot

as Executive Producer

1973
A Time For Love

as Producer

1972
The New Healers

as Producer

1971
Shaft

as Executive Producer

1971
Longstreet

as Producer

1955

Creator

1971
Longstreet

as Creator

1960
Route 66

as Creator

1959
1958
Naked City

as Creator

Crew

1972
The New Healers

as Creator

Director

1973
A Time For Love

as Director