Biography
Stirling Dale Silliphant (January 16, 1918 β 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
Advertisement
Filmography
all 63
Writer 52
Movies 45
TV Shows 18
Producer 5
Screenplay 4
Creator 1
Writer
The General And Me (2017)
Movie
Writer
The Grass Harp (1995)
Movie
Writer
Village of the Damned (1995)
Movie
5
Writer
Day of Reckoning (1994)
Movie
Writer
A Stranger in the Mirror (1993)
Movie
Producer
Brotherhood of the Rose (1989)
TV
Writer
Gunman II (1988)
Movie
Writer
The Three Kings (1987)
Movie
Writer
Catch the Heat (1987)
Movie
Writer
Over the Top (1987)
Movie
6.5
Screenplay
Mussolini: The Untold Story (1985)
TV
Teleplay
Space (1985)
TV
Writer
Travis McGee (1983)
Movie
Writer
Golden Gate (1981)
Movie
Writer
Fly Away Home (1981)
Movie
Writer
When Time Ran Out... (1980)
Movie
1
Executive Producer
Salem's Lot (1979)
TV
6
Writer
Pearl (1978)
TV
Writer
Circle of Iron (1978)
Movie
Writer
The Swarm (1978)
Movie
6
Writer
Telefon (1977)
Movie
Writer
The Enforcer (1976)
Movie
5.21
Writer
The Killer Elite (1975)
Movie
Writer
Death Scream (1975)
Movie
Writer
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant (1975)
Movie
Screenplay
The Towering Inferno (1974)
Movie
6.67
Writer
Shaft in Africa (1973)
Movie
3
Director / Producer / Writer
A Time For Love (1973)
Movie
Writer
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
Movie
4.25
Writer
The New Centurions (1972)
Movie
Writer
Movin' On (1972)
Movie
Writer
The New Healers (1972)
Movie
Writer
Longstreet (1971)
TV
Executive Producer
Shaft (1971)
Movie
5.33
Writer
Longstreet (1971)
Movie
Writer
Murphy's War (1971)
Movie
Writer
A Walk in the Spring Rain (1970)
Movie
Writer
The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970)
Movie
Writer
Marlowe (1969)
Movie
Writer
Charly (1968)
Movie
6
Writer
Maya (1967)
TV
Writer
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Movie
5.08
Writer
Wings of Fire (1967)
Movie
Writer
The Slender Thread (1965)
Movie
Writer
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
TV
Writer
Route 66 (1960)
TV
Screenplay
Village of the Damned (1960)
Movie
5.82
Writer
Mr. Lucky (1959)
TV
Creator
The Man from Blackhawk (1959)
TV
Creator / Writer
Naked City (1958)
TV
Writer
The Lineup (1958)
Movie
6
Writer
Maracaibo (1958)
Movie
Writer
Damn Citizen (1958)
Movie
Writer
Alcoa Theatre (1957)
TV
Writer
Suspicion (1957)
TV
Writer
Perry Mason (1957)
TV
4.33
Writer
M Squad (1957)
TV
Writer
Nightfall (1956)
Movie
Writer
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
TV
Screenplay / Novel
Huk! (1956)
Movie
Writer / Teleplay
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
TV
4.75
Writer
5 Against the House (1955)
Movie
Producer
The Joe Louis Story (1953)
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.82
Based on 524 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1953
1960
1972
1967
2017
Advertisement
Information
Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1918-01-15
Deathday1996-04-26 (78 years old)
Birth PlaceDetroit, United States of America
RelationshipsTiana Alexandra (1974-01-01 - 1996-01-01)
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsEdgar Awards, Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
This article uses material from Wikipedia.
Advertisement
- Stirling Silliphant
- Filmography
- Information
- Related Persons