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.
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Filmography
all 66
Movies 48
Writer 46
TV Shows 18
Screenplay 10
Producer 8
Creator 1
Screenplay / Co-Producer
The Grass Harp (1995)
Movie
Producer
Brotherhood of the Rose (1989)
TV
Writer
Gunman II (1988)
Movie
Writer / Executive Producer
Catch the Heat (1987)
Movie
Screenplay
Mussolini: The Untold Story (1985)
TV
Teleplay
Space (1985)
TV
Writer
Travis McGee (1983)
Movie
Writer
Golden Gate (1981)
Movie
Producer
Salem's Lot (1979)
Movie
Executive Producer
Salem's Lot (1979)
TV
6
Writer
Pearl (1978)
TV
Screenplay / Story
Circle of Iron (1978)
Movie
Writer
The Swarm (1978)
Movie
6
Writer
Telefon (1977)
Movie
Screenplay
The Enforcer (1976)
Movie
5.21
Screenplay
The Killer Elite (1975)
Movie
Writer
Death Scream (1975)
Movie
Screenplay
The Towering Inferno (1974)
Movie
6.67
Writer / Producer / Director
A Time For Love (1973)
Movie
Screenplay
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
Movie
4.25
Screenplay
The New Centurions (1972)
Movie
Writer
Movin' On (1972)
Movie
Writer
Longstreet (1971)
TV
Executive Producer
Shaft (1971)
Movie
5.33
Writer
Longstreet (1971)
Movie
Writer
Murphy's War (1971)
Movie
Screenplay
Marlowe (1969)
Movie
Writer
Charly (1968)
Movie
6
Writer
Maya (1967)
TV
Screenplay
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Movie
5.08
Creator / Writer
Route 66 (1960)
TV
Screenplay
Village of the Damned (1960)
Movie
5.82
Writer
Mr. Lucky (1959)
TV
Creator / Writer
Naked City (1958)
TV
Writer
The Lineup (1958)
Movie
6
Writer
Maracaibo (1958)
Movie
Writer
Damn Citizen (1958)
Movie
Writer
Suspicion (1957)
TV
Writer
Alcoa Theatre (1957)
TV
Writer
Perry Mason (1957)
TV
4.33
Writer
M Squad (1957)
TV
Writer
Nightfall (1956)
Movie
Writer
Huk! (1956)
Movie
Teleplay / Writer
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
TV
4.75
Producer
The Joe Louis Story (1953)
Movie
Information
Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1918-01-15
Deathday1996-04-26 (78 years old)
Birth PlaceDetroit, United States
RelationshipsTiana Alexandra (1974 - 1996)
CitizenshipsUnited States
AwardsEdgar Awards, Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
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