6.5
Movie
Writing
Stirling Silliphant
- Born
- Died
- (aged 78)
- Birthplace
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Credits
- 64 titles
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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Signature work
Known For
6.5
Movie
7.7
Movie
In the Heat of the Night
7.0
Movie
The Towering Inferno
7.2
Movie
The Poseidon Adventure
6.7
Movie
The Enforcer
6.8
TV
Salem's Lot
7.2
Movie
Village of the Damned
6.4
Movie
Shaft
7.8
TV
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
5.0
Movie
The Swarm
5.8
Movie
The Killer Elite
7.7
TV
Perry Mason
6.6
Movie
Telefon
6.5
Movie
Charly
6.9
Movie
Nightfall
6.1
Movie
Murphy's War
7.1
Movie
The Lineup
6.2
Movie
Marlowe
Crew credits 64
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | The General And Me Film | Writer |
| 1996 | The Grass Harp Film | Screenplay, Co-Producer |
| 1994 | Day of Reckoning Film | Writer |
| 1993 | A Stranger in the Mirror Film | Teleplay |
| 1993 | Salween Film | Writer |
| 1989 | Brotherhood of the Rose TV | Producer (2 ep) |
| 1987 | The Three Kings Film | Writer |
| 1987 | Catch the Heat Film | Writer, Executive Producer |
| 1987 | Over the Top Film | Screenplay |
| 1985 | Mussolini: The Untold Story TV | Writer (4 ep) |
| 1985 | Space TV | Teleplay (5 ep) |
| 1983 | Travis McGee Film | Teleplay |
| 1981 | Golden Gate Film | Writer |
| 1981 | Fly Away Home Film | Writer, Producer |
| 1980 | When Time Ran Out... Film | Screenplay |
| 1979 | Salem's Lot TV | Executive Producer (2 ep) |
| 1978 | Pearl TV | Writer (3 ep) |
| 1978 | Circle of Iron Film | Screenplay, Story |
| 1978 | The Swarm Film | Screenplay |
| 1977 | Telefon Film | Screenplay |
| 1976 | The Enforcer Film | Screenplay |
| 1975 | The Killer Elite Film | Screenplay |
| 1975 | Death Scream Film | Writer |
| 1975 | The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant Film | Writer |
| 1974 | The Towering Inferno Film | Screenplay |
| 1973 | Shaft in Africa Film | Writer, Producer |
| 1973 | A Time For Love Film | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1972 | The Poseidon Adventure Film | Screenplay |
| 1972 | The New Centurions Film | Screenplay |
| 1972 | The New Healers Film | Creator, Writer, Producer |
| 1972 | Movin' On Film | Original Series Creator |
| 1971 | Longstreet TV | Writer, Producer, Creator (3 ep) |
| 1971 | Shaft Film | Executive Producer |
| 1971 | Longstreet Film | Writer |
| 1971 | Murphy's War Film | Screenplay |
| 1970 | A Walk in the Spring Rain Film | Screenplay, Producer |
| 1970 | The Liberation of L.B. Jones Film | Screenplay |
| 1969 | Marlowe Film | Screenplay |
| 1968 | Charly Film | Screenplay |
| 1967 | In the Heat of the Night Film | Screenplay |
| 1967 | Wings of Fire Film | Writer |
| 1965 | The Slender Thread Film | Writer |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre TV | Writer (1 ep) |
| 1962 | Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing Film | Writer |
| 1960 | Route 66 TV | Writer, Creator (72 ep) |
| 1960 | Village of the Damned Film | Screenplay |
| 1959 | Mr. Lucky TV | Writer (1 ep) |
| 1959 | The Man from Blackhawk TV | Creator |
| 1959 | Tightrope TV | Writer (1 ep) |
| 1959 | The Silent Kill Film | Writer |
| 1958 | Naked City TV | Writer, Creator (4 ep) |
| 1958 | The Lineup Film | Writer |
| 1958 | Maracaibo Film | Screenplay |
| 1958 | Damn Citizen Film | Writer |
| 1957 | Alcoa Theatre TV | Writer (1 ep) |
| 1957 | Suspicion TV | Writer (3 ep) |
| 1957 | Perry Mason TV | Writer (1 ep) |
| 1957 | M Squad TV | Writer (1 ep) |
| 1956 | Nightfall Film | Writer |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre TV | Writer (1 ep) |