Stirling Silliphant
Known for
Writing
Born
January 15, 1918
Birthplace
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Died
April 26, 1996 (aged 78)
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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Best known work
Over the Top
1987
In the Heat of the Night
1967
The Towering Inferno
1974
The Poseidon Adventure
1972
The Enforcer
1976
Salem's Lot
1979
Village of the Damned
1960
Shaft
1971
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
The Swarm
1978Filmography
2017
The General And MeWriter
1996
The Grass HarpScreenplay, Co-Producer
1994
Day of ReckoningWriter
1993
A Stranger in the MirrorTeleplay
1993
SalweenWriter
1989
1987
The Three KingsWriter
1987
Catch the HeatWriter, Executive Producer
1987
Over the TopScreenplay
1985
1985
1983
Travis McGeeTeleplay
1981
Golden GateWriter
1981
Fly Away HomeWriter, Producer
1980
When Time Ran Out...Screenplay
1979
1978
1978
Circle of IronScreenplay, Story
1978
The SwarmScreenplay
1977
TelefonScreenplay
1976
The EnforcerScreenplay
1975
The Killer EliteScreenplay
1975
Death ScreamWriter
1975
1974
The Towering InfernoScreenplay