Writing
Stirling Silliphant
EN, TH cinema · 46 credits
Born
15 January 1918
Died
26 April 1996 (aged 78)
Birthplace
Detroit, Michigan, USA
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
Filmography
The Grass Harp
Screenplay, Co-Producer
Salween
Writer
Over the Top
Screenplay
Catch the Heat
Writer, Executive Producer
Travis McGee
Teleplay
Fly Away Home
Writer, Producer
Golden Gate
Writer
When Time Ran Out...
Screenplay
Circle of Iron
Screenplay, Story
The Swarm
Screenplay
Telefon
Screenplay
The Enforcer
Screenplay
The Killer Elite
Screenplay
Death Scream
Writer
The Towering Inferno
Screenplay
Shaft in Africa
Writer, Producer
A Time For Love
Producer, Writer, Director
The Poseidon Adventure
Screenplay
The New Healers
Writer, Creator, Producer
The New Centurions
Screenplay
Movin' On
Original Series Creator
Shaft
Executive Producer
Longstreet
Writer
Murphy's War
Screenplay
A Walk in the Spring Rain
Screenplay, Producer
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
Screenplay
Marlowe
Screenplay
Charly
Screenplay
In the Heat of the Night
Screenplay
Village of the Damned
Screenplay
The Lineup
Writer
Damn Citizen
Writer
Maracaibo
Screenplay
Nightfall
Writer
Huk!
Novel, Screenplay
5 Against the House
Screenplay, Producer
The Joe Louis Story
Producer