Stirling Silliphant
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...
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...
Known For
Crew Credits
The Grass Harp
Co-Producer
Day of Reckoning
Writer
A Stranger in the Mirror
Teleplay
Salween
Writer
The Three Kings
Writer
Catch the Heat
Executive Producer
Over the Top
Screenplay
Travis McGee
Teleplay
Golden Gate
Writer
Fly Away Home
Producer
When Time Ran Out...
Screenplay
Circle of Iron
Screenplay
The Swarm
Screenplay
Telefon
Screenplay
The Enforcer
Screenplay
The Killer Elite
Screenplay
Death Scream
Writer
The Towering Inferno
Screenplay
Shaft in Africa
Producer
A Time For Love
Director
The Poseidon Adventure
Screenplay
The New Centurions
Screenplay
The New Healers
Producer
Movin' On
Original Series Creator
Shaft
Executive Producer
Longstreet
Writer
Murphy's War
Screenplay
A Walk in the Spring Rain
Producer
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
Screenplay