Stirling Silliphant

Stirling Silliphant

Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

15/01/1918

Day of Death

26/04/1996
(78) years old

Place of Birth

Detroit, Michigan, USA

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. Othe... Read More

Filmography

Crew

2017

The General And Me

as Writer

1996

The Grass Harp

as Screenplay

1996

The Grass Harp

as Co-Producer

1994

Day of Reckoning

as Writer

1993

Salween

as Writer

1987

The Three Kings

as Writer

1987

Catch the Heat

as Writer

1987

Catch the Heat

as Executive Producer

1987

Over the Top

as Screenplay

1983

Travis McGee

as Teleplay

1981

Golden Gate

as Writer

1981

Fly Away Home

as Writer

1981

Fly Away Home

as Producer

1980

When Time Ran Out...

as Screenplay

1978

Circle of Iron

as Screenplay

1978

Circle of Iron

as Story

1978

The Swarm

as Screenplay

1977

Telefon

as Screenplay

1976

The Enforcer

as Screenplay

1975

The Killer Elite

as Screenplay

1975

Death Scream

as Writer

1974

The Towering Inferno

as Screenplay

1973

Shaft in Africa

as Writer

1973

A Time For Love

as Producer

1973

A Time For Love

as Writer

1973

A Time For Love

as Director

1972

The Poseidon Adventure

as Screenplay

1972

The New Centurions

as Screenplay

1972

Movin' On

as Original Series Creator

1972

The New Healers

as Writer

1972

The New Healers

as Creator

1972

The New Healers

as Producer

1971

Shaft

as Executive Producer

1971

Longstreet

as Writer

1971

Murphy's War

as Screenplay

1970

A Walk in the Spring Rain

as Screenplay

1969

Marlowe

as Screenplay

1968

Charly

as Screenplay

1967

In the Heat of the Night

as Screenplay

1967

Wings of Fire

as Writer

1965

The Slender Thread

as Writer

1960

Village of the Damned

as Screenplay

1959

The Silent Kill

as Writer

1958

The Lineup

as Writer

1958

Maracaibo

as Screenplay

1958

Damn Citizen

as Writer

1956

Nightfall

as Writer

1956

Huk!

as Novel

1956

Huk!

as Screenplay

1955

5 Against the House

as Screenplay

1955

5 Against the House

as Producer

1953

The Joe Louis Story

as Producer