Stirling Silliphant

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Stirling Silliphant

Writing January 15, 1918

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…

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Over the Top

Over the Top

6.5 1987 Movie
In the Heat of the Night

In the Heat of the Night

7.7 1967 Movie
The Towering Inferno

The Towering Inferno

7.0 1974 Movie
The Poseidon Adventure

The Poseidon Adventure

7.2 1972 Movie
The Enforcer

The Enforcer

6.7 1976 Movie
Perry Mason

Perry Mason

7.7 1957 TV Show
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

7.8 1955 TV Show
Salem's Lot

Salem's Lot

6.8 1979 TV Show
Village of the Damned

Village of the Damned

7.2 1960 Movie
Shaft

Shaft

6.4 1971 Movie
Naked City

Naked City

5.7 1958 TV Show
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

6.2 1956 TV Show

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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

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2017
    The General And Me

    Movie Writer

  2. 1996
    The Grass Harp

    Movie Screenplay

  3. 1994
    Day of Reckoning

    Movie Writer

  4. 1993
    A Stranger in the Mirror

    Movie Teleplay

  5. 1993
    Salween

    Movie Writer

  6. 1989
    Brotherhood of the Rose

    TV show Producer

  7. 1987
    The Three Kings

    Movie Writer

  8. 1987
    Catch the Heat

    Movie Writer

  9. 1987
    Over the Top

    Movie Screenplay

  10. 1985
    Mussolini: The Untold Story

    TV show Writer

  11. 1985
    Space

    TV show Teleplay

  12. 1983
    Travis McGee

    Movie Teleplay

  13. 1981
    Golden Gate

    Movie Writer

  14. 1981
    Fly Away Home

    Movie Writer

  15. 1980
    When Time Ran Out...

    Movie Screenplay

  16. 1979
    Salem's Lot

    TV show Executive Producer

More credits
  1. 1978
    Pearl

    TV show Writer

  2. 1978
    Circle of Iron

    Movie Screenplay

  3. 1978
    The Swarm

    Movie Screenplay

  4. 1977
    Telefon

    Movie Screenplay

  5. 1976
    The Enforcer

    Movie Screenplay

  6. 1975
    The Killer Elite

    Movie Screenplay

  7. 1975
    Death Scream

    Movie Writer

  8. 1975
    The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant

    Movie Writer

  9. 1974
    The Towering Inferno

    Movie Screenplay

  10. 1973
    Shaft in Africa

    Movie Writer

  11. 1973
    A Time For Love

    Movie Writer

  12. 1972
    The Poseidon Adventure

    Movie Screenplay

  13. 1972
    The New Centurions

    Movie Screenplay

  14. 1972
    The New Healers

    Movie Creator

  15. 1972
    Movin' On

    Movie Original Series Creator

  16. 1971
    Longstreet

    TV show Writer

  17. 1971
    Shaft

    Movie Executive Producer

  18. 1971
    Longstreet

    Movie Writer

  19. 1971
    Murphy's War

    Movie Screenplay

  20. 1970
    A Walk in the Spring Rain

    Movie Screenplay

  21. 1970
    The Liberation of L.B. Jones

    Movie Screenplay

  22. 1969
    Marlowe

    Movie Screenplay

  23. 1968
    Charly

    Movie Screenplay

  24. 1967
    In the Heat of the Night

    Movie Screenplay