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Stirling Silliphant
Writer, Producer, Additional Credits
Born January 15, 1918Died April 26, 1996 (78 years)
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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Known For
Filmography
| 1995 | The Grass Harp · as Screenplay |
| 1995 | |
| 1994 | |
| 1993 | |
| 1987 | |
| 1987 | |
| 1987 | Over the Top · as Screenplay |
| 1985 | Mussolini: The Untold Story (TV Series) · as Screenplay |
| 1981 | |
| 1980 | When Time Ran Out... · as Screenplay |
| 1978 | Pearl (TV Series) |
| 1978 | The Swarm · as Screenplay |
| 1978 | Circle of Iron · as Screenplay |
| 1977 | Telefon · as Screenplay |
| 1976 | The Enforcer · as Screenplay |
| 1975 | The Killer Elite · as Screenplay |
| 1975 | |
| 1974 | The Towering Inferno · as Screenplay |
| 1973 | |
| 1972 | The Poseidon Adventure · as Screenplay |
| 1972 | The New Centurions · as Screenplay |
| 1971 | Longstreet (TV Series) |
| 1971 | Murphy's War · as Screenplay |
| 1970 | The Liberation of L.B. Jones · 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 |
| 1965 | |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre (TV Series) |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | Village of the Damned · as Screenplay |
| 1960 | Checkmate (TV Series) |
| 1959 | Mr. Lucky (TV Series) |
| 1959 | Tightrope (TV Series) |
| 1959 | Markham (TV Series) |
| 1959 | Rawhide (TV Series) |
| 1958 | Naked City (TV Series) |
| 1958 | |
| 1958 | Maracaibo · as Screenplay |
| 1957 | |
| 1957 | Alcoa Theatre (TV Series) |
| 1957 | Suspicion (TV Series) |
| 1957 | Perry Mason (TV Series) |
| 1957 | M Squad (TV Series) |
| 1956 | |
| 1956 | West Point (TV Series) |
| 1956 | Zane Grey Theatre (TV Series) |
| 1956 | Huk! · as Novel |
| 1955 | 5 Against the House · as Screenplay |