Stirling Silliphant
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- January 15, 1918
- Died
- April 26, 1996
- 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
Filmography
The General And Me 2017
Writer
The Grass Harp 1996
Screenplay, Co-Producer
Day of Reckoning 1994
Writer
Salween 1993
Writer
The Three Kings 1987
Writer
Catch the Heat 1987
Writer, Executive Producer
Over the Top 1987
Screenplay
Golden Gate 1981
Writer
Fly Away Home 1981
Writer, Producer
When Time Ran Out... 1980
Screenplay
Circle of Iron 1978
Screenplay, Story
The Swarm 1978
Screenplay
Telefon 1977
Screenplay
The Enforcer 1976
Screenplay
The Killer Elite 1975
Screenplay
Death Scream 1975
Writer
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant 1975
Writer
The Towering Inferno 1974
Screenplay
Shaft in Africa 1973
Writer, Producer
A Time For Love 1973
Writer, Producer, Director
The Poseidon Adventure 1972
Screenplay
The New Centurions 1972
Screenplay
The New Healers 1972
Creator, Writer, Producer
Longstreet 1971
Writer
Murphy's War 1971
Screenplay
A Walk in the Spring Rain 1970
Screenplay, Producer
The Liberation of L.B. Jones 1970
Screenplay
Marlowe 1969
Screenplay
Charly 1968
Screenplay
In the Heat of the Night 1967
Screenplay
Credits from TMDB.