Stirling Silliphant
Writing
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. Other features as screenwriter include the Irwin Allen productions The Towering Inferno and The Poseidon Adventure.
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Filmography
Production & Directing (58)
2017
The General And MeWriter
1996
The Grass HarpScreenplay
5.9
1996
The Grass HarpCo-Producer
5.9
1994
Day of ReckoningWriter
9.0
1993
A Stranger in the MirrorTeleplay
4.4
1993
SalweenWriter
6.8
1987
The Three KingsWriter
4.0
1987
Catch the HeatWriter
4.8
1987
Catch the HeatExecutive Producer
4.8
1987
Over the TopScreenplay
6.5
1983
Travis McGeeTeleplay
5.7
1981
Golden GateWriter
9.0
1981
Fly Away HomeWriter
6.0
1981
Fly Away HomeProducer
6.0
1980
When Time Ran Out...Screenplay
5.3
1978
Circle of IronScreenplay
5.5
1978
Circle of IronStory
5.5
1978
The SwarmScreenplay
5.0
1977
TelefonScreenplay
6.6
1976
The EnforcerScreenplay
6.7
1975
The Killer EliteScreenplay
5.8
1975
Death ScreamWriter
6.6
1975
8.0
1974
The Towering InfernoScreenplay
7.0
1973
Shaft in AfricaWriter
6.1
1973
Shaft in AfricaProducer
6.1
1973
A Time For LoveDirector
8.0
1973
A Time For LoveWriter
8.0
1973
A Time For LoveProducer
8.0
1972
The Poseidon AdventureScreenplay
7.2
1972
The New CenturionsScreenplay
6.6
1972
The New HealersCreator
10.0
1972
The New HealersWriter
10.0
1972
The New HealersProducer
10.0
1972
Movin' OnOriginal Series Creator
7.0
1971
ShaftExecutive Producer
6.4
1971
LongstreetWriter
8.8
1971
Murphy's WarScreenplay
6.1
1970
A Walk in the Spring RainScreenplay
5.7
1970
A Walk in the Spring RainProducer
5.7
1970
The Liberation of L.B. JonesScreenplay
6.1
1969
MarloweScreenplay
6.1
1968
CharlyScreenplay
6.5
1967
In the Heat of the NightScreenplay
7.7
1967
Wings of FireWriter
7.0
1965
The Slender ThreadWriter
7.1
1962
1960
Village of the DamnedScreenplay
7.2
1959
The Silent KillWriter
1958
The LineupWriter
7.1
1958
MaracaiboScreenplay
6.5
1958
Damn CitizenWriter
8.0
1956
NightfallWriter
6.9
1956
Huk!Novel
5.2
1956
Huk!Screenplay
5.2
1955
5 Against the HouseScreenplay
5.9
1955
5 Against the HouseProducer
5.9
1953
The Joe Louis StoryProducer
6.4