Personal Info
Known For
Writing
Gender
Male
January 15, 1918
Died
April 26, 1996 (78 years old)
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Stirling Silliphant
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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Known For
Writing
The Grass Harp
Screenplay, Co-Producer
1996
Brotherhood of the Rose
Producer
1989
Catch the Heat
Writer, Executive Producer
1987
Over the Top
Screenplay
1987
When Time Ran Out...
Screenplay
1980
Salem's Lot
Executive Producer
1979
Circle of Iron
Screenplay, Story
1978
The Swarm
Screenplay
1978
Telefon
Screenplay
1977
The Enforcer
Screenplay
1976
The Killer Elite
Screenplay
1975
The Towering Inferno
Screenplay
1974