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Director
Stirling Silliphant
Writing
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Directed movies: 1Directed series: 0All crew credits: 61
TMDB ID: 6779
IMDb ID: nm0798103
Known for: Writing
Born: January 15, 1918
Died: April 26, 1996
Age: 78
Place of birth: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1953 - 2017
Years active: 65
Average TMDB rating: 6.54
Wikidata: Q347945
Frequent jobs
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stirling Silliphant, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Stirling Silliphant.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Stirling Silliphant.
Screenplay
In the Heat of the Night
1967 • Movie
Screenplay
Village of the Damned
1960 • Movie
Screenplay
The Poseidon Adventure
1972 • Movie
Writer
The Lineup
1958 • Movie
Screenplay
The Towering Inferno
1974 • Movie
Writer
Nightfall
1956 • Movie
Screenplay
The Enforcer
1976 • Movie
Screenplay
Telefon
1977 • Movie
Screenplay
Over the Top
1987 • Movie
Screenplay
Charly
1968 • Movie
Executive Producer
Shaft
1971 • Movie
Screenplay
Murphy's War
1971 • Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Stirling Silliphant.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Stirling Silliphant.
Screenplay
Over the Top
1987 • Movie
Screenplay
The Towering Inferno
1974 • Movie
Screenplay
The Enforcer
1976 • Movie
Screenplay
The Poseidon Adventure
1972 • Movie
Screenplay
In the Heat of the Night
1967 • Movie
Screenplay
Telefon
1977 • Movie
Screenplay
Murphy's War
1971 • Movie
Executive Producer
Shaft
1971 • Movie
Screenplay
Circle of Iron
1978 • Movie
Writer
Nightfall
1956 • Movie
Writer
The Slender Thread
1965 • Movie
Screenplay
When Time Ran Out...
1980 • Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Stirling Silliphant.
Writer • 1 eps
Perry Mason
1957 • Series
Writer • 4 eps
Naked City
1958 • Series
Writer • 1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 • Series
Writer • 72 eps
Route 66
1960 • Series
Writer • 9 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 • Series
Writer • 1 eps
M Squad
1957 • Series
Writer • 3 eps
Suspicion
1957 • Series
Writer • 1 eps
Mr. Lucky
1959 • Series
Executive Producer • 2 eps
Salem's Lot
1979 • Series
Writer • 3 eps
Longstreet
1971 • Series
Writer • 1 eps
Alcoa Theatre
1957 • Series
Writer • 4 eps
Mussolini: The Untold Story
1985 • Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Stirling Silliphant.
Writer
The General And Me
2017 • Movie
Screenplay
The Grass Harp
1996 • Movie
Writer
Day of Reckoning
1994 • Movie
Teleplay
A Stranger in the Mirror
1993 • Movie
Writer
Salween
1993 • Movie
Writer
The Three Kings
1987 • Movie
Writer
Catch the Heat
1987 • Movie
Screenplay
Over the Top
1987 • Movie
Teleplay
Travis McGee
1983 • Movie
Writer
Golden Gate
1981 • Movie
Writer
Fly Away Home
1981 • Movie
Screenplay
When Time Ran Out...
1980 • Movie
Screenplay
Circle of Iron
1978 • Movie
Screenplay
The Swarm
1978 • Movie
Screenplay
Telefon
1977 • Movie
Screenplay
The Enforcer
1976 • Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Stirling Silliphant.
Producer • 2 eps
Brotherhood of the Rose
1989 • Series
Writer • 4 eps
Mussolini: The Untold Story
1985 • Series
Teleplay • 5 eps
Space
1985 • Series
Executive Producer • 2 eps
Salem's Lot
1979 • Series
Writer • 3 eps
Pearl
1978 • Series
Writer • 3 eps
Longstreet
1971 • Series
Writer • 72 eps
Route 66
1960 • Series
Writer • 1 eps
Mr. Lucky
1959 • Series
Writer • 4 eps
Naked City
1958 • Series
Writer • 3 eps
Suspicion
1957 • Series
Writer • 1 eps
Alcoa Theatre
1957 • Series
Writer • 1 eps
Perry Mason
1957 • Series
Writer • 1 eps
M Squad
1957 • Series
Writer • 1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 • Series
Writer • 9 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 • Series