Stirling Silliphant
WritingBorn: January 15, 1918 in Detroit, Michigan, USA
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...
All Credits63 Titles
Film
46 Titles
6.5
FILM
Over the Top1987
7.0
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The Towering Inferno1974
7.7
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In the Heat of the Night1967
7.1
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The Poseidon Adventure1972
6.7
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The Enforcer1976
6.4
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Shaft1971
5.0
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The Swarm1978
7.2
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Village of the Damned1960
6.7
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Telefon1977
6.1
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Marlowe1969
5.8
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The Killer Elite1975
6.0
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The Liberation of L.B. Jones1970
6.2
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Murphy's War1971
6.6
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The New Centurions1972
6.4
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Charly1968
5.9
FILM
The Grass Harp1996
Series
17 Titles
7.7
SERIES
Perry Mason1957–
5.7
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Naked City1958–
6.7
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Route 661960–
5.9
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Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963–
6.2
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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956–
7.8
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955–
5.4
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M Squad1957–
6.7
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Mr. Lucky1959–
7.0
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Alcoa Theatre1957–
6.2
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Suspicion1957–
6.8
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Salem's Lot1979–
7.0
SERIES
Longstreet1971–
7.7
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Space1985–
5.3
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Mussolini: The Untold Story1985–
6.0
SERIES
Pearl1978–
6.9
SERIES
Brotherhood of the Rose1989–