Stirling Silliphant
Writing · Executive Producer · Screenplay · Writer
Born Jan 15, 1918 · Detroit, Michigan, USA
Active 1953–1996
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…
Filmography
In the Heat of the Night (1967) — ScreenplayThe Poseidon Adventure (1972) — ScreenplayThe Towering Inferno (1974) — ScreenplayOver the Top (1987) — ScreenplayThe Enforcer (1976) — ScreenplayVillage of the Damned (1960) — ScreenplayAlfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) — Writer · TeleplaySalem's Lot (1979) — Executive ProducerShaft (1971) — Executive ProducerPerry Mason (1957) — WriterThe Lineup (1958) — WriterTelefon (1977) — ScreenplayNightfall (1956) — WriterCharly (1968) — ScreenplayThe New Centurions (1972) — ScreenplayThe Slender Thread (1965) — WriterThe Killer Elite (1975) — ScreenplayMurphy's War (1971) — ScreenplayMarlowe (1969) — ScreenplayShaft in Africa (1973) — Writer · ProducerThe Swarm (1978) — ScreenplayWhen Time Ran Out... (1980) — ScreenplayCircle of Iron (1978) — Screenplay · StoryThe New Healers (1972) — Creator · Writer · Producer