Writer
Stirling Silliphant
108 years · Detroit, Michigan, USA · 42 films
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
Best known for
Filmography 42
The General And Me
2017 · Writer
The Grass Harp
1996 · Screenplay
Day of Reckoning
1994 · Writer
On Tubi TV
Salween
1993 · Writer
The Three Kings
1987 · Writer
Catch the Heat
1987 · Writer
On Tubi TV
Over the Top
1987 · Screenplay
On Tubi TV
Golden Gate
1981 · Writer
Fly Away Home
1981 · Writer, Producer
When Time Ran Out...
1980 · Screenplay
Circle of Iron
1978 · Screenplay
On Tubi TV
The Swarm
1978 · Screenplay
On Plex
Telefon
1977 · Screenplay
The Enforcer
1976 · Screenplay
The Killer Elite
1975 · Screenplay
On Tubi TV
Death Scream
1975 · Writer
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant
1975 · Writer
The Towering Inferno
1974 · Screenplay
On Amazon Prime Video
Shaft in Africa
1973 · Writer, Producer
On Philo
A Time For Love
1973 · Producer, Writer
The Poseidon Adventure
1972 · Screenplay
The New Centurions
1972 · Screenplay
The New Healers
1972 · Writer, Producer
Longstreet
1971 · Writer