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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Academy Awards
Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
Known For
Over the Top
(1987)
Screenplay
The Poseidon Adventure
(1972)
Screenplay
The Towering Inferno
(1974)
Screenplay
The Enforcer
(1976)
Screenplay
In the Heat of the Night
(1967)
Screenplay
The Swarm
(1978)
Screenplay
When Time Ran Out...
(1980)
Screenplay
The Lineup
(1958)
Writer
The Killer Elite
(1975)
Screenplay
Village of the Damned
(1960)
Screenplay
The New Centurions
(1972)
Screenplay
Marlowe
(1969)
Screenplay
The Slender Thread
(1965)
Writer
Shaft in Africa
(1973)
Writer
Nightfall
(1956)
Writer
Charly
(1968)
Screenplay
Full Filmography
Writing
5 Against the House
(1955)
Screenplay
Huk!
(1956)
Novel and Screenplay
Nightfall
(1956)
Writer
Damn Citizen
(1958)
Writer
Maracaibo
(1958)
Screenplay
The Lineup
(1958)
Writer
The Silent Kill
(1959)
Writer
Village of the Damned
(1960)
Screenplay
The Slender Thread
(1965)
Writer
Wings of Fire
(1967)
Writer
In the Heat of the Night
(1967)
Screenplay
Charly
(1968)
Screenplay
Marlowe
(1969)
Screenplay
A Walk in the Spring Rain
(1970)
Screenplay
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
(1970)
Screenplay
Murphy's War
(1971)
Screenplay
Longstreet
(1971)
Writer
The New Centurions
(1972)
Screenplay
Movin' On
(1972)
Original Series Creator
The New Healers
(1972)
Writer
The Poseidon Adventure
(1972)
Screenplay
Shaft in Africa
(1973)
Writer
A Time For Love
(1973)
Writer
The Towering Inferno
(1974)
Screenplay
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant
(1975)
Writer
Death Scream
(1975)
Writer
The Killer Elite
(1975)
Screenplay
The Enforcer
(1976)
Screenplay
Telefon
(1977)
Screenplay
The Swarm
(1978)
Screenplay
Circle of Iron
(1978)
Screenplay and Story
When Time Ran Out...
(1980)
Screenplay
Fly Away Home
(1981)
Writer
Golden Gate
(1981)
Writer
Travis McGee
(1983)
Teleplay
Catch the Heat
(1987)
Writer
The Three Kings
(1987)
Writer
Over the Top
(1987)
Screenplay
Gunman II
(1988)
Writer
A Stranger in the Mirror
(1993)
Teleplay
Day of Reckoning
(1994)
Writer
The Grass Harp
(1995)
Screenplay
The General And Me
(2017)
Writer
Production
5 Against the House
(1955)
Producer
A Walk in the Spring Rain
(1970)
Producer
Shaft
(1971)
Executive Producer
The New Healers
(1972)
Producer
A Time For Love
(1973)
Producer
Fly Away Home
(1981)
Producer
Catch the Heat
(1987)
Executive Producer
The Grass Harp
(1995)
Co-Producer
Crew
Directing