Stirling Silliphant

Stirling Silliphant

Writing
Born 1918-01-15 Detroit, Michigan, USA 8 credit(s) Popularity 0.6
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. Descrip...
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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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Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre poster
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Writer
1963-10-04
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Route 66 poster
Route 66
as Writer
1960-10-07
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Mr. Lucky poster
Mr. Lucky
as Writer
1959-10-24
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Naked City poster
Naked City
as Writer
1958-09-30
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Alcoa Theatre poster
Alcoa Theatre
as Writer
1957-09-30
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Suspicion poster
Suspicion
as Writer
1957-09-30
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M Squad poster
M Squad
as Writer
1957-09-20
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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre poster
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Writer
1956-10-05
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