Screenwriter

Stirling Silliphant

1955–present1918–1996DramaCrimeActionThriller

Chronicler of the Human Condition

Also directed 1 film ↗

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The Screenplays

44 total writing credits

SCR

In the Heat of the Night

1967

Screenplay

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The Poseidon Adventure

1972

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Full Writing Credits

2017The General And MeWriter 1996The Grass HarpScreenplay5.9 1994Day of ReckoningWriter9.0 1993A Stranger in the MirrorTeleplay3.5 1993SalweenWriter6.8 1987Over the TopScreenplay6.5

About

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

As Director

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1973A Time For Love

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