Stirling Silliphant
Writing • AGE 78
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 Acade...
Filmography
The General And Me
Writer
2017
The Grass Harp
Screenplay
1996
Day of Reckoning
Writer
1994
A Stranger in the Mirror
Teleplay
1993
Salween
Writer
1993
Brotherhood of the Rose
Producer
1989
The Three Kings
Writer
1987
Catch the Heat
Writer
1987
Over the Top
Screenplay
1987
Mussolini: The Untold Story
Writer
1985
Space
Teleplay
1985
Travis McGee
Teleplay
1983
Golden Gate
Writer
1981
Fly Away Home
Writer
1981
When Time Ran Out...
Screenplay
1980
Salem's Lot
Executive Producer
1979
Pearl
Writer
1978
Circle of Iron
Screenplay
1978
The Swarm
Screenplay
1978
Telefon
Screenplay
1977
The Enforcer
Screenplay
1976
The Killer Elite
Screenplay
1975
Death Scream
Writer
1975
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant
Writer
1975
The Towering Inferno
Screenplay
1974
Shaft in Africa
Writer
1973
A Time For Love
Writer
1973
The Poseidon Adventure
Screenplay
1972
The New Centurions
Screenplay
1972
The New Healers
Creator
1972
Movin' On
Original Series Creator
1972
Longstreet
Writer
1971
Shaft
Executive Producer
1971
Longstreet
Writer
1971
Murphy's War
Screenplay
1971
A Walk in the Spring Rain
Screenplay
1970
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
Screenplay
1970
Marlowe
Screenplay
1969
Charly
Screenplay
1968
In the Heat of the Night
Screenplay
1967
Wings of Fire
Writer
1967
The Slender Thread
Writer
1965
Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing
Writer
1962
Route 66
Writer
1960
Village of the Damned
Screenplay
1960
Mr. Lucky
Writer
1959
The Silent Kill
Writer
1959
Naked City
Writer
1958
The Lineup
Writer
1958
Maracaibo
Screenplay
1958
Damn Citizen
Writer
1958
Alcoa Theatre
Writer
1957
Suspicion
Writer
1957
Perry Mason
Writer
1957
M Squad
Writer
1957
Nightfall
Writer
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Writer
1956
Huk!
Screenplay
1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Writer
1955
5 Against the House
Screenplay
1955
The Joe Louis Story
Producer
1953