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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stirling Silliphant, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known for
Perry MasonSeries • 1957
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries • 1956
Naked CitySeries • 1958
Route 66Series • 1960
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries • 1955
M SquadSeries • 1957
The Towering InfernoMovie • 1974
Alcoa TheatreSeries • 1957
TightropeSeries • 1959
Mr. LuckySeries • 1959
SuspicionSeries • 1957
Salem's LotSeries • 1979
Over the TopMovie • 1987
The Poseidon AdventureMovie • 1972
The EnforcerMovie • 1976
In the Heat of the NightMovie • 1967
ShaftMovie • 1971
The SwarmMovie • 1978
Village of the DamnedMovie • 1960
TelefonMovie • 1977
The Grass HarpMovie • 1996
MarloweMovie • 1969
Shaft in AfricaMovie • 1973
The Killer EliteMovie • 1975