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Biography
Stirling Dale Silliphant 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 Route 66. Other features as screenwriter include the Irwin Allen productions The Towering Inferno and The Poseidon Adventure.
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Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1968
- Edgar Awards · 1968
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1968 · nominated
Filmography26 titles
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955Teleplay, Writer
1955Teleplay, Writer
In the Heat of the Night
1967Screenplay
1967Screenplay
Perry Mason
1957Writer
1957Writer
The Poseidon Adventure
1972Screenplay
1972Screenplay
Village of the Damned
1960Screenplay
1960Screenplay
The Slender Thread
1965Writer
1965Writer
The Towering Inferno
1974Screenplay
1974Screenplay
Nightfall
1956Writer
1956Writer
Salem's Lot
1979Executive Producer
1979Executive Producer
The Enforcer
1976Screenplay
1976Screenplay
Route 66
1960Creator, Writer
1960Creator, Writer
Mr. Lucky
1959Writer
1959Writer
Over the Top
1987Screenplay
1987Screenplay
Shaft
1971Executive Producer
1971Executive Producer
The Joe Louis Story
1953Producer
1953Producer
Murphy's War
1971Screenplay
1971Screenplay
Marlowe
1969Screenplay
1969Screenplay
The Grass Harp
1995Co-Producer, Screenplay
1995Co-Producer, Screenplay
The Killer Elite
1975Screenplay
1975Screenplay
A Walk in the Spring Rain
1970Producer, Screenplay
1970Producer, Screenplay
Naked City
1958Writer
1958Writer
Circle of Iron
1978Screenplay, Story
1978Screenplay, Story
When Time Ran Out...
1980Screenplay
1980Screenplay
Huk!
1956Novel, Screenplay
1956Novel, Screenplay
The Swarm
1978Screenplay
1978Screenplay
Catch the Heat
1987Executive Producer, Writer
1987Executive Producer, Writer