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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 Naked City and Route 66. Other features as screenwriter include the Irwin Allen productions The Towering Inferno and The Poseidon Adventure.
Birth Name
Stirling Dale Silliphant
Born
Wednesday, 16 January 1918
Died
Friday, 26 April 1996
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The 69th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 1997 |
Tattletales | Self | 1974 |
Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend | Self | 1973 |
That Regis Philbin Show | Self | 1964 |
The Mike Douglas Show | Himself - Screenwriter | 1961 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The 69th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 1997 |
Tattletales | Self | 1974 |
Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend | Self | 1973 |
That Regis Philbin Show | Self | 1964 |
The Mike Douglas Show | Himself - Screenwriter | 1961 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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The Grass Harp | 1995 |
Brotherhood of the Rose | 1989 |
The Three Kings | 1987 |
Catch the Heat | 1987 |
Harry's Hong Kong | 1987 |
Salem's Lot | 1979 |
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant | 1975 |
Shaft's Big Score! | 1972 |
Shaft | 1971 |
Longstreet | 1971 |
A Walk in the Spring Rain | 1970 |
5 Against the House | 1955 |
The Joe Louis Story | 1953 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1975 | Golden Globe | Best Screenplay - Motion Picture | Nominated |
1969 | Golden Globe | Best Screenplay | Won |
1968 | Oscar | Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium | Won |
1968 | Golden Globe | Best Screenplay | Won |
1966 | Golden Globe | Best Screenplay | Nominated |