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Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Detroit, Michigan, USA

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Movie Involvements: 56

TV Involvements: 22


Most Famous Work

Biography

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

Most Famous Work

Perry Mason
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8

Perry Mason

(1957) Writer
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
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6
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
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5
Alcoa Theatre
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6

Alcoa Theatre

(1957) Writer
Naked City
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5

Naked City

(1958) Creator
Route 66
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6

Route 66

(1960) Creator
M Squad
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5

M Squad

(1957) Writer
Suspicion
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6

Suspicion

(1957) Writer

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
Year Character Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2017 Writer
1995 Screenplay
1994 Writer
1993 Teleplay
1988 Writer
1987 Writer
Writer
Screenplay
1985 Screenplay
Teleplay
1983 Teleplay
1981 Writer
Writer
1980 Screenplay
1978 Writer
Screenplay
Story
Screenplay
1977 Screenplay
1976 Screenplay
1975 Screenplay
Writer
Writer
1974 Screenplay
1973 Writer
Writer
1972 Screenplay
Screenplay
Original Series Creator
Writer
1971 Writer
Writer
Screenplay
1970 Screenplay
Screenplay
1969 Screenplay
1968 Screenplay
1967 Screenplay
Writer
1965 Writer
1963 Writer
1960 Writer
Screenplay
1959 Writer
Writer
1958 Writer
Writer
Screenplay
Writer
1957 Writer
Writer
Writer
Writer
1956 Writer
Writer
Novel
Screenplay
1955 Writer
Teleplay
Screenplay
Year Role Movie/Tv

Production

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1973 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
1972 Creator
Year Role Movie/Tv

Creator


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