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Stirling Silliphant

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American screenwriter (1918-1996)

United StatesWritersLived 1918 to 1996 · aged 78
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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, Perry Mason, and Route 66.

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1968Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
1968Edgar Awards

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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, Perry Mason, and Route 66. Other features as screenwriter include the Irwin Allen productions The Towering Inferno and The Poseidon Adventure.

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United States
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Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1918 to 1996 · aged 78
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