Stirling Dale Silliphant (16 January 1918 - 26 April 1996) was a prolific American screenwriter and producer. He was born in Detroit, Michigan, and educated at the University of Southern California. He is probably best known for his Academy-award winning screenplay for "In the Heat of the Night". Other acclaimed features as screenwriter include Irwin Allen productions "The Towering Inferno" and "The Poseidon Adventure". Wikipedia
Advertising executive for Disney and Twentieth Century Fox before turning to screenwriting in the 1950s. Prolific writer who also published more than 50 books. Studied martial arts with Bruce Lee during the late 1960s. Wrote a meticulous treatment for Ayn www.imdb.com/name/nm0798103/
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Writer and Production Supervisor Stirling Silliphant was one of the more respected and well-known writers in the history of television. www.originalmmc.com/silliphant.html
