Stirling Silliphant
From Alfred Hitchcock Wiki
- born: 16/Jan/1918 (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
- died: 26/Apr/1996 (Bangkok, Thailand) - prostate cancer
Biography
Stirling Dale Silliphant was a prolific American screenwriter and producer. 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".
Silliphant is also remembered for his now-infamous bet with Hal Warren that he could make a successful horror movie on a limited budget, which was the inspiration for "Manos: The Hands of Fate". He was a close friend of Bruce Lee, who was featured in several Silliphant-penned films and episodes of the series "Longstreet". In fact, Silliphant shared a Hollywood mansion with Lee between marriages. Silliphant was very much involved in launching Bruce Lee into the movie and TV industries.
Filmography
With Hitchcock...
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Never Again (22/Apr/1956) - writer (teleplay)
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Jonathan (02/Dec/1956) - writer
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents - The Manacled (27/Jan/1957) - writer
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents - A Bottle of Wine (03/Feb/1957) - writer
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents - The Glass Eye (06/Oct/1957) - writer
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents - The Perfect Crime (20/Oct/1957) - writer
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents - The Return of the Hero (02/Mar/1958) - writer
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents - The Canary Sedan (15/Jun/1958) - writer
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Little White Frock (29/Jun/1958) - writer
Other works of note...
- Village of the Damned (1960) - writer
- In the Heat of the Night (1967) - writer
- The Poseidon Adventure (1972) - writer (screenplay)
- The Towering Inferno (1974) - writer