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Apr 27, 1996 · Stirling Silliphant, the highly prolific and successful screenwriter who won an Academy Award for writing "In the Heat of the Night" in 1967, died yesterday in Bangkok at the age of 78. In 1988 ...
Apr 26, 1996 · 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.
SILLIPHANT, Stirling (Dale) 1918-1996PERSONAL: Born January 16, 1918, in Detroit, MI; died of prostate cancer, April 26, 1996, in Bangkok, Thailand; son of Leigh Lemuel (a sales director) and Ethel May (Noaker) Silliphant; married Tiana du Long (an actress under name Tiana Alexandra), July 4, 1974; children: Stirling, Dayle, Loren (deceased).
Biography. Read More. This veteran screenwriter and producer has been responsible for some of the most enjoyable films and TV shows of the past four decades--as well as one or two of the most enjoyably awful. The Second World War interrupted Silliphant's career as a Disney publicist. After the war, Silliphant returned to work in the publicity ...
Sep 10, 2020 · Stirling Dale Silliphant ( 16 January 1918 – 26 April 1996) was a prolific American screenwriter and producer. He is best known for his Academy-award winning screenplay for In the Heat of the Night. Other acclaimed features as screenwriter include The Towering Inferno and The Poseidon Adventure.
Academy-Award winning Screenwriter Stirling Silliphant was born in Detroit on January 16, 1918 and grew up in Glendale, CA. After graduating from the University of Southern California and serving in World War II, he worked in promotions and advertising at Disney and 20th Century Fox.
Apr 27, 1996 · Stirling Silliphant, the prolific compulsive writer who won an Academy Award for his 1967 screenplay "In the Heat of the Night" and critical praise for his television detective series "Naked City ...
