Stirling Dale Silliphant was a prolific American screenwriter and producer. He was born in Detroit, Michigan, moved to Glendale, California as a child, graduated from Hoover High School, 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 and co-creating the television series Route 66.

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  • Stirling Dale Silliphant was a prolific American screenwriter and producer. He was born in Detroit, Michigan, moved to Glendale, California as a child, graduated from Hoover High School, 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 and co-creating the television series Route 66. 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 on whether Warren could make a successful horror film on a limited budget, which was the inspiration for '. He was a close friend of Bruce Lee — under whom he studied martial arts — who was featured in the Silliphant-penned detective movie Marlowe and four episodes of the series Longstreet. Silliphant was involved in the early part of Bruce Lee's movie and TV career in America, and suggested him for action choreography work on productions like Walk in the Spring Rain, a Silliphant-scripted film. They had also been writing on a philosophical martial arts script called The Silent Flute (later known as Circle of Iron), with James Coburn. It was to star Lee and Coburn, and the pre-production even went to the extent of all three going to India on a location hunt.
  • Stirling Silliphant war ein US-amerikanischer Drehbuchautor, Filmproduzent und Filmregisseur.
  • Stirling Silliphant est un scénariste, producteur, compositeur et réalisateur américain né le 16 janvier 1918 à Détroit, Michigan, décédé le 26 avril 1996 à Bangkok.
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  • Stirling Dale Silliphant was a prolific American screenwriter and producer. He was born in Detroit, Michigan, moved to Glendale, California as a child, graduated from Hoover High School, 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 and co-creating the television series Route 66.
  • Stirling Silliphant war ein US-amerikanischer Drehbuchautor, Filmproduzent und Filmregisseur.
  • Stirling Silliphant est un scénariste, producteur, compositeur et réalisateur américain né le 16 janvier 1918 à Détroit, Michigan, décédé le 26 avril 1996 à Bangkok.
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