Stirling Dale Silliphant (16 January 1918 - 26 April 1996) 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: The Towering Inferno and The Poseidon Adventure where he was a partner to producer Erwin Allen. January 16 is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (117th in leap years). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ... A film producer oversees the making of movies. ... Founded on May 11, 1927 in California, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of motion pictures. ... In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 film, based on the John Ball novel published in 1965 of the same name, which tells the story of a Northern U.S. African-American police detective who becomes involved in a murder investigation in a racist small town in the... The Towering Inferno is a 1974 disaster movie adapted by Stirling Silliphant from the novels The Tower by Richard Martin Stern and The Glass Inferno by Thomas N. Scortia and Frank M. Robinson. ... The Poseidon Adventure was a 1972 action film and adventure film based on a novel by Paul Gallico. ...

He is also remembered for his now-infamous bet with Hal Warren, which was the inspiration for Manos: The Hands of Fate (that he could make a successful horror movie on a limited budget), and his close friendship with Bruce Lee, who was featured in a Silliphant series The Green Hornet. Silliphant was a very close friend of Bruce Lee, sharing a Hollywood mansion with him between marriages. Silliphant was very much involved in launching Bruce Lee into the movie and TV industries. Harold P. Warren ( ? - 1986) was a fertilizer salesman who lived in the El Paso, Texas area. ... Manos The Hands of Fate is a film written, directed, and produced by American fertilizer salesman Hal Warren in 1966, as a result of a bet. ... DVD cover showing horror characters as depicted by Universal Studios. ... Bruce Lee. ... The Green Hornet (above) and Kato (below). ...

He was uniquely productive; a film/television writer with over 700 hours of prime-time television drama to his credit, many of which earned Emmys for their producers, directors, and cast members, but Silliphant never received an Emmy personally as writer. Time magazine in 1967 referred to him in a feature article as quote:” The moving finger...having written, moved on!" He was easily one of the 10 most acclaimed TV & film writers in the second half of the 20th century, nobody being so versatile or prolific. An Emmy Award. ... (Clockwise from upper left) Time magazine covers from May 7, 1945; July 25, 1969; December 31, 1999; September 14, 2001; and April 21, 2003. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

A famous Hollywood story underscores his ability to work fast. His famous production manager, Sam Manners, called him from the road unit of Route 66 from El Paso. He told Sterling they could save perhaps a hundred thousand dollars if Sterling could write a story that could be shot in El Paso while all the production trucks and crew were there. Silliphant obliged and had the script ready to shoot in a couple of days. The guest star was a famous character actor, Albert Decker, who was flown to do the part over the week end. Route 66 was an American TV series in which two young men travelled across America. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Albert Dekker (December 20, 1905 _ May 5, 1968). ...

His work papers may be examined by scholars at UCLA, Westwood campus. The University of California, Los Angeles, popularly known as UCLA, is a public, coeducational university situated in the neighborhood of Westwood within the city of Los Angeles. ...

Television

In the earlier part of his career he was publicity director for Walt Disney, and was lead writer on the stories incorporated into The Mickey Mouse Club. He produced several independent films such as Five against the House with Kim Novak, Huk! and Maracaibo. Later he broke into television, writing for the live Playhouse 90. Perry Mason and Alfred Hitchcock Presents soon followed.. Walter Elias Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966), was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, and animator. ... Annette Funicello on The Mickey Mouse Club The Mickey Mouse Club was a very long-running variety television series in the 1950s, produced and televised by the Walt Disney Studios, featuring a regular but ever-changing cast of teenage performers, of which the most popular was Annette Funicello. ... Kim Novak (born February 13, 1933) is an American actress. ... The city of Maracaibo, nicknamed La Tierra del Sol Amada (The Land Beloved by the Sun), founded in 1571, is the capital of the Zulia State and is Venezuelas second largest population center. ... Playhouse 90 is the name of a ninety-minute long dramatic television series that ran on CBS from 1956 to 1961. ... Perry Mason is a fictional defense attorney who originally appeared in detective fiction by Erle Stanley Gardner. ... Alfred Hitchcock Presents was a half-hour anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock. ...

Silliphant was especially famous for his involvement in two seminal TV series of the sixties, Route 66 and Naked City. In fact, Silliphant was quoted as saying that a number of his Naked City scripts were far superior to the script that won him the Oscar for In the Heat of the Night. One of his later series creations was Longstreet which featured a blind Detective played by James Franciscus. Route 66 was an American TV series in which two young men travelled across America. ... Naked City was a television series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network. ... In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 film, based on the John Ball novel published in 1965 of the same name, which tells the story of a Northern U.S. African-American police detective who becomes involved in a murder investigation in a racist small town in the... Longstreet was a television series starring James Franciscus. ... James Franciscus (January 31st 1934-July 8th 1991) was a familar leading and supporting actor in films and television throughout the 1960s and 1970s. ...

He wrote many important mini-series for television, such as Pearl which was about the attack on Pearl Harbor, with Robert Wagner. Nuclei from Toba Pearl Island, Japan A pearl is a hard, rounded object produced by certain mollusks, primarily oysters. ... Satellite image of Pearl Harbor. ... Robert John Wagner (born 10 February 1930 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American actor. ...

Film

In total he wrote 47 feature films, including Village of the Damned, Telefon, The Gauntlet, and The Killer Elite, helping to create iconic figures like Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry and many of the Charles Bronson tough guy characters. Village of the Damned may refer to: The 1960 movie Village of the Damned (1960 movie) The 1995 remake, Village of the Damned (1995 movie) The John Wyndham novel The Midwich Cuckoos, on which the movies are based. ... Telefon is a 1975 novel by Walter Wager with a mind control theme. ... This page is about the movie. ... The Killer Elite is an action thriller starring James Caan and Robert Duvall. ... Clint Eastwood Clinton Eastwood, Jr. ... Dirty Harry is a 1971 film directed by Don Siegel and starring Clint Eastwood as Harry Callahan, a San Francisco detective tracking Scorpio, a serial killer. ... Charles Bronson This is about the actor. ...

Silliphant also helped to pull film concepts together, and was extremely important to the creation of the Shaft character and film series. A shaft can be Look up shaft in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...