Stirling Silliphant

Career Overview

Stirling Silliphant has 60 screen credits in a career dating back to 1953. Their work spans 6 cinematic universes — most prominently Dirty Harry with 1 titles. Signature works include Over the Top, The Enforcer, The Poseidon Adventure. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For: Writing
Gender: male
Known Credits: 60
Birth Date: 1918-01-15
Birth Place: Detroit, Michigan, USA

Known For

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 6 universes

Dirty Harry (1 titles)
The Poseidon Adventure Collection (1 titles)
Virgil Tibbs Trilogy (1 titles)
Village of the Damned (1 titles)
The Damned Collection (1 titles)
Shaft Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

John Crawford (3 collaborations)
Ernie F. Orsatti (3 collaborations)
Susan Blakely (2 collaborations)
Bradford Dillman (2 collaborations)
Donald Li (2 collaborations)
Arthur Malet (2 collaborations)
Sheila Allen (2 collaborations)
Erik L. Nelson (2 collaborations)
Ruth Foster (2 collaborations)
Richard Chamberlain (2 collaborations)

Credits

writing (47 credits)
- The General And Me
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2017
- Day of Reckoning
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1994
- A Stranger in the Mirror
  teleplay
  
  writing
  
  1993
- Salween
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1993
- The Three Kings
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1987
- Catch the Heat
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1987
- Over the Top
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1987
- Travis McGee
  teleplay
  
  writing
  
  1983
- Golden Gate
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1981
- Fly Away Home
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1981
- When Time Ran Out...
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1980
- Circle of Iron
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1978
- The Swarm
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1978
- Telefon
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1977
- The Enforcer
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1976
- The Killer Elite
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1975
- Death Scream
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1975
- The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1975
- The Towering Inferno
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1974
- A Time For Love
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1973
- The Poseidon Adventure
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1972
- The New Centurions
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1972
- The New Healers
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1972
- Movin' On
  original series creator
  
  writing
  
  1972
- Longstreet
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1971
- Murphy's War
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1971
- A Walk in the Spring Rain
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1970
- The Liberation of L.B. Jones
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1970
- Marlowe
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1969
- Charly
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1968
- In the Heat of the Night
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1967
- Wings of Fire
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1967
- The Slender Thread
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1965
- Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1962
- Village of the Damned
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1960
- Route 66
  
  - Where There's a Will, There's a Way (2) (1964) ... writer writing
  
  - Where There's a Will, There's a Way (1) (1964) ... writer writing
  
  - I'm Here to Kill a King (1964) ... writer writing
  
  - This is Going to Hurt Me More Than It Hurts You (1964) ... writer writing
  
  - Like This It Means Father, Like This Bitter, Like This Tiger (1964) ... writer writing
  
  1960
- The Silent Kill
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1959
- The Lineup
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1958
- Maracaibo
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1958
- Damn Citizen
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1958
- Naked City
  
  - A Death of Princes (1960) ... writer writing
  
  - Fire Island (1959) ... writer writing
  
  - Nickel Ride (1958) ... writer writing
  
  - Meridian (1958) ... writer writing
  
  1958
- Perry Mason
  
  - The Case of the Nervous Accomplice (1957) ... writer writing
  
  1957
- Nightfall
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1956
- Huk!
  novel
  
  writing
  
  1956
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
  
  - No Man Living (1957) ... writer writing
  
  1956
- 5 Against the House
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1955
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  
  - Graduating Class (1959) ... writer writing
  
  - The Crystal Trench (1959) ... writer writing
  
  - Little White Frock (1958) ... writer writing
  
  - The Canary Sedan (1958) ... writer writing
  
  - The Return of the Hero (1958) ... writer writing
  
  1955
production (9 credits)
- Catch the Heat
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  1987
- Fly Away Home
  producer
  
  production
  
  1981
- Salem's Lot
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  - Part Two (1979) ... executive producer production
  
  - Part One (1979) ... executive producer production
  
  1979
- A Time For Love
  producer
  
  production
  
  1973
- The New Healers
  producer
  
  production
  
  1972
- Shaft
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  1971
- A Walk in the Spring Rain
  producer
  
  production
  
  1970
- 5 Against the House
  producer
  
  production
  
  1955
- The Joe Louis Story
  producer
  
  production
  
  1953
directing (1 credits)
- A Time For Love
  director
  
  directing
  
  1973
crew (1 credits)
- The New Healers
  creator
  
  crew
  
  1972
creators (2 credits)
- Route 66
  creator
  
  creators
  
  1960
- Naked City
  creator
  
  creators
  
  1958