Stirling SilliphantNationality:
American Birthdate:
01/16/1918 Birthplace:
Detroit, Michigan Death Date:
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biography
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 department of 20th Century Fox, but turned to writing and producing in the early 1950s. He started in TV by writing for such series as "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", "Perry Mason" and "Alcoa/Goodyear Theater" before creating (and writing) the highly-regarded noir detective
Credits
milestones
Year
Milestone
1940
Began film career as publicist for Walt Disney Studios (date approximate)
1942
Served in US Navy
1950
Became manager of East Coast publicity, 20th Century-Fox (date approximate)
1953
First film as screenwriter and producer, "The Joe Louis Story"
1954
Moved to Cuba for a year to write his first novel, "Maracaibo" (date approximate)
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