Stirling Silliphant

Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
01/16/1918
Birthplace:
Detroit, Michigan
Death Date:
04/26/1996
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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 Continued
Credits
Co-Producer
1996
screenplay
1996
screenplay
1976
screenplay
1974
screenplay
1972
screenplay
1967
from screenplay
screenplay
Novel as Source Material
screenplay
screenplay
Executive Producer
Producer
1971
screenplay
From Story
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Screenplay
screenplay
screenplay
From Story
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screenplay
1957
screenplay
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screenplay
screenplay
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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