Stirling Silliphant
Stirling Dale Silliphant (16 January 1918 - 26 April 1996) was an American screenwriter and producer. He is probably best known for his Academy-award winning screenplay for In the Heat of the Night. He is also remembered for his now-infamous bet with Hal Warren, which was the inspiration for .
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16 January - 1918 - 26 April - 1996 - American - Screenwriter - Producer - Academy - In the Heat of the Night - Hal Warren
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However, Silliphant was also 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.
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Silliphant continued to work in television and write made-for-TV movies well into the 1980's.
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