Portrait of Stirling Silliphant

Writing

Stirling Silliphant

Career

Active from 1955 to 2017, with a break from 1997 to 2016, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 41 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Stirling Silliphant Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Situational Comedy
    1.5, average 2.7
  • Absurdist Humor
    0.8, average 2.0
  • Cringe Humor
    0.9, average 2.2
  • Coming of Age
    1.9, average 3.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Political Intrigue 5
  • Gritty Realism 5
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Classic Crime Drama 3
  • Police Procedural 3
  • Character Study 3
  • Corruption 2
  • Martial Arts 2
  • Star-Studded Cast 2
  • Moral Dilemmas 2
  • Episodic Mystery Structure 2
  • Vintage Television Aesthetic 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

46
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

1 title
The General And Me
The General And Me (2017)

Writer

1990s

4 titles ยท average score 61
The Grass Harp
The Grass Harp (1996)
GoodWatch score 61

Screenplay, Co-Producer

Day of Reckoning
Day of Reckoning (1994)

Writer

Salween
Salween (1993)

Writer

A Stranger in the Mirror
A Stranger in the Mirror (1993)

Teleplay

1980s

7 titles ยท average score 35
Over the Top
Over the Top (1987)
GoodWatch score 47

Screenplay

Catch the Heat
Catch the Heat (1987)
GoodWatch score 37

Executive Producer, Writer

The Three Kings
The Three Kings (1987)

Writer

Travis McGee
Travis McGee (1983)

Teleplay

Fly Away Home
Fly Away Home (1981)

Writer, Producer

Golden Gate
Golden Gate (1981)

Writer

When Time Ran Out...
When Time Ran Out... (1980)
GoodWatch score 21

Screenplay

1970s

19 titles ยท average score 59
The Swarm
The Swarm (1978)
GoodWatch score 28

Screenplay

Circle of Iron
Circle of Iron (1978)
GoodWatch score 50

Story, Screenplay

Telefon
Telefon (1977)
GoodWatch score 52

Screenplay

The Enforcer
The Enforcer (1976)
GoodWatch score 64

Screenplay

The Killer Elite
The Killer Elite (1975)
GoodWatch score 51

Screenplay

The Towering Inferno
The Towering Inferno (1974)
GoodWatch score 70

Screenplay

Shaft in Africa
Shaft in Africa (1973)
GoodWatch score 60

Writer, Producer

The Poseidon Adventure
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
GoodWatch score 74

Screenplay

The New Centurions
The New Centurions (1972)
GoodWatch score 63

Screenplay

Murphy's War
Murphy's War (1971)
GoodWatch score 63

Screenplay

The Liberation of L.B. Jones
The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970)
GoodWatch score 64

Screenplay

A Walk in the Spring Rain
A Walk in the Spring Rain (1970)
GoodWatch score 48

Producer, Screenplay

1960s

7 titles ยท average score 72
Marlowe
Marlowe (1969)
GoodWatch score 66

Screenplay

Charly
Charly (1968)
GoodWatch score 58

Screenplay

In the Heat of the Night
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
GoodWatch score 83

Screenplay

Wings of Fire
Wings of Fire (1967)

Writer

The Slender Thread
The Slender Thread (1965)
GoodWatch score 71

Writer

Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing
Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing (1962)

Writer

Village of the Damned
Village of the Damned (1960)
GoodWatch score 79

Screenplay

1950s

8 titles ยท average score 58
The Silent Kill
The Silent Kill (1959)

Writer

The Lineup
The Lineup (1958)
GoodWatch score 80

Writer

Maracaibo
Maracaibo (1958)

Screenplay

Damn Citizen
Damn Citizen (1958)

Writer

Nightfall
Nightfall (1956)
GoodWatch score 53

Writer

Huk!
Huk! (1956)

Screenplay, Novel

5 Against the House
5 Against the House (1955)
GoodWatch score 48

Producer, Screenplay

The Joe Louis Story
The Joe Louis Story (1953)
GoodWatch score 52

Producer