Carroll O'Connor
Chief William O. 'Bill' Gillespie
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- Howard RollinsChief of Detectives Virgil Tibbs
- Anne-Marie JohnsonAlthea Tibbs
- Alan AutryCapt. V.L. `'Bubba'` Skinner
- Denise NicholasHarriet DeLong
- David HartParker Williams
- Geoffrey ThorneSgt. Wilson Sweet
- Hugh O'ConnorLonnie Jamison
- Christian J. LeBlancJunior Abernathy
- Crystal R. FoxOfficer LuAnn Corbin
Lois NettletonJoanne St. John- Randall FranksOfficer Randy Goode
Find out the cast, crew, episodes, ratings, trivia and more of the TV series In the Heat of the Night, inspired by the Oscar-winning film. See Carroll O'Connor, Alan Autry, David Hart and others in this crime drama set in Sparta, Mississippi.
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- 1988-03-06
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- 60
Find out who starred in the 1988-2024 drama series based on the Oscar-winning film and novel. See the full list of directors, writers, producers, composers and actors who appeared in the show.
- Harry Harris
- 8
Carroll O'Connor. story editor (21 episodes, 1988-1992) Michael Aretsky. editorial engineering (44 episodes, 1991-1993) Cynthia Deming. story editor / executive story editor (41 episodes, 1990-1992) William J. Royce. story editor / executive story editor (41 episodes, 1990-1992) Jo Grossman.
Find out who starred in the classic crime drama film directed by Norman Jewison and based on a novel by John Ball. See the full list of actors, writers, producers, composers and other crew members on IMDb.
In the Heat of the Night is an American police procedural crime drama television series loosely based on the 1967 film and 1965 novel of the same title that starred Carroll O'Connor as police chief Bill Gillespie and Howard Rollins as police detective Virgil Tibbs and was broadcast on NBC from March 6, 1988-May 19, 1992 before moving to CBS, where it aired from October 28, 1992-May 16, 1995.
African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with Gillespie to track down the real killer. Their investigation takes them through every social level of the town, with Tibbs making enemies ...
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In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 American neo-noir mystery drama film directed by Norman Jewison, produced by Walter Mirisch, and starring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger.It tells the story of Virgil Tibbs (Poitier), a Black police detective from Philadelphia, who becomes embroiled in a murder investigation in a small town in Mississippi.
