In the Heat of the Night (1988)
In the Heat of the Night (1988)
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Plot.
In the Heat of the Night is an American television series based on the motion picture and novel of the same name starring Carroll O'Connor as the white police chief William Gillespie, and Howard Rollins as the African-American police detective Virgil Tibbs. It was broadcast on NBC from 1988 until 1992, and then on CBS until 1995. Its executive producers were Fred Silverman, Juanita Bartlett and Carroll O'Connor. TGG Direct released the first season of the series to DVD on August 28, 2012.
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Cast & Crew.

Carroll O'Connor
Bill Gillespie / Producer / Director

Howard Rollins
Virgil Tibbs

Alan Autry
Bubba Skinner

Anne-Marie Johnson
Althea Tibbs

Lois Nettleton
Joanne St. John

David Hart
Parker Williams

Geoffrey Thorne
Wilson Sweet

Hugh O'Connor
Lonnie Jamison

James Lee Barrett
Creator

Fred Silverman
Producer

Crystal R. Fox
Luann Corbin

Hugh O'Connor
Lt. Lonnie Jamison

Denise Nicholas
Harriet DeLong

Christian LeBlanc
Junior Abernathy

Carl Weathers
Hampton Forbes

Nora de la Torre
Makeup Artist

Harry Harris
Director

Russ Mayberry
Director

Winrich Kolbe
Director

Vincent McEveety
Director

Leo Penn
Director

Reza Badiyi
Director

Larry Hagman
Director

Mario Philip Azzopardi
Director

Paul Lynch
Director

David Hemmings
Director

Jeffrey Hayden
Director

Gene Reynolds
Director

Alexander Singer
Director

Chuck Bowman
Director

Dick Martin
Director

Ivan Dixon
Director

Vince Edwards
Director

Joe Gannon
Director

Lee H. Katzin
Director

David Soul
Director

Joe Gannon
Writer

Nancy Bond
Writer

Robert Bielak
Writer

Kathy McCormick
Writer

Richard Fielder
Writer

David O'Connor
Writer

Elsye O'Connor
Writer

Mark Edward Edens
Writer

Lee Maddux
Writer

Arthur Bernard Lewis
Writer

Kim Friese
Writer

Jo William Phillip
Writer

Frank Dandridge
Teleplay

James Novack
Writer

Michael Edwards
Surveyor

Thedra Porter
Mary Bridges (as Reneé Porter)

Burgess Meredith
Judge Cully

Terry Hobbs
Laine Paxton / Boy #1

Hunter von Leer
Keen Philbrick

Heather Binion
Cynthia

Ronald Boone
Church Member (uncredited)

Will Bledsoe
Lester Sproles

Michael McClendon
Walt

Cynthia Windham
Council Member Walker

Steve Kanaly
Cowboy habersham

Mitchell Anderson
Bobby Skinner

Logan Ramsey
Attorney George Foley

Roberts Blossom
Dr. Harris Pendleton

Raymond Forchion
Wallace fannoy

John Diehl
John sevrance

Jerry Stiller
Rabbi Feldman

Earl Holliman
Dr. Lambert

Elizabeth Ashley
Maybelle Cheseboro

Sam Anderson
Drew Ward

Polly W. LePorte
Lindy

Melissa Young
Jessica Lund

Wallace Merck
E.H. 'Holley' Colmer

Dan Biggers
Dr. Frank Robb

Punky Leonard
Telephone Company Representative

Derek Pruitt
Kid #2

Johnta Austin
Kid #1

Linda Rozakis
Ward's Secretary

Thomas Merdis
Maybelle's Chauffeur

Dee Shaw
Dee Shepard

Harvey E. Lee Jr.
Ken Covey

Barbara Lee-Belmonte
Christine Surillo

Afemo Omilami
Jimmy Dawes / Walker Harris

LaRue Stanley
Large Lady

Amy Bush
Waitress

Joan Glover
Dora

Paige Trewhitt
Phone Lady #1

Joyce Forgoston
Phone Lady #2

Sharron Cain
Officer Brenda (uncredited)

C.C. Taylor
Officer Charlie Peake (uncredited)

Derek Smith
Eric Deavers

James Williamson
Rick (uncredited)

Robert Goulet
Eddie Larran

Stocker Fontelieu

Katherine Moffat

Christina Pickles

Franklin Cover

Bruce Kirby

Jennifer Bassey

Kevin McCarthy

Lisa Guerrero

Larry Gelman

Ronnie Claire Edwards

Temi Epstein
Media.



Details.
Release DateMarch 6, 1988
StatusEnded
Seasons8
Episodes146
Running Time1h
Genres
Last updated:
This TV Show Is About.
police
police chief
racism
police detective
Scripted
Wiki.
In the Heat of the Night is an American police procedural crime drama television series loosely based on 1965 novel of the same title and the 1967 film of the same name. The TV series starred Carroll O'Connor as police chief Bill Gillespie and Howard Rollins as police detective Virgil Tibbs. The series was broadcast on NBC from March 6, 1988 to May 19, 1992 before moving to CBS, where it aired from October 28, 1992 to May 16, 1995. Its executive producers were O'Connor, Fred Silverman and Juanita Bartlett. This series marked O'Connor's return to a series for the first time since the All in the Family spinoff Archie Bunker's Place ended in 1983.
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