Bill Gillespie In The Heat Of The Night
In the heat of the night is an american police procedural crime drama television series loosely based on the 1965 novel and the 1967 film. The tv series starred carroll o'connor as police chief bill gillespie and howard rollins as police detective virgil tibbs. Carroll oconnor portrayed the central character, chief bill gillespie, for all 146 episodes of the series. Bill gillespie is the main protagonist of the television series in the heat of the night. Gillespie was an honorable and decent man in a time and place when many of his fellow law enforcement officers were less so.
Carroll o'connor steps into the role of bill gillespie, a southern, white sheriff, and howard rollins takes on the mantle of virgil tibbs, an african american detective,.
