howard ellsworth rollins jr. played virgil tibbs on heat of the night.
howard ellsworth rollins jr. played virgil tibbs on heat of the night.
who played virgil tibbs on heat of the night?
howard ellsworth rollins jr .
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howard ellsworth rollins jr. (october 17, 1950 – december 8, 1996) was an american stage, film and television actor. howard rollins was best known for his role as andrew young in 1978's "king", george haley in the 1979 miniseries "", coalhouse walker jr. in the 1981 film "ragtime", captain davenport in the 1984 film "a soldier's story", and as virgil tibbs on the tv crime drama "in the heat of the night".









































section::::early life.
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virgil tibbs is one of the two fictional main characters in john ball's 1965 novel "in the heat of the night". he is also the protagonist in six sequels to that novel. on screen, tibbs is the protagonist in the oscar-winning 1967 film "in the heat of the night" and in its sequels, "they call me mister tibbs!" (1970) and "the organization" (1971). he is also portrayed in the 1988-1995 television series.









































section::::novels.
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