Who played tibbs in the heat of the night?
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Who played tibbs in the heat of the night in 1967  film?
Sidney Poitier
Tibbs is portrayed in the series by Howard Rollins, who garnered critical acclaim for his work in the film "A Soldier's Story" and for his Academy Award-nominated performance in the film "Ragtime". Substance abuse problems led to fewer Rollins' appearances on the series, and he eventually was fired. The Tibbs family was written out of the series.
Who played tibbs in the heat of the night series?
Howard Ellsworth Rollins Jr. Howard Rollins
Virgil Tibbs
Virgil Tibbs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil%20Tibbs
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), where he was played by actor Sidney Poitier. He is likewise the protagonist of the 1988-1995 television series, an adaptation of the 1967 film, where he is played by Howard Rollins.
Virgil Tibbs
Virgil Tibbs is a fictional character created by American author John Ball. An African-American police detective (and later attorney), Tibbs was first introduced as one of the two protagonists of the 1965 novel In the Heat of the Night, and subsequently appeared in several more novels and short stories by Ball.
Virgil Tibbs
Virgil Tibbs, a fictional police detective who later became an attorney, was introduced in John Ball's 1965 novel, In the Heat of the Night. A movie with the same title was adapted from the novel, and then a television series with the same title was adapted from the movie. Sidney Poitier played Tibbs in the Oscar-winning 1967 film In the Heat of the Night and its sequels, They Call Me Mister Tibbs! and The Organization. Actor Howard Rollins played Tibbs in the television series.