Main Characters Chief William O. "Bill" Gillespie 146 main appearances Captain V.L. "Bubba" Skinner 146 main appearances Officer Parker Williams 146 main appearances Lt. Lonnie Jamison 146 main appearances Althea Tibbs 14 main appearances Virgil Tibbs 12 main appearances Sgt. Wilson Sweet 12 main appearances Harriet DeLong 9 main appearances Junior Abernathy 3 main appearances Joanne St. John Hampton Forbes
Recurring Guest Characters Farmer 1 guest appearances Debbie Murphy 1 guest appearances Aunt Ruda Gibson 1 guest appearances Dr. Lambert 1 guest appearances Gerard Darnelle 1 guest appearances Tyrell Gibson 1 guest appearances Clarence Thompson 1 guest appearances Purvis Bell 1 guest appearances Cora Lucas 1 guest appearances Nurse Doreen Jessup 1 guest appearances Gus Bishop 1 guest appearances Leonard Dobbs 1 guest appearances Pearl Smalley 1 guest appearances Byron 1 guest appearances Clay 1 guest appearances Almont Tanner 1 guest appearances Paramedic 1 guest appearances Officer Bowden 1 guest appearances Tyler Corbin 1 guest appearances Dahlia Corbin 1 guest appearances ⇤ « 1 2 3 4 5 6 » ⇥