Name	Known for
Carroll O'Connor Chief William O. 'Bill' Gillespie Chief William O. 'Bill' Gillespie See fewer	All in the Family (1971)
Howard E. Rollins Jr. Chief of Detectives Virgil Tibbs (as Howard Rollins) Chief of Detectives Virgil Tibbs (as Howard Rollins) See fewer	Ragtime (1981)
Alan Autry Sgt. V. L. 'Bubba' Skinner Sgt. V. L. 'Bubba' Skinner See fewer	In the Heat of the Night (1988)
Anne-Marie Johnson Althea Tibbs Althea Tibbs See fewer	In the Heat of the Night (1988)
Lois Nettleton Joanne St. John Joanne St. John See fewer	In the Heat of the Night (1988)
David Hart Officer Parker Williams Officer Parker Williams See fewer	Silver Bullet (1985)
Geoffrey Thorne Officer Wilson Sweet Officer Wilson Sweet See fewer	Magnum P.I. (2018)
Hugh O'Connor Cpl. Lonnie Jamison Cpl. Lonnie Jamison See fewer	In the Heat of the Night (1988)
Kevin Conway Jude Thibodeaux Jude Thibodeaux See fewer	Gettysburg (1993)
Bobbi Jo Lathan Donna Donna See fewer	The Man Who Fell to Earth (1987)
Tiger Haynes Nibby Nibby See fewer	The Mosquito Coast (1986)
Jana Emerick Terri Geller Terri Geller See fewer	In the Heat of the Night (1988)
Bill Ash Tom Tom See fewer	Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957)
Suzi Bass Eula Eula See fewer	Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Wilbur Fitzgerald Newman Newman See fewer	Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023)
Gil Roper Clerk Clerk See fewer	Mad Jake (1990)
Stephen Rollins Officer Thompson (uncredited) Officer Thompson (uncredited) See fewer	American Identity (2007)