Carroll O'Connor Carroll O'Connor
plays Chief William O. 'Bill' Gillespie
Howard E. Rollins Jr. Howard E. Rollins Jr.
plays Chief of Detectives Virgil Tibbs
Alan Autry Alan Autry
plays Sgt. V. L. 'Bubba' Skinner
Anne-Marie Johnson Anne-Marie Johnson
plays Althea Tibbs
David Hart David Hart
plays Officer Parker Williams
Geoffrey Thorne Geoffrey Thorne
plays Sgt. Wilson Sweet
Hugh O'Connor Hugh O'Connor
plays Lt. Lonnie Jamison
Denise Nicholas Denise Nicholas
plays Harriet DeLong
Ed Ames Ed Ames
plays Sheriff Ed Thompson
 

Writers

87 episodes, novel
28 episodes, written by
27 episodes, writer
24 episodes, written by
17 episodes, writer
13 episodes, writer
6 episodes, writer
6 episodes, writer
James Lee Barrett
6 episodes, developer
5 episodes, story
5 episodes, writer
3 episodes, written by
3 episodes, written by
3 episodes, writer
3 episodes, writer
3 episodes, story
Stephen Schneck
3 episodes, story
2 episodes, as Kim Friese
2 episodes, story and teleplay
David O'Connor (VIII)
2 episodes, writer

Directors

22 episodes
18 episodes
18 episodes
13 episodes
9 episodes
Paul Chavez
8 episodes
7 episodes
6 episodes
5 episodes
4 episodes
4 episodes
3 episodes
3 episodes
3 episodes
3 episodes
2 episodes
2 episodes
Anthony Wilkinson
2 episodes
2 episodes
2 episodes

Producers

92 episodes, executive producer
84 episodes, supervising producer
64 episodes, co-producer
62 episodes, executive producer
40 episodes, co-producer
22 episodes, supervising producer
22 episodes, executive producer
22 episodes, supervising producer
22 episodes, supervising producer
22 episodes, co-producer
20 episodes, producer
20 episodes, co-producer
13 episodes, producer
13 episodes, co-producer
9 episodes, executive producer
5 episodes, producer
4 episodes, co-producer
3 episodes, producer
James Lee Barrett
2 episodes, producer