Bill Gillespie
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Bill Gillespie is the white, small-town Mississippi police chief whose uneasy but evolving partnership with Black detective Virgil Tibbs drives the racial and social tensions at the heart of "In the Heat of the Night."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bill Gillespie canonical | 4 |
| Chief Bill Gillespie | 1 |
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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police chief ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
In the Heat of the Night
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surface form:
In the Heat of the Night (1967 film)
In the Heat of the Night (TV series) ⓘ
surface form:
In the Heat of the Night (television series)
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| awardAssociation |
Rod Steiger
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surface form:
Rod Steiger won the Academy Award for Best Actor for portraying Bill Gillespie
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| basedOn | character from the novel "In the Heat of the Night" by John Ball ⓘ |
| characterArc | evolving attitudes toward race and justice ⓘ |
| characterDevelopment | moves from hostility to respect toward Virgil Tibbs ⓘ |
| conflict |
racial prejudice in law enforcement
ⓘ
tension between local authority and outside expertise ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| employer | Sparta Police Department ⓘ |
| ethnicity | white American ⓘ |
| familyName | Gillespie ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
In the Heat of the Night (novel)
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surface form:
In the Heat of the Night
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| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
ⓘ
mystery ⓘ |
| givenName | Bill ⓘ |
| languageOfCharacter | English ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
television ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
deuteragonist
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police authority figure ⓘ |
| notableWork |
In the Heat of the Night (novel)
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surface form:
In the Heat of the Night
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| occupation | police chief ⓘ |
| policeRank | chief of police ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Carroll O’Connor
ⓘ
surface form:
Carroll O'Connor
Rod Steiger ⓘ |
| primaryRelationship | Virgil Tibbs ⓘ |
| relationshipTypeWithVirgilTibbs | uneasy partnership ⓘ |
| setting | small-town Mississippi ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
racial tension in the American South
ⓘ
small-town vs outsider conflict ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFiction | 1960s American South ⓘ |
| workLocation | Sparta, Mississippi ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Chief Bill Gillespie
subject surface form:
Sparta, Mississippi