Virgil Tibbs

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detective fictional character film character police officer

Virgil Tibbs is a skilled and composed Black homicide detective who famously investigates a murder in a racially tense Southern town in the film "In the Heat of the Night."

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Virgil Tibbs canonical	19
Virgil Tibbs series	2
Virgil Tibbs film series	1
Virgil Tibbs film trilogy	1
Virgil Tibbs in In the Heat of the Night (TV series)	1

Statements (38)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	detective ⓘ fictional character ⓘ film character ⓘ police officer ⓘ
adaptedFrom	In the Heat of the Night (novel) ⓘ
appearsIn	In the Heat of the Night ⓘ surface form: In the Heat of the Night (film) The Organization (film) ⓘ surface form: The Organization They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (film) ⓘ surface form: They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
associatedWithTheme	civil rights ⓘ racial tension in the American South ⓘ racism ⓘ
catchphrase	They call me Mister Tibbs! ⓘ
characterTrait	composed ⓘ determined ⓘ intelligent ⓘ professional ⓘ
countryOfFictionalWorkOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
createdBy	John Ball ⓘ
employer	Philadelphia Police Department ⓘ
ethnicity	Black ⓘ
filmReleaseYear	1967 ⓘ
firstAppearance	In the Heat of the Night (novel) ⓘ
firstAppearanceYear	1965 ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
genre	crime fiction ⓘ mystery ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
medium	film ⓘ literature ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
notableFor	investigating a murder in a racially tense Southern town ⓘ
notableInteraction	Bill Gillespie ⓘ
occupation	homicide detective ⓘ
portrayedAs	highly skilled detective ⓘ morally upright ⓘ
portrayedBy	Sidney Poitier ⓘ
settingOfNotableCase	Sparta, Mississippi (fictional town) ⓘ
specialization	homicide investigations ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

In the Heat of the Night → character → Virgil Tibbs ⓘ

John Ball → createdCharacter → Virgil Tibbs ⓘ

John Ball → notableCharacter → Virgil Tibbs ⓘ

John Ball → series → Virgil Tibbs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virgil Tibbs series

John Ball → mainCharacter → Virgil Tibbs ⓘ

subject surface form: In the Heat of the Night

Sparta, Mississippi (fictional town) → associatedWithCharacter → Virgil Tibbs ⓘ

subject surface form: Sparta, Mississippi

They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (film) → character → Virgil Tibbs ⓘ

subject surface form: They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (film) → hasMainCharacter → Virgil Tibbs ⓘ

subject surface form: They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (film) → featuresDetective → Virgil Tibbs ⓘ

subject surface form: They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (film) → partOfSeries → Virgil Tibbs ⓘ

subject surface form: They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

this entity surface form: Virgil Tibbs film series

The Organization (film) → character → Virgil Tibbs ⓘ