John Ball
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Biography: John Ball was a popular novelist of the 1960s who is best known for creating the detective Virgil Tibbs. Tibbs came to the screen in adaptations of such Ball books as In the Heat of the Night (1967) and They Call Me Mister Tibbs (1970). ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide |
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