Bill Gillespie (TV)

"Yeah, the last time I caught you using my phone in here, the emergency was about some woman who was driving your car dressed in black lace underwear."

- Bill Gillespie talking to Lt. Bubba Skinner

William O. "Bill" Gillespie was a primary protagonist in the television series In the Heat of the Night.

Gillespie served as the chief of police of the Sparta Police Department until 1994, when he was fired by the city council. He was then named the acting sheriff of Newman County and the position was made permanent later on.