Sidney Poitier

Virgil Tibbs

Martin Landau

Logan Sharpe

Barbara McNair

Valerie Tibbs

Anthony Zerbe

Rice Weedon

Ed Asner

Woody Garfield

Jeff Corey

Captain Marden

Norma Crane

Marge Garfield

Juano Hernández

Mealie Williamson

David Sheiner

Lt. Herb Kenner

Beverly Todd

Puff

Ted Gehring

Inspector Deutsch

Garry Walberg

Medical Examiner

George Spell

Andy Tibbs

John Hillerman

Reporter (uncredited)

Hilly Hicks

Freddie (uncredited)

John Alvin

Reporter (uncredited)

Don Hanmer

Pusher (uncredited)

Carol Henry

Pool Hall Patron (uncredited)

Al White

Spectator Outside Church (uncredited)

Ted White

Hood at Pool Hall (uncredited)