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John Ball
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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 5
TMDB ID: 66066
IMDb ID: nm0050398
Known for: Writing
Born: July 8, 1911
Died: October 15, 1988
Age: 77
Place of birth: Schenectady, New York, U.S.
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1967 - 1994
Years active: 28
Average TMDB rating: 6.85
Wikidata: Q3809058
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John Dudley Ball Jr. (July 8, 1911 – October 15, 1988) was an American writer. He is best known for mystery novels involving police detective Virgil Tibbs. Tibbs was introduced in the 1965 novel In the Heat of the Night, which won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel from the Mystery Writers of America and was made into an Oscar-winning film of the same name, starring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger.
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