<P> Biggers' acting career began with the Rome Little Theatre, where he won several acting awards . His first television appearance was in Maid in America in 1962 and his last in Elizabethtown in 2005 . His breakout role was in The Slugger's Wife in 1985 . He played "Doc" Robb on In the Heat of the Night for eight years . He was awarded a lifetime achievement award by the Rome International Film Festival and also by the Georgia Screen Actors Guild . </P> <P> Biggers died in Rome, Georgia in the morning of December 5, 2011 . </P>

Dr robb in the heat of the night