Billy Dee Williams Guest Stars as Gibb’s Namesake

“Namesake” – A petty officer is gunned down  in a billionaire’s Ferrari and the investigation leads the NCIS team to discover a link to a man Gibbs was named after, on a rebroadcast of NCIS, Tuesday, Dec. 3 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Ralph Waite (“The Waltons”) returns to guest star in his role as Gibbs’ father, Jackson Gibbs, and Billy Dee Williams (“The Empire Strikes Back” and “Return of the Jedi”) guest stars as a World War II veteran, Leroy Jethro Moore. (Originally broadcast 10/30/12.)

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SERIES REGULARS

Mark Harmon     (NCIS Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs)      

Michael Weatherly     (NCIS Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo)  

Cote de Pablo     (NCIS Special Agent Ziva David)

David McCallum     (Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard)    

Pauley Perrette     (Abby Sciuto)    

Sean Murray     (NCIS Special Agent Timothy McGee)  

Rocky Carroll     (NCIS Director Leon Vance)  

Brian Dietzen     (Jimmy Palmer)

GUEST CAST

Ralph Waite     (Jackson Gibbs)

Billy Dee Williams    (Leroy Jethro Moore)

Piter Marek     (Vijay Chaya)

Brett Davern     (Krist Taylor)

Jake Thomas     (Alec Dell)

Debra Christofferson     (Rita Gregg)

Edwin Hodge     (Bodie)

Julie McNiven     (Kim Taylor)

Jonathan Camp     (Petty Officer First Class Colin Boxer)

Tierra Carlson     (Chaya’s Girlfriend)

WRITTEN BY: George Schenck and Frank Cardea

DIRECTED BY: Arvin Brown

GENRE: DRAMA, CRIME, MYSTERY

RATING:  To Be Announced

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