Warren Oates was 38 in In the Heat of the Night when he played the character 'Deputy Sam Wood'.
That was over 57 years ago in 1967.
In 1982 he died aged just 53, starring in 58 films in his career, 43 of those after In the Heat of the Night was first released. If he were alive today he would be 95.
In In the Heat of the Night, I think Warren Oates looks: