Billy Dee Williams will soon reprise his role on NCIS as Leroy Jethro Moore, the man who Gibbs is named after. The actor confirmed the news via Twitter writing, "Great day on the set of NCIS!"

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The last time fans saw him on the show was in the October 2012 episode "Namesake" where he showed up as a good friend of Gibbs' father, Jackson.

Pauley Perrette, who plays Abby Sciuto on the CBS hit, also uploaded photos with Williams as well as co-stars Brian Dietzen (Jimmy Palmer) and Rocky Carroll (Leon Vance). In the photos, the castmates are dressed in black as they attend Jackson Gibbs' funeral.

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"We are shooting our final Papa Gibbs episode, and the last #NCIS episode #RalphWaite shot re-airs tonight. #RIP," Perrette also tweeted on April 22.

The season 11 finale will tribute the late Ralph Waite. Waite, a veteran actor whose career spanned over 50 years, died on Feb. 13 at the age of 85. He recurred on the CBS show as the father of Leroy Jethro Gibbs, played by Mark Harmon.

"We've talked about [the episode] since Ralph's passing, and I think we've come up with a really great crime story that will bookend into the passing of Jackson Gibbs," executive producer Gary Glasberg told Entertainment Weekly. "That's going to be a really emotional storyline that Mark Harmon has been involved with since day 1."

The NCIS season 11 finale will air on Tuesday, May 13 at 8/7c.

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