Rocky Carroll gets full-time 'NCIS' role

Tuesday, June 10 2008, 16:24 BST

By Dave West, Media Correspondent

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Rocky Carroll's recurring NCIS character Leon Vance has been made a permanent fixture on the show.

Vance will take over as director of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service following the death of the incumbent Jenny Shepard, played by Lauren Holly.

New NCIS will air on Tuesdays on CBS in the 2008-9 season.

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