Howard Rollins
Known for Acting
Born October 17, 1950
Died December 8, 1996
Place of Birth Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Howard Rollins (October 17, 1950 – December 8, 1996) was an American television, film, and stage actor. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Coalhouse Walker Jr. in Ragtime and Virgil Tibbs on In the Heat of the Night.
Filmography
Ragtime
1981
as Coalhouse Walker Jr.
A Soldier's Story
1984
as Captain Davenport
Drunks
1997
as Joseph
The House of God
1984
as Chuck Johnston
The House of Dies Drear
1984
as Walter Small
With Murder in Mind
1992
as Samuel Carver
A Doctor's Story
1984
as Dr. Zack Williams
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983
as Medgar Evers
Thornwell
1981
as Carson
My Old Man
1979
as Doctor
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
1986
as T.C. Russell
The Member of the Wedding
1982
as Honey Brown
The Trial of the Moke
1978
as James Smith
The Children of Times Square
1986
as Otis Travis
Remembering Ragtime
2004
as Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
The Neighborhood
1982
as Allen Campbell
He's Fired, She's Hired
1984
as Raoul
The Legacy of Malthus
1994
as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
The Boy King
1986
as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
Harambee!
1996
as Chimbuko
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