Howard Rollins
Acting
Born: 1950-10-17 · Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Died: 1996-12-08
Biography
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.
🎬 Movies (20)
Remembering Ragtime
2004
Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
Drunks
1997
Joseph
Harambee!
1996
Chimbuko
The Legacy of Malthus
1994
Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
With Murder in Mind
1992
Samuel Carver
On the Block
1990
Clay Beasley
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
1986
T.C. Russell
The Children of Times Square
1986
Otis Travis
The Boy King
1986
Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
He's Fired, She's Hired
1984
Raoul
A Soldier's Story
1984
Captain Davenport
The House of Dies Drear
1984
Walter Small
A Doctor's Story
1984
Dr. Zack Williams
The House of God
1984
Chuck Johnston
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983
Medgar Evers
The Member of the Wedding
1982
Honey Brown
The Neighborhood
1982
Allen Campbell
Ragtime
1981
Coalhouse Walker Jr.
Thornwell
1981
Carson
Chytilová Versus Forman
1981
Self
