Howard Rollins
October 17, 1950 (74 years old) in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Howard Rollins (1950–1996) 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2004 ·Remembering Ragtimeas Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
- 1997 ·Drunksas Joseph
- 1996 ·Harambee!as Chimbuko
- 1994 ·New York Undercoveras Reverend Hundley
- 1994 ·The Legacy of Malthusas Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
- 1992 ·With Murder in Mindas Samuel Carver
- 1990 ·On the Blockas Clay Beasley
- 1988 ·In the Heat of the Nightas Virgil Tibbs
- 1986 ·Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBIas T.C. Russell
- 1986 ·The Children of Times Squareas Otis Travis
- 1986 ·The Boy Kingas Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
- 1985 ·Wildsideas
- 1984 ·He's Fired, She's Hiredas Raoul
- 1984 ·A Soldier's Storyas Captain Davenport
- 1984 ·The House of Dies Drearas Walter Small
- 1984 ·A Doctor's Storyas Dr. Zack Williams
- 1984 ·The House of Godas Chuck Johnston
- 1983 ·For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Eversas Medgar Evers
- 1982 ·The Member of the Weddingas Honey Brown
- 1982 ·The Neighborhoodas Allen Campbell
- 1981 ·Ragtimeas Coalhouse Walker Jr.
- 1981 ·Thornwellas Carson
- 1980 ·Fridaysas
- 1979 ·My Old Manas Doctor
- 1979 ·Roots: The Next Generationsas George Haley
- 1978 ·The Trial of the Mokeas James Smith
- 1978 ·Kingas Andrew Young
- 1964 ·Another Worldas