Howard Rollins
Acting·October 17, 1950·† December 8, 1996 — 46 years old·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.
Known For
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2004Remembering RagtimeCoalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)1997DrunksJoseph1996Harambee!Chimbuko1996Remember WENNTVGeorge Smith1994New York UndercoverTVReverend Hundley1994The Legacy of MalthusSelf (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)1992With Murder in MindSamuel Carver1990On the BlockClay Beasley1988In the Heat of the NightTVVirgil Tibbs1988En el calor de la nocheTVChief of Detectives Virgil Tibbs1986Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBIT.C. Russell1986The Children of Times SquareOtis Travis1986The Boy KingRev. Martin Luther King Sr.1985WildsideTV1984He's Fired, She's HiredRaoul1984A Soldier's StoryCaptain Davenport1984The House of Dies DrearWalter Small1984A Doctor's StoryDr. Zack Williams1984The House of GodChuck Johnston1983For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar EversMedgar Evers1982The Member of the WeddingHoney Brown1982The NeighborhoodAllen Campbell1982American PlayhouseTVMedgar Evers1981RagtimeCoalhouse Walker Jr.1981ThornwellCarson1981Chytilová Versus FormanSelf1980FridaysTVSelf1979My Old ManDoctor1979Roots: The Next GenerationsTVGeorge Haley1978The Trial of the MokeJames Smith1978KingTVAndrew Young1964Another WorldTV