Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
October 17, 1950
Place of Birth:
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
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Howard Rollins
Biography
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Remembering Ragtime | Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage) |
| 1997 | Drunks | Joseph |
| 1996 | Harambee! | Chimbuko |
| 1994 | The Legacy of Malthus | Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage) |
| 1992 | With Murder in Mind | Samuel Carver |
| 1990 | On the Block | Clay Beasley |
| 1986 | The Children of Times Square | Otis Travis |
| 1986 | The Boy King | Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. |
| 1986 | Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI | T.C. Russell |
| 1984 | A Soldier's Story | Captain Davenport |
| 1984 | The House of Dies Drear | Walter Small |
| 1984 | A Doctor's Story | Dr. Zack Williams |
| 1984 | He's Fired, She's Hired | Raoul |
| 1984 | The House of God | Chuck Johnston |
| 1983 | For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers | Medgar Evers |
| 1982 | The Neighborhood | Allen Campbell |
| 1982 | The Member of the Wedding | Honey Brown |
| 1981 | Ragtime | Coalhouse Walker Jr. |
| 1981 | Thornwell | Carson |
| 1979 | My Old Man | Doctor |
| 1978 | The Trial of the Moke | James Smith |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Remember WENN | George Smith |
| 1994 | New York Undercover | Reverend Hundley |
| 1988 | In the Heat of the Night | Virgil Tibbs |
| 1985 | Wildside | |
| 1980 | Fridays | |
| 1979 | Roots: The Next Generations | George Haley |
| 1978 | King | Andrew Young |
| 1964 | Another World |