Howard Rollins
Acting • Born 1950-10-17 – 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.
Filmography
29 credits
Ragtime
Movie • 1981
Coalhouse Walker Jr.
A Soldier's Story
Movie • 1984
Captain Davenport
The Legacy of Malthus
Movie • 1994
Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
The Neighborhood
Movie • 1982
Allen Campbell
Drunks
Movie • 1997
Joseph
Remembering Ragtime
Movie • 2004
Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
The Children of Times Square
Movie • 1986
Otis Travis
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Movie • 1983
Medgar Evers
The Member of the Wedding
Movie • 1982
Honey Brown
My Old Man
Movie • 1979
Doctor
The House of Dies Drear
Movie • 1984
Walter Small
The Boy King
Movie • 1986
Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
On the Block
Movie • 1990
Clay Beasley
Harambee!
Movie • 1996
Chimbuko
Thornwell
Movie • 1981
Carson
A Doctor's Story
Movie • 1984
Dr. Zack Williams
With Murder in Mind
Movie • 1992
Samuel Carver
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
Movie • 1986
T.C. Russell
He's Fired, She's Hired
Movie • 1984
Raoul
The Trial of the Moke
Movie • 1978
James Smith
The House of God
Movie • 1984
Chuck Johnston
In the Heat of the Night
TV • 1988
Virgil Tibbs
King
TV • 1978
Andrew Young
New York Undercover
TV • 1994
Reverend Hundley
Another World
TV • 1964
Fridays
TV • 1980
Self
Wildside
TV • 1985
Remember WENN
TV • 1996
George Smith
Roots: The Next Generations
TV • 1979
George Haley