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Howard Rollins

Howard Rollins

Actor · 1950–1996 · Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.

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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.

Acted in 29

2000s

  1. 2004

    Remembering Ragtime

    Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)

1990s

  1. 1997

    Drunks

    Joseph

  2. 1996

    Harambee!

    Chimbuko

  3. Remember WENN

    George Smith · 1 episode

  4. 1994

    New York Undercover

    Reverend Hundley · 1 episode

    77
  5. 1992

    With Murder in Mind

    Samuel Carver

  6. 1990

    On the Block

    Clay Beasley

1980s

  1. 1988

    In the Heat of the Night

    Virgil Tibbs · 119 episodes

    76

  2. En el calor de la noche

    Chief of Detectives Virgil Tibbs · 1 episode

  3. 1986

    Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI

    T.C. Russell

  4. The Children of Times Square

    Otis Travis

    63

  5. The Boy King

    Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.

  6. 1985

    Wildside

    TV

  7. 1984

    He's Fired, She's Hired

    Raoul

  8. A Soldier's Story

    Captain Davenport

    74

  9. The House of Dies Drear

    Walter Small

  10. A Doctor's Story

    Dr. Zack Williams

  11. The House of God

    Chuck Johnston

  12. 1983

    For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers

    Medgar Evers

  13. 1982

    The Member of the Wedding

    Honey Brown

  14. The Neighborhood

    Allen Campbell

  15. American Playhouse

    Medgar Evers · 1 episode

  16. 1981

    Ragtime

    Coalhouse Walker Jr.

    72

  17. Thornwell

    Carson

1970s

  1. 1979

    My Old Man

    Doctor

  2. Roots: The Next Generations

    George Haley · 1 episode

    77
  3. 1978

    The Trial of the Moke

    James Smith

  4. King

    Andrew Young · 3 episodes

Appearances3

1980s

  1. 1981

    Chytilová Versus Forman

    Self

  2. 1980

    Fridays

    Self · 1 episode