Howard Rollins
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Oct 17, 1950 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
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.
Known For
| 2004 | Remembering RagtimeCoalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage) | |
| 1997 | DrunksJoseph | |
| 1996 | Harambee!Chimbuko | |
| 1996 | Remember WENNGeorge Smith | |
| 1994 | The Legacy of MalthusSelf (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage) | |
| 1994 | New York UndercoverReverend Hundley | |
| 1992 | With Murder in MindSamuel Carver | |
| 1990 | On the BlockClay Beasley | |
| 1988 | In the Heat of the NightVirgil Tibbs | |
| 1986 | The Children of Times SquareOtis Travis | |
| 1986 | The Boy KingRev. Martin Luther King Sr. | |
| 1986 | Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBIT.C. Russell | |
| 1985 | Wildside | |
| 1984 | A Soldier's StoryCaptain Davenport | |
| 1984 | The House of Dies DrearWalter Small | |
| 1984 | A Doctor's StoryDr. Zack Williams | |
| 1984 | He's Fired, She's HiredRaoul | |
| 1984 | The House of GodChuck Johnston | |
| 1983 | For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar EversMedgar Evers | |
| 1982 | The NeighborhoodAllen Campbell | |
| 1982 | The Member of the WeddingHoney Brown | |
| 1981 | RagtimeCoalhouse Walker Jr. | |
| 1981 | ThornwellCarson | |
| 1980 | FridaysSelf | |
| 1979 | My Old ManDoctor | |
| 1979 | Roots: The Next GenerationsGeorge Haley | |
| 1978 | The Trial of the MokeJames Smith | |
| 1978 | KingAndrew Young | |
| 1964 | Another World |