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Howard Rollins
Born · October 17, 1950
Died · December 8, 1996 (46 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Bio
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.
Remembering Ragtime
Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
0.0
2004
Drunks
Joseph
3.3
1997
Harambee!
Chimbuko
0.0
1996
Remember WENN
George Smith · (1 episode)
8.0
1996
New York Undercover
Reverend Hundley · (1 episode)
7.1
1994
The Legacy of Malthus
Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
0.0
1994
With Murder in Mind
Samuel Carver
4.7
1992
On the Block
Clay Beasley
1.0
1990
In the Heat of the Night
Virgil Tibbs · (119 episodes)
7.5
1988
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
T.C. Russell
5.0
1986
The Children of Times Square
Otis Travis
6.0
1986
The Boy King
Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
0.0
1986
Wildside
(6 episodes)
5.7
1985
He's Fired, She's Hired
Raoul
6.0
1984
A Soldier's Story
Captain Davenport
6.8
1984
The House of Dies Drear
Walter Small
0.0
1984
A Doctor's Story
Dr. Zack Williams
5.0
1984
The House of God
Chuck Johnston
1.5
1984
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Medgar Evers
0.0
1983
The Member of the Wedding
Honey Brown
5.0
1982
The Neighborhood
Allen Campbell
0.0
1982
Ragtime
Coalhouse Walker Jr.
7.0
1981
Thornwell
Carson
6.0
1981
Fridays
(1 episode)
5.0
1980
My Old Man
Doctor
3.0
1979
Roots: The Next Generations
George Haley · (7 episodes)
7.4
1979
The Trial of the Moke
James Smith
5.5
1978
King
Andrew Young · (3 episodes)
6.8
1978
Another World
(1547 episodes)
5.4
1964