Howard Rollins
Acting
Born
Oct 17, 1950
From
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Died
Dec 08, 1996
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
7.0
Ragtime
Coalhouse Walker Jr.
6.8
A Soldier's Story
Captain Davenport
2.7
Drunks
Joseph
6.0
With Murder in Mind
Samuel Carver
2.2
The House of God
Chuck Johnston
6.0
Thornwell
Carson
The House of Dies Drear
Walter Small
6.0
The Children of Times Square
Otis Travis
3.0
My Old Man
Doctor
6.0
A Doctor's Story
Dr. Zack Williams
Filmography — Acting
7.0
1981
Ragtime
Coalhouse Walker Jr.
6.8
1984
A Soldier's Story
Captain Davenport
2.7
1997
Drunks
Joseph
6.0
1992
With Murder in Mind
Samuel Carver
2.2
1984
The House of God
Chuck Johnston
6.0
1981
Thornwell
Carson
1984
The House of Dies Drear
Walter Small
6.0
1986
The Children of Times Square
Otis Travis
3.0
1979
My Old Man
Doctor
6.0
1984
A Doctor's Story
Dr. Zack Williams
1983
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Medgar Evers
5.0
1986
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
T.C. Russell
5.5
1978
The Trial of the Moke
James Smith
2004
Remembering Ragtime
Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
1986
The Boy King
Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
6.0
1984
He's Fired, She's Hired
Raoul
6.0
1982
The Neighborhood
Allen Campbell
5.0
1982
The Member of the Wedding
Honey Brown
1994
The Legacy of Malthus
Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
1996
Harambee!
Chimbuko
1.0
1990
On the Block
Clay Beasley