Howard Rollins
Oct 17, 1950 - Dec 08, 1996 (46 years old) in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
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
New York Undercover
Reverend Hundley
In the Heat of the Night
Virgil Tibbs
The Neighborhood
Allen Campbell
The Children of Times Square
Otis Travis
Ragtime
Coalhouse Walker Jr.
He's Fired, She's Hired
Raoul
Fridays
Self
The Member of the Wedding
Honey Brown
Remembering Ragtime
Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
T.C. Russell
Credits
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Remembering Ragtime 2004Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)★ NR -
Drunks 1997Joseph★ 2.7 -
Harambee! 1996Chimbuko★ NR -
Remember WENN 1996George Smith★ 8 -
New York Undercover 1994Reverend Hundley★ 7.2 -
Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)★ NR -
With Murder in Mind 1992Samuel Carver★ 6 -
On the Block 1990Clay Beasley★ 1 -
Virgil Tibbs★ 7.5 -
T.C. Russell★ 5 -
Otis Travis★ 6 -
The Boy King 1986Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.★ NR -
Wildside 1985★ 5.7 -
Raoul★ 6 -
A Soldier's Story 1984Captain Davenport★ 6.8 -
Walter Small★ NR -
A Doctor's Story 1984Dr. Zack Williams★ 6 -
The House of God 1984Chuck Johnston★ 2.3 -
Medgar Evers★ NR -
Honey Brown★ 5 -
The Neighborhood 1982Allen Campbell★ 6 -
Ragtime 1981Coalhouse Walker Jr.★ 7 -
Thornwell 1981Carson★ 6 -
Fridays 1980Self★ 5.4 -
My Old Man 1979Doctor★ 3 -
George Haley★ 7.5 -
James Smith★ 5.5 -
King 1978Andrew Young★ 6.4 -
Another World 1964★ 5.3