Howard Rollins
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1950-10-17 – 1996-12-08
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
Ragtime
1981Coalhouse Walker Jr.
A Soldier's Story
1984Captain Davenport
The Legacy of Malthus
1994Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
The Neighborhood
1982Allen Campbell
Drunks
1997Joseph
Remembering Ragtime
2004Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
The Children of Times Square
1986Otis Travis
My Old Man
1979Doctor
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983Medgar Evers
The Member of the Wedding
1982Honey Brown
The House of Dies Drear
1984Walter Small
The Boy King
1986Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
Harambee!
1996Chimbuko
On the Block
1990Clay Beasley
Thornwell
1981Carson
A Doctor's Story
1984Dr. Zack Williams
With Murder in Mind
1992Samuel Carver
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
1986T.C. Russell
He's Fired, She's Hired
1984Raoul