Howard Rollins
Actor
Born Oct 17, 1950 · Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Active 1964–1996
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.
Filmography
Ragtime (1981) — Coalhouse Walker Jr.A Soldier's Story (1984) — Captain DavenportIn the Heat of the Night (1988) — Virgil TibbsRoots: The Next Generations (1979) — George HaleyNew York Undercover (1994) — Reverend HundleyRemember WENN (1996) — George SmithKing (1978) — Andrew YoungThe Children of Times Square (1986) — Otis TravisThe House of Dies Drear (1984) — Walter SmallAmerican Playhouse (1982) — Medgar EversThornwell (1981) — CarsonWildside (1985)The Neighborhood (1982) — Allen CampbellAnother World (1964)A Doctor's Story (1984) — Dr. Zack WilliamsWith Murder in Mind (1992) — Samuel CarverFor Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers (1983) — Medgar EversThe Boy King (1986) — Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.Harambee! (1996) — ChimbukoJohnnie Mae Gibson: FBI (1986) — T.C. RussellHe's Fired, She's Hired (1984) — RaoulThe Trial of the Moke (1978) — James SmithMy Old Man (1979) — DoctorThe Member of the Wedding (1982) — Honey Brown