Howard Rollins
Actor
- Born
- October 17, 1950 · Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
- Died
- December 8, 1996 (age 46)
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
A Soldier's Story
September 14, 1984
Ragtime
November 20, 1981
The Children of Times Square
March 3, 1986
Drunks
March 14, 1997
With Murder in Mind
May 12, 1992
The House of God
January 1, 1984
On the Block
January 1, 1990
My Old Man
December 7, 1979
Thornwell
January 28, 1981
A Doctor's Story
April 23, 1984
The Trial of the Moke
May 3, 1978
The Neighborhood
April 25, 1982
Acting22
- 2004Remembering Ragtime as Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
- 1997Drunks as Joseph
- 1996Harambee! as Chimbuko
- 1994The Legacy of Malthus as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
- 1992With Murder in Mind as Samuel Carver
- 1990On the Block as Clay Beasley
- 1986Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI as T.C. Russell
- 1986The Children of Times Square as Otis Travis
- 1986The Boy King as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
- 1984