Howard Rollins
Known for ActingBorn 1950-10-17 — died 1996-12-08Baltimore, 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
Ragtime
1981 · as Coalhouse Walker Jr.
A Soldier's Story
1984 · as Captain Davenport
The House of God
1984 · as Chuck Johnston
A Doctor's Story
1984 · as Dr. Zack Williams
My Old Man
1979 · as Doctor
The Neighborhood
1982 · as Allen Campbell
With Murder in Mind
1992 · as Samuel Carver
Drunks
1997 · as Joseph
The Children of Times Square
1986 · as Otis Travis
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
1986 · as T.C. Russell
He's Fired, She's Hired
1984 · as Raoul
The Trial of the Moke
1978 · as James Smith
The House of Dies Drear
1984 · as Walter Small
Remembering Ragtime
2004 · as Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
Thornwell
1981 · as Carson
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983 · as Medgar Evers
The Member of the Wedding
1982 · as Honey Brown
Chytilová Versus Forman
1981 · as Self