Howard Rollins
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 17, 1950
- Died
- December 8, 1996 (aged 46)
- Birthplace
- 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
Filmography
Remembering Ragtime
Movie · as Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
Drunks
Movie · as Joseph
Harambee!
Movie · as Chimbuko
Remember WENN
TV · as George Smith · 1 ep
The Legacy of Malthus
Movie · as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
New York Undercover
TV · as Reverend Hundley · 1 ep
With Murder in Mind
Movie · as Samuel Carver
On the Block
Movie · as Clay Beasley
In the Heat of the Night
TV · as Virgil Tibbs · 119 eps
En el calor de la noche
TV · as Chief of Detectives Virgil Tibbs · 1 ep
The Children of Times Square
Movie · as Otis Travis
The Boy King
Movie · as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
Movie · as T.C. Russell
Wildside
TV · 6 eps
A Soldier's Story
Movie · as Captain Davenport
The House of Dies Drear
Movie · as Walter Small
A Doctor's Story
Movie · as Dr. Zack Williams
He's Fired, She's Hired
Movie · as Raoul
The House of God
Movie · as Chuck Johnston
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Movie · as Medgar Evers
The Neighborhood
Movie · as Allen Campbell
The Member of the Wedding
Movie · as Honey Brown
American Playhouse
TV · as Medgar Evers · 1 ep
Ragtime
Movie · as Coalhouse Walker Jr.
Thornwell
Movie · as Carson
Chytilová Versus Forman
Movie · as Self
Fridays
TV · as Self · 1 ep
My Old Man
Movie · as Doctor
Roots: The Next Generations
TV · as George Haley · 1 ep
The Trial of the Moke
Movie · as James Smith
King
TV · as Andrew Young · 3 eps
Another World
TV · 1547 eps