Cast
Howard Rollins
Acting
Cast
Howard Rollins
Known for
Acting
Born
1950-10-17
From
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Died
1996-12-08
Also known as Howard Rollins Jr., Howard E. Rollins Jr., Howard E. Rollins
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.
Ragtime
as Coalhouse Walker Jr.
The House of God
as Chuck Johnston
A Soldier's Story
as Captain Davenport
Drunks
as Joseph
Thornwell
as Carson
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
as Medgar Evers
The Children of Times Square
as Otis Travis
The Member of the Wedding
as Honey Brown
The House of Dies Drear
as Walter Small
The Legacy of Malthus
as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
as T.C. Russell
With Murder in Mind
as Samuel Carver
A Doctor's Story
as Dr. Zack Williams
My Old Man
as Doctor
The Neighborhood
as Allen Campbell
The Trial of the Moke
as James Smith
Remembering Ragtime
as Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
Harambee!
as Chimbuko
He's Fired, She's Hired
as Raoul
Chytilová Versus Forman
as Self
The Boy King
as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
On the Block
as Clay Beasley