Acting · Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. · Born October 17, 1950
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.
MovieRemembering Ragtime
2004
as Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
MovieDrunks
1997
as Joseph
MovieHarambee!
1996
as Chimbuko
TVRemember WENN
1996
as George Smith
TVNew York Undercover
1994
as Reverend Hundley
MovieThe Legacy of Malthus
1994
as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
MovieWith Murder in Mind
1992
as Samuel Carver
MovieOn the Block
1990
as Clay Beasley
TVIn the Heat of the Night
1988
as Virgil Tibbs
TVEn el calor de la noche
1988
as Chief of Detectives Virgil Tibbs
MovieJohnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
1986
as T.C. Russell
MovieThe Children of Times Square
1986
as Otis Travis
MovieThe Boy King
1986
as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
TVWildside
1985
MovieHe's Fired, She's Hired
1984
as Raoul
MovieA Soldier's Story
1984
as Captain Davenport
MovieThe House of Dies Drear
1984
as Walter Small
MovieA Doctor's Story
1984
as Dr. Zack Williams
MovieThe House of God
1984
as Chuck Johnston
MovieFor Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983
as Medgar Evers
MovieThe Member of the Wedding
1982
as Honey Brown
MovieThe Neighborhood
1982
as Allen Campbell
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Medgar Evers
MovieRagtime
1981
as Coalhouse Walker Jr.
MovieThornwell
1981
as Carson
MovieChytilová Versus Forman
1981
as Self
TVFridays
1980
as Self
MovieMy Old Man
1979
as Doctor
TVRoots: The Next Generations
1979
as George Haley
MovieThe Trial of the Moke
1978
as James Smith
TVKing
1978
as Andrew Young
TVAnother World
1964
