Howard Rollins
Acting
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
Acting31
movieRemembering Ragtime
2004
Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
movieDrunks
1997
Joseph
movieHarambee!
1996
Chimbuko
tvRemember WENN
1996
George Smith
tvNew York Undercover
1994
Reverend Hundley
movieThe Legacy of Malthus
1994
Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
movieWith Murder in Mind
1992
Samuel Carver
movieOn the Block
1990
Clay Beasley
tvIn the Heat of the Night
1988
Virgil Tibbs
movieJohnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
1986
T.C. Russell
movieThe Children of Times Square
1986
Otis Travis
movieThe Boy King
1986
Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
movieA Soldier's Story
1984
Captain Davenport
movieThe House of Dies Drear
1984
Walter Small
movieA Doctor's Story
1984
Dr. Zack Williams
movieThe House of God
1984
Chuck Johnston
movieThe Member of the Wedding
1982
Honey Brown
movieThe Neighborhood
1982
Allen Campbell
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982
Medgar Evers
movieRagtime
1981
Coalhouse Walker Jr.
movieThornwell
1981
Carson
tvFridays
1980
Self
movieMy Old Man
1979
Doctor
tvRoots: The Next Generations
1979
George Haley
movieThe Trial of the Moke
1978
James Smith
tvKing
1978
Andrew Young