Person file · Acting
Howard Rollins
Born 1950-10-17Baltimore, 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.
Screen work
Movies & roles
Remembering RagtimeCoalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)DrunksJosephHarambee!ChimbukoThe Legacy of MalthusSelf (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)With Murder in MindSamuel CarverOn the BlockClay BeasleyJohnnie Mae Gibson: FBIT.C. RussellThe Children of Times SquareOtis TravisThe Boy KingRev. Martin Luther King Sr.He's Fired, She's HiredRaoulA Soldier's StoryCaptain DavenportThe House of Dies DrearWalter SmallA Doctor's StoryDr. Zack WilliamsThe House of GodChuck JohnstonFor Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar EversMedgar EversThe Member of the WeddingHoney BrownThe NeighborhoodAllen CampbellRagtimeCoalhouse Walker Jr.ThornwellCarsonChytilová Versus FormanSelfMy Old ManDoctorThe Trial of the MokeJames Smith