Acting
Howard Rollins
EN cinema · 22 credits
Born
17 October 1950
Died
8 December 1996 (aged 46)
Birthplace
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Also known as Howard Rollins Jr. · Howard E. Rollins Jr. · Howard E. Rollins
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
as Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
Drunks
as Joseph
Harambee!
as Chimbuko
The Legacy of Malthus
as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
With Murder in Mind
as Samuel Carver
On the Block
as Clay Beasley
The Children of Times Square
as Otis Travis
The Boy King
as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
as T.C. Russell
A Soldier's Story
as Captain Davenport
The House of Dies Drear
as Walter Small
A Doctor's Story
as Dr. Zack Williams
The House of God
as Chuck Johnston
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
as Medgar Evers
The Neighborhood
as Allen Campbell
The Member of the Wedding
as Honey Brown
Ragtime
as Coalhouse Walker Jr.
Thornwell
as Carson
My Old Man
as Doctor
The Trial of the Moke
as James Smith