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Howard Rollins
Actor
Born October 17, 1950Died December 8, 1996 (46 years)
Howard Rollins (1950–1996) 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.
He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Coalhouse Walker Jr. in Ragtime and Virgil Tibbs on In the Heat of the Night.
Filmography
| 1996 | Remember WENN (TV Series) · as George Smith |
| 1995 | Drunks · as Joseph |
| 1994 | New York Undercover (TV Series) · as Reverend Hundley |
| 1992 | With Murder in Mind · as Samuel Carver |
| 1990 | On the Block · as Clay Beasley |
| 1988 | In the Heat of the Night (TV Series) · as Virgil Tibbs |
| 1987 | Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam · as Cast |
| 1986 | Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI · as T.c. Russell |
| 1986 | The Children of Times Square · as Otis Travis |
| 1986 | The Boy King · as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. |
| 1985 | Wildside (TV Series) |
| 1984 | The House of Dies Drear · as Walter Small |
| 1984 | A Soldier's Story · as Captain Davenport |
| 1984 | A Doctor's Story · as Dr. Zack Williams |
| 1983 | For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers · as Medgar Evers |
| 1981 | The House of God · as Chuck Johnston |
| 1981 | Ragtime · as Coalhouse Walker Jr. |
| 1981 | Thornwell · as Carson |
| 1980 | American Playhouse (TV Series) · as Medgar Evers |
| 1980 | |
| 1979 | My Old Man · as Doctor |
| 1979 | Roots: The Next Generations (TV Series) · as George Haley |
| 1978 | The Trial of the Moke · as James Smith |
| 1978 | King (1978) (TV Series) · as Andrew Young |
| 1970 | All My Children (TV Series) · as F. B. I. Agent (early 1980s) |
| 1964 | Another World (TV Series) |