Biography
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.
Filmography
all 29
Movies 22
TV Shows 7
self 2
Coalhouse Walker Jr.

Remembering Ragtime (2004)
Movie
Joseph

Drunks (1997)
Movie
Chimbuko

Harambee! (1996)
Movie
Reverend Hundley

New York Undercover (1994)
TV
1
Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)

The Legacy of Malthus (1994)
Movie
Samuel Carver

With Murder in Mind (1992)
Movie
Clay Beasley

On the Block (1990)
Movie
Virgil Tibbs

In the Heat of the Night (1988)
TV
5.76
T.C. Russell

Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI (1986)
Movie
Otis Travis

The Children of Times Square (1986)
Movie
Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.

The Boy King (1986)
Movie
Bannister Sparks

Wildside (1985)
TV
Captain Davenport

A Soldier's Story (1984)
Movie
Walter Small

The House of Dies Drear (1984)
Movie
Dr. Zack Williams

A Doctor's Story (1984)
Movie
Chuck Johnston

The House of God (1984)
Movie
Honey Camden Brown

The Member of the Wedding (1982)
Movie
Allen Campbell

The Neighborhood (1982)
Movie
Coalhouse Walker Jr.

Ragtime (1981)
Movie
7.5
Carson

Thornwell (1981)
Movie
Doctor

My Old Man (1979)
Movie
George Haley

Roots: The Next Generations (1979)
TV
6
James Smith

The Trial of the Moke (1978)
Movie
Andrew Young

King (1978)
TV
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1950-10-17
Deathday1996-12-08 (46 years old)
Birth NameHoward Ellsworth Rollins, Jr.
Birth PlaceBaltimore, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsHoward Rollins Jr., Howard E. Rollins Jr., Howard E. Rollins
AwardsNAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
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