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.
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Filmography
all 25
Movies 18
TV Shows 7
self 1
Coalhouse Walker Jr.
Remembering Ragtime (2004)
Movie
Joseph
Drunks (1997)
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
Chief of Detectives Virgil Tibbs / Attorney 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
Bannister Sparks
Wildside (1985)
TV
Raoul
He's Fired, She's Hired (1984)
Movie
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
Medgar Evers
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers (1983)
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
Fridays (1980)
TV
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
Another World (1964)
TV
Ratings
Average 5.57
Based on 39.5 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1964
1981
1984
1984
2004
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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 of America
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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