Howard Rollins
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1950-10-17
Day of Death
1996-12-08 (46 years old)
Place of Birth
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Howard Rollins
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.
Known For
Acting
(2004)
Remembering Ragtime
as Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
(1997)
Drunks
as Joseph
(1996)
Harambee!
as Chimbuko
(1994)
The Legacy of Malthus
as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
(1992)
With Murder in Mind
as Samuel Carver
(1990)
On the Block
as Clay Beasley
(1986)
The Children of Times Square
as Otis Travis
(1986)
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
as T.C. Russell
(1986)
The Boy King
as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
(1984)
A Soldier's Story
as Captain Davenport
(1984)
The House of God
as Chuck Johnston
(1984)
The House of Dies Drear
as Walter Small
(1984)
He's Fired, She's Hired
as Raoul
(1984)
A Doctor's Story
as Dr. Zack Williams
(1983)
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
as Medgar Evers
(1982)
The Neighborhood
as Allen Campbell
(1982)
The Member of the Wedding
as Honey Brown
(1981)
Ragtime
as Coalhouse Walker Jr.
(1981)
Thornwell
as Carson
(1979)
My Old Man
as Doctor
(1978)
The Trial of the Moke
as James Smith