Name
Howard Rollins
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1950-10-17
Deathday
1996-12-08 (46 years old)
Place of Birth
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Biography
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
A Soldier's Story
(210 Votes)
6.8
In a rural town in Louisiana, a black Master Sergeant is found shot to death just outside ...
Relase Date : 14 Sep, 1984
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The Children of Times Square
(15 Votes)
6.3
An alienated teenage boy runs away from home and ventures to New York City where he falls ...
Relase Date : 3 Mar, 1986
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Movies
Tv Shows
- 1981 Ragtime as Coalhouse Walker Jr.
- 1984 A Soldier's Story as Captain Davenport
- 1994 The Legacy of Malthus as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
- 1982 The Neighborhood as Allen Campbell
- 1997 Drunks as Joseph
- 2004 Remembering Ragtime as Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
- 1986 The Children of Times Square as Otis Travis
- 1982 The Member of the Wedding as Honey Brown
- 1983 For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers as Medgar Evers
- 1979 My Old Man as Doctor
- 1984 The House of Dies Drear as Walter Small
- 1986 The Boy King as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
- 1990 On the Block as Clay Beasley
- 1996 Harambee! as Chimbuko
- 1981 Thornwell as Carson
- 1984 A Doctor's Story as Dr. Zack Williams
- 1992 With Murder in Mind as Samuel Carver
- 1986 Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI as T.C. Russell
- 1984 He's Fired, She's Hired as Raoul
- 1978 The Trial of the Moke as James Smith
- 1984 The House of God as Chuck Johnston
- 1981 Chytilová Versus Forman as Self
- 1988 In the Heat of the Night ( 119 episodes ) as Virgil Tibbs
- 1978 King ( 3 episodes ) as Andrew Young
- 1994 New York Undercover ( 1 episode ) as Reverend Hundley
- 1964 Another World ( 1547 episodes )
- 1980 Fridays ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1985 Wildside ( 6 episodes )
- 1996 Remember WENN ( 1 episode ) as George Smith
- 1979 Roots: The Next Generations ( 1 episode ) as George Haley
- 1982 American Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Medgar Evers
- 1988 En el calor de la noche ( 1 episode ) as Chief of Detectives Virgil Tibbs
