Howard Rollins

Howard Rollins

Known for

Acting

Born

October 17, 1950

Birthplace

Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.

Died

December 8, 1996 (aged 46)

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.

Best known work

A Soldier's Story

A Soldier's Story

1984

Ragtime

Ragtime

1981

In the Heat of the Night

In the Heat of the Night

1988

New York Undercover

New York Undercover

1994

Roots: The Next Generations

Roots: The Next Generations

1979

The Children of Times Square

The Children of Times Square

1986

King

King

1978

Another World

Another World

1964

Drunks

Drunks

1997

Fridays

Fridays

1980

Filmography

2004
Remembering Ragtime
as Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
1997
Drunks
as Joseph
1996
Harambee!
as Chimbuko
1996
Remember WENNTV
as George Smith (1 episode)
1994
New York UndercoverTV
as Reverend Hundley (1 episode)
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
1988
In the Heat of the NightTV
as Virgil Tibbs (119 episodes)
1988
En el calor de la nocheTV
as Chief of Detectives Virgil Tibbs (1 episode)
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
WildsideTV
1984
He's Fired, She's Hired
as Raoul
1984
A Soldier's Story
as Captain Davenport
1984
The House of Dies Drear
as Walter Small
1984
A Doctor's Story
as Dr. Zack Williams
1984
The House of God
as Chuck Johnston
1983
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
as Medgar Evers
1982
The Member of the Wedding
as Honey Brown
1982
The Neighborhood
as Allen Campbell
1982
American PlayhouseTV
as Medgar Evers (1 episode)
1981
Ragtime
as Coalhouse Walker Jr.
1981
Thornwell
as Carson