Acting
Howard Rollins
Born 1950-10-17
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Department: Acting
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
Prominent works featuring Howard Rollins
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American Playhouse
1982
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New York Undercover
1994
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In the Heat of the Night
1988
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A Soldier's Story
1984
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Ragtime
1981
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Fridays
1980
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Roots: The Next Generations
1979
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Another World
1964
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Remember WENN
1996
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Wildside
1985
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (32 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Remembering Ragtime | Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage) | Movie | 2004 |
 | Drunks | Joseph | Movie | 1997 |
 | Harambee! | Chimbuko | Movie | 1996 |
 | Remember WENN | George Smith | TV Series | 1996 |
 | New York Undercover | Reverend Hundley | TV Series | 1994 |
 | The Legacy of Malthus | Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage) | Movie | 1994 |
 | With Murder in Mind | Samuel Carver | Movie | 1992 |
 | On the Block | Clay Beasley | Movie | 1990 |
 | In the Heat of the Night | Virgil Tibbs | TV Series | 1988 |
 | En el calor de la noche | Chief of Detectives Virgil Tibbs | TV Series | 1988 |
 | Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI | T.C. Russell | Movie | 1986 |
 | The Children of Times Square | Otis Travis | Movie | 1986 |
 | The Boy King | Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. | Movie | 1986 |
 | Wildside | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1985 |
 | He's Fired, She's Hired | Raoul | Movie | 1984 |
 | A Soldier's Story | Captain Davenport | Movie | 1984 |
 | The House of Dies Drear | Walter Small | Movie | 1984 |
 | A Doctor's Story | Dr. Zack Williams | Movie | 1984 |
 | The House of God | Chuck Johnston | Movie | 1984 |
 | For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers | Medgar Evers | Movie | 1983 |
 | The Member of the Wedding | Honey Brown | Movie | 1982 |
 | The Neighborhood | Allen Campbell | Movie | 1982 |
 | American Playhouse | Medgar Evers | TV Series | 1982 |
 | Ragtime | Coalhouse Walker Jr. | Movie | 1981 |
 | Thornwell | Carson | Movie | 1981 |
 | Chytilová Versus Forman | Self | Movie | 1981 |
 | Fridays | Self | TV Series | 1980 |
 | My Old Man | Doctor | Movie | 1979 |
 | Roots: The Next Generations | George Haley | TV Series | 1979 |
 | The Trial of the Moke | James Smith | Movie | 1978 |
 | King | Andrew Young | TV Series | 1978 |
 | Another World | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1964 |