Howard Rollins

Acting

Howard Rollins

Born 17 October 1950 · Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. · Died 8 December 1996 at 46

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

Highlights

Ragtime1981 · Film · Coalhouse Walker Jr.
A Soldier's Story1984 · Film · Captain Davenport
In the Heat of the Night1988 · Series · Virgil Tibbs
Roots: The Next Generations1979 · Series · George Haley
New York Undercover1994 · Series · Reverend Hundley
The Children of Times Square1986 · Film · Otis Travis

Filmography

Movies

19 films

Drunks1997 · Film · Joseph
Harambee!1996 · Film · Chimbuko
With Murder in Mind1992 · Film · Samuel Carver
On the Block1990 · Film · Clay Beasley
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI1986 · Film · T.C. Russell
The Children of Times Square1986 · Film · Otis Travis
The Boy King1986 · Film · Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
He's Fired, She's Hired1984 · Film · Raoul
A Soldier's Story1984 · Film · Captain Davenport
The House of Dies Drear1984 · Film · Walter Small
A Doctor's Story1984 · Film · Dr. Zack Williams
The House of God1984 · Film · Chuck Johnston
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers1983 · Film · Medgar Evers
The Member of the Wedding1982 · Film · Honey Brown
The Neighborhood1982 · Film · Allen Campbell
Ragtime1981 · Film · Coalhouse Walker Jr.
Thornwell1981 · Film · Carson
My Old Man1979 · Film · Doctor
The Trial of the Moke1978 · Film · James Smith

Filmography

Series

9 shows

Remember WENN1996 · Series · George Smith
New York Undercover1994 · Series · Reverend Hundley
In the Heat of the Night1988 · Series · Virgil Tibbs
En el calor de la noche1988 · Series · Chief of Detectives Virgil Tibbs
Wildside1985 · Series
American Playhouse1982 · Series · Medgar Evers
Roots: The Next Generations1979 · Series · George Haley
King1978 · Series · Andrew Young
Another World1964 · Series