Howard Rollins

Acting·Oct 17, 1950·Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.

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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.

Film	Credit
Remembering Ragtime2004 · Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)	Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
Drunks1997 · Joseph	Joseph
Harambee!1996 · Chimbuko	Chimbuko
The Legacy of Malthus1994 · Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)	Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
With Murder in Mind1992 · Samuel Carver	Samuel Carver
On the Block1990 · Clay Beasley	Clay Beasley
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI1986 · T.C. Russell	T.C. Russell
The Children of Times Square1986 · Otis Travis	Otis Travis
The Boy King1986 · Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.	Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
He's Fired, She's Hired1984 · Raoul	Raoul
A Soldier's Story1984 · Captain Davenport	Captain Davenport
The House of Dies Drear1984 · Walter Small	Walter Small
A Doctor's Story1984 · Dr. Zack Williams	Dr. Zack Williams
The House of God1984 · Chuck Johnston	Chuck Johnston
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers1983 · Medgar Evers	Medgar Evers
The Member of the Wedding1982 · Honey Brown	Honey Brown
The Neighborhood1982 · Allen Campbell	Allen Campbell
Ragtime1981 · Coalhouse Walker Jr.	Coalhouse Walker Jr.
Thornwell1981 · Carson	Carson
Chytilová Versus Forman1981 · Self	Self
My Old Man1979 · Doctor	Doctor
The Trial of the Moke1978 · James Smith	James Smith