Howard Rollins
Born on October 17th, 1950
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Died on December 8th, 1996
Biography Howard Rollins (1950–1996) 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.
Filmography Remembering Ragtime
2004
Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
Details The Legacy of Malthus
1994
Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
Details With Murder in Mind
1992
Samuel Carver
Details On the Block
1990
Clay Beasley
Details Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
1986
T.C. Russell
Details The Children of Times Square
1986
Otis Travis
Details The Boy King
1986
Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
Details He's Fired, She's Hired
1984
Raoul
Details A Soldier's Story
1984
Captain Davenport
Details The House of Dies Drear
1984
Walter Small
Details A Doctor's Story
1984
Dr. Zack Williams
Details The House of God
1984
Chuck Johnston
Details For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983
Medgar Evers
Details The Member of the Wedding
1982
Honey Brown
Details The Neighborhood
1982
Allen Campbell
Details Ragtime
1981
Coalhouse Walker Jr.
Details The Trial of the Moke
1978
James Smith
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