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Howard Rollins

Born Oct. 17, 1950
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Died Dec. 8, 1996, aged 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.

32 titles
28 Acting
4 Appearances

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Acting (28)

A Soldier's Story (1984)

Captain Davenport

Ragtime (1981)

Coalhouse Walker Jr.

In the Heat of the Night (1988)

Virgil Tibbs

New York Undercover (1994)

Reverend Hundley

Roots: The Next Generations (1979)

George Haley

The Children of Times Square (1986)

Otis Travis

Another World (1964)

King (1978)

Andrew Young

Drunks (1997)

Joseph

American Playhouse (1982)

Medgar Evers

Remember WENN (1996)

George Smith

The House of God (1984)

Chuck Johnston

With Murder in Mind (1992)

Samuel Carver

On the Block (1990)

Clay Beasley

Wildside (1985)

A Doctor's Story (1984)

Dr. Zack Williams

My Old Man (1979)

Doctor

The Trial of the Moke (1978)

James Smith

Thornwell (1981)

Carson

He's Fired, She's Hired (1984)

Raoul

Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI (1986)

T.C. Russell

The Neighborhood (1982)

Allen Campbell

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers (1983)

Medgar Evers

Harambee! (1996)

Chimbuko

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The Boy King (1986)

Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.

The House of Dies Drear (1984)

Walter Small

The Member of the Wedding (1982)

Honey Brown

En el calor de la noche (1988)

Chief of Detectives Virgil Tibbs

Appearances (4)

Fridays (1980)

Self

Chytilová Versus Forman (1981)

Self

The Legacy of Malthus (1994)

Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)

Remembering Ragtime (2004)

Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)