Howard Rollins
Acting1950Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
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
Acting History
2004
Remembering Ragtime
as Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
1997
Drunks
as Joseph
1996
Harambee!
as Chimbuko
Remember WENN
TVas George Smith
1995
New York Undercover
TVas Reverend Hundley• 1 eps
1994
The Legacy of Malthus
as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
1992
With Murder in Mind
as Samuel Carver
1990
On the Block
as Clay Beasley
1988
In the Heat of the Night
TVas Virgil Tibbs• 119 eps
1986
The Children of Times Square
as Otis Travis
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
as T.C. Russell
The Boy King
as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
1985
1984
A Soldier's Story
as Captain Davenport
The House of God
as Chuck Johnston
He's Fired, She's Hired
as Raoul
The House of Dies Drear
as Walter Small
A Doctor's Story
as Dr. Zack Williams
1983
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
as Medgar Evers
1982
1979
My Old Man
as Doctor
Roots: The Next Generations
TVas George Haley
1978
The Trial of the Moke
as James Smith
King
TVas Andrew Young• 3 eps
1964