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Howard Rollins

Howard Rollins

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

17/10/1950

Day of Death

08/12/1996
(46) years old

Place of Birth

Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.

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.

Known For

Remembering Ragtime

Remembering Ragtime

Drunks

Drunks

Harambee!

Harambee!

The Legacy of Malthus

The Legacy of Malthus

With Murder in Mind

With Murder in Mind

On the Block

On the Block

Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI

Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI

The Children of Times Square

The Children of Times Square

The Boy King

The Boy King

He's Fired, She's Hired

He's Fired, She's Hired

Filmography

Cast

2004

Remembering Ragtime

as Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)

1997

Drunks

as Joseph

1996

Harambee!

as Chimbuko

1994

The Legacy of Malthus

as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archi...

1992

With Murder in Mind

as Samuel Carver

1990

On the Block

as Clay Beasley

1986

Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI

as T.C. Russell

1986

The Children of Times Square

as Otis Travis

1986

The Boy King

as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.

1984

He's Fired, She's Hired

as Raoul

1984

A Soldier's Story

as Captain Davenport

1984

The House of Dies Drear

as Walter Small

1984

A Doctor's Story

as Dr. Zack Williams

1984

The House of God

as Chuck Johnston

1983

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar ...

as Medgar Evers

1982

The Member of the Wedding

as Honey Brown

1982

The Neighborhood

as Allen Campbell

1981

Ragtime

as Coalhouse Walker Jr.

1981

Thornwell

as Carson

1979

My Old Man

as Doctor

1978

The Trial of the Moke

as James Smith