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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 17, 1950
Died
December 8, 1996
Place of Birth
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Also Known As
- Howard Rollins Jr.
- Howard E. Rollins Jr.
- Howard E. Rollins
Howard Rollins
2.1 Popularity
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
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Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
Remembering Ragtime
2004
2.7
Joseph
Drunks
1997
0.0
Chimbuko
Harambee!
1996
8.0
George Smith
Remember WENN
1996
7.2
Reverend Hundley
New York Undercover
1994
0.0
Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
The Legacy of Malthus
1994
6.0
Samuel Carver
With Murder in Mind
1992
1.0
Clay Beasley
On the Block
1990
7.5
Virgil Tibbs
In the Heat of the Night
1988
5.0
T.C. Russell
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
1986
Credits
Remembering Ragtime
as Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
2004
0.0
Drunks
as Joseph
1997
2.7
Harambee!
as Chimbuko
1996
0.0
Remember WENN
as George Smith
1996
8.0
New York Undercover
as Reverend Hundley
1994
7.2
The Legacy of Malthus
as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
1994
0.0
With Murder in Mind
as Samuel Carver
1992
6.0
On the Block
as Clay Beasley
1990
1.0
In the Heat of the Night
as Virgil Tibbs
1988
7.5
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
as T.C. Russell
1986
5.0
The Children of Times Square
as Otis Travis
1986
6.0
The Boy King
as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
1986
0.0
Wildside
1985
5.7
He's Fired, She's Hired
as Raoul
1984
6.0
A Soldier's Story
as Captain Davenport
1984
6.8
The House of Dies Drear
as Walter Small
1984
0.0
A Doctor's Story
as Dr. Zack Williams
1984
6.0
The House of God
as Chuck Johnston
1984
2.3
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
as Medgar Evers
1983
0.0
The Member of the Wedding
as Honey Brown
1982
5.0
The Neighborhood
as Allen Campbell
1982
6.0
Ragtime
as Coalhouse Walker Jr.
1981
7.0
Thornwell
as Carson
1981
6.0
Fridays
as Self
1980
5.4
My Old Man
as Doctor
1979
3.0
Roots: The Next Generations
as George Haley
1979
7.5
The Trial of the Moke
as James Smith
1978
5.5
King
as Andrew Young
1978
6.4
Another World
1964
5.2