Howard Rollins
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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
Credits
Ragtime (1981)
as Coalhouse Walker Jr.
A Soldier's Story (1984)
as Captain Davenport
The Legacy of Malthus (1994)
as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
My Old Man (1979)
as Doctor
Drunks (1997)
as Joseph
The House of God (1984)
as Chuck Johnston
With Murder in Mind (1992)
as Samuel Carver
The Children of Times Square (1986)
as Otis Travis
The House of Dies Drear (1984)
as Walter Small
A Doctor's Story (1984)
as Dr. Zack Williams
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI (1986)
as T.C. Russell
The Neighborhood (1982)
as Allen Campbell
Thornwell (1981)
as Carson
The Trial of the Moke (1978)
as James Smith
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers (1983)
as Medgar Evers
He's Fired, She's Hired (1984)
as Raoul
Remembering Ragtime (2004)
as Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
The Member of the Wedding (1982)
as Honey Brown
Harambee! (1996)
as Chimbuko
Chytilová Versus Forman (1981)
as Self
On the Block (1990)
as Clay Beasley
The Boy King (1986)
as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.