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