Howard Rollins

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Male

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

total credits

22 movies

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.

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Known For

Ragtime

as Coalhouse Walker Jr.

Drunks

as Joseph

A Soldier's Story

as Captain Davenport

My Old Man

as Doctor

The House of God

as Chuck Johnston

The Children of Times Square

as Otis Travis

Filmography

22 credits · sorted by popularity · swipe or use arrows

7.0

Ragtime

1981as Coalhouse Walker Jr.

3.2

Drunks

1997as Joseph

6.8

A Soldier's Story

1984as Captain Davenport

5.3

My Old Man

1979as Doctor

3.2

The House of God

1984as Chuck Johnston

6.3

The Children of Times Square

Thornwell

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers

With Murder in Mind

He's Fired, She's Hired

1984as Raoul

6.7

A Doctor's Story

1984as Dr. Zack Williams

Remembering Ragtime

2004as Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)

8.0

The House of Dies Drear

1984as Walter Small

6.0

The Trial of the Moke

1978as James Smith

6.5

Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI

Harambee!

The Legacy of Malthus

1994as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)

7.0

The Neighborhood

1982as Allen Campbell

5.0

The Member of the Wedding

1982as Honey Brown

7.0

The Boy King

1986as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.

8.0

Chytilová Versus Forman

1981as Self

2.8

On the Block

1990as Clay Beasley