Howard Rollins

Personal Info

Birthday

October 17, 1950

Day of Death

1996-12-08

(46 years old)

Place of Birth

Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.

Also Known As

Howard Rollins Jr.

Howard E. Rollins Jr.

Howard E. Rollins

Howard Rollins

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

In the Heat of the Night

New York Undercover

Remember WENN

Roots: The Next Generations

Ragtime

King

A Soldier's Story

A Doctor's Story

Filmography

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