Howard Rollins
Department: Acting
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
Ragtime
1981
A Soldier's Story
1984
The Legacy of Malthus
1994
The Neighborhood
1982
Drunks
1997
Remembering Ragtime
2004
The Children of Times Square
1986
The Member of the Wedding
1982
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983
My Old Man
1979
The House of Dies Drear
1984
The Boy King
1986
On the Block
1990
Harambee!
1996
Thornwell
1981
A Doctor's Story
1984
With Murder in Mind
1992
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
1986
He's Fired, She's Hired
1984
The Trial of the Moke
1978
The House of God
1984
In the Heat of the Night
1988
King
1978
New York Undercover
1994
Another World
1964
Fridays
1980
Wildside
1985
Remember WENN
1996
Roots: The Next Generations
1979