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Howard Rollins
Howard Rollins

Howard Rollins

ActingBorn October 17, 1950Died December 8, 1996 (age 46)Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.

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.

Filmography

2004
Remembering Ragtime

as Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)

Movie
1997
Drunks

as Joseph

Movie
1996
Harambee!

as Chimbuko

Movie
1996
Remember WENN

as George Smith

TV
1994
New York Undercover

as Reverend Hundley

TV
1994
The Legacy of Malthus

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

Movie
1992
With Murder in Mind

as Samuel Carver

Movie
1990
On the Block

as Clay Beasley

Movie
1988TV
1986Movie
1986Movie
1986
The Boy King

as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.

Movie
1985TV
1984Movie
1984
A Soldier's Story

as Captain Davenport

Movie
1984Movie
1984
A Doctor's Story

as Dr. Zack Williams

Movie
1984
The House of God

as Chuck Johnston

Movie
1982Movie
1982
The Neighborhood

as Allen Campbell

Movie
1981
Ragtime

as Coalhouse Walker Jr.

Movie
1981
Thornwell

as Carson

Movie
1981Movie
1980
Fridays

as Self

TV
1979
My Old Man

as Doctor

Movie
1979TV
1978
The Trial of the Moke

as James Smith

Movie
1978
King

as Andrew Young

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayOctober 17, 1950
Day of DeathDecember 8, 1996
Place of BirthBaltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Popularity0.6