Acting
Howard Rollins
Born 17 October 1950 in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. · Died 8 December 1996
31 credits
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
Acting 31
- 2004Remembering RagtimeFilmCoalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
- 1997DrunksFilmJoseph
- 1996Remember WENNSeriesGeorge Smith
- 1996Harambee!FilmChimbuko
- 1994New York UndercoverSeriesReverend Hundley
- 1994The Legacy of MalthusFilmSelf (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
- 1992With Murder in MindFilmSamuel Carver
- 1990On the BlockFilmClay Beasley
- 1988In the Heat of the NightSeriesVirgil Tibbs
- 1988En el calor de la nocheSeriesChief of Detectives Virgil Tibbs
- 1986The Children of Times SquareFilmOtis Travis
- 1986Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBIFilmT.C. Russell
- 1986The Boy KingFilmRev. Martin Luther King Sr.
- 1985WildsideSeries
- 1984A Soldier's StoryFilmCaptain Davenport
- 1984The House of GodFilmChuck Johnston
- 1984A Doctor's StoryFilmDr. Zack Williams
- 1984He's Fired, She's HiredFilmRaoul
- 1984The House of Dies DrearFilmWalter Small
- 1983For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar EversFilmMedgar Evers
- 1982American PlayhouseSeriesMedgar Evers
- 1982The NeighborhoodFilmAllen Campbell
- 1982The Member of the WeddingFilmHoney Brown
- 1981RagtimeFilmCoalhouse Walker Jr.
- 1981ThornwellFilmCarson
- 1981Chytilová Versus FormanFilmSelf
- 1980FridaysSeriesSelf
- 1979Roots: The Next GenerationsSeriesGeorge Haley
- 1979My Old ManFilmDoctor
- 1978KingSeriesAndrew Young
- 1978The Trial of the MokeFilmJames Smith
Filmography from TMDB.