Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
October 17, 1950
Died
December 8, 1996
Age
46
Place of Birth
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Popularity
1.1
Howard Rollins
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.
Also known as
Howard Rollins Jr. · Howard E. Rollins Jr. · Howard E. Rollins
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Known For
6.6
American Playhouse
1982 · TV
7.5
In the Heat of the Night
1988 · TV
7.3
New York Undercover
1994 · TV
6.0
Fridays
1980 · TV
7.8
Remember WENN
1996 · TV
7.5
Roots: The Next Generations
1979 · TV
5.5
Another World
1964 · TV
6.8
A Soldier's Story
1984 · Movie
6.8
Wildside
1985 · TV
6.6
King
1978 · TV
7.0
Ragtime
1981 · Movie
3.2
The House of God
1984 · Movie
Filmography
2004
Remembering Ragtime
Movie · Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
0.0
1997
Drunks
Movie · Joseph
3.2
1996
Harambee!
Movie · Chimbuko
7.0
1996
Remember WENN
TV · George Smith
7.8
1994
New York Undercover
TV · Reverend Hundley
7.3
1994
The Legacy of Malthus
Movie · Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
9.0
1992
With Murder in Mind
Movie · Samuel Carver
6.2
1990
On the Block
Movie · Clay Beasley
2.8
1988
In the Heat of the Night
TV · Virgil Tibbs
7.5
1988
En el calor de la noche
TV · Chief of Detectives Virgil Tibbs
0.0
1986
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
Movie · T.C. Russell
6.5
1986
The Children of Times Square
Movie · Otis Travis
6.3
1986
The Boy King
Movie · Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
7.0
1985
Wildside
TV
6.8
1984
He's Fired, She's Hired
Movie · Raoul
6.5
1984
A Soldier's Story
Movie · Captain Davenport
6.8
1984
The House of Dies Drear
Movie · Walter Small
8.0
1984
A Doctor's Story
Movie · Dr. Zack Williams
6.7
1984
The House of God
Movie · Chuck Johnston
3.2
1983
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Movie · Medgar Evers
7.0
1982
The Member of the Wedding
Movie · Honey Brown
5.0
1982
The Neighborhood
Movie · Allen Campbell
7.0
1982
American Playhouse
TV · Medgar Evers
6.6
1981
Ragtime
Movie · Coalhouse Walker Jr.
7.0