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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Ragtime
as Coalhouse Walker Jr.
1981
A Soldier's Story
as Captain Davenport
1984
The Legacy of Malthus
as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
1994
The Neighborhood
as Allen Campbell
1982
Drunks
as Joseph
1997
Remembering Ragtime
as Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
2004
The Children of Times Square
as Otis Travis
1986
The Member of the Wedding
as Honey Brown
1982
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
as Medgar Evers
1983
My Old Man
as Doctor
1979
The House of Dies Drear
as Walter Small
1984
The Boy King
as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
1986
On the Block
as Clay Beasley
1990
Harambee!
as Chimbuko
1996
Thornwell
as Carson
1981
A Doctor's Story
as Dr. Zack Williams
1984
With Murder in Mind
as Samuel Carver
1992
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
as T.C. Russell
1986
He's Fired, She's Hired
as Raoul
1984
The Trial of the Moke
as James Smith
1978
