Howard Rollins
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 17, 1950
- Died
- December 8, 1996
- Birthplace
- Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
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
Remembering Ragtime 2004
as Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
Drunks 1997
as Joseph
Harambee! 1996
as Chimbuko
The Legacy of Malthus 1994
as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
With Murder in Mind 1992
as Samuel Carver
On the Block 1990
as Clay Beasley
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI 1986
as T.C. Russell
The Children of Times Square 1986
as Otis Travis
The Boy King 1986
as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
He's Fired, She's Hired 1984
as Raoul
A Soldier's Story 1984
as Captain Davenport
The House of Dies Drear 1984
as Walter Small
A Doctor's Story 1984
as Dr. Zack Williams
The House of God 1984
as Chuck Johnston
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers 1983
as Medgar Evers
The Member of the Wedding 1982
as Honey Brown
The Neighborhood 1982
as Allen Campbell
Ragtime 1981
as Coalhouse Walker Jr.
Thornwell 1981
as Carson
Chytilová Versus Forman 1981
as Self
My Old Man 1979
as Doctor
The Trial of the Moke 1978
as James Smith
Credits from TMDB.