Howard Rollins

Born: 1950-10-17, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.

Died: 1996-12-08

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

• New York Undercover (1994)
• Wildside (1985)
• A Soldier's Story (1984)
• Remembering Ragtime (2004)
• A Doctor's Story (1984)
• The Children of Times Square (1986)
• With Murder in Mind (1992)
• Drunks (1997)
• The House of God (1984)
• The House of Dies Drear (1984)
• Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI (1986)
• For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers (1983)
• Thornwell (1981)
• He's Fired, She's Hired (1984)
• The Trial of the Moke (1978)
• On the Block (1990)
• Harambee! (1996)
• The Boy King (1986)