Howard Rollins
Acting
Born October 17, 1950 · 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.
Films (21)
Remembering Ragtime
2004
Drunks
1997
Harambee!
1996
The Legacy of Malthus
1994
With Murder in Mind
1992
On the Block
1990
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
1986
The Children of Times Square
1986
The Boy King
1986
He's Fired, She's Hired
1984
A Soldier's Story
1984
The House of Dies Drear
1984
A Doctor's Story
1984
The House of God
1984
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983
The Member of the Wedding
1982
The Neighborhood
1982
Ragtime
1981
Thornwell
1981
My Old Man
1979
The Trial of the Moke
1978