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.
Known For
American Playhouse
1982
New York Undercover
1994
In the Heat of the Night
1988
Another World
1964
Fridays
1980
Remember WENN
1996
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
A Soldier's Story
1984
Wildside
1985
King
1978
Ragtime
1981
With Murder in Mind
1992
Filmography
American Playhouse
as Medgar Evers · 1982
New York Undercover
as Reverend Hundley · 1994
In the Heat of the Night
as Virgil Tibbs · 1988
Another World
· 1964
Fridays
as Self · 1980
Remember WENN
as George Smith · 1996
Roots: The Next Generations
as George Haley · 1979
A Soldier's Story
as Captain Davenport · 1984
Wildside
· 1985
King
as Andrew Young · 1978
Ragtime
as Coalhouse Walker Jr. · 1981
With Murder in Mind
as Samuel Carver · 1992
The Children of Times Square
as Otis Travis · 1986
The House of God
as Chuck Johnston · 1984
En el calor de la noche
as Chief of Detectives Virgil Tibbs · 1988
The Trial of the Moke
as James Smith · 1978
The House of Dies Drear
as Walter Small · 1984
He's Fired, She's Hired
as Raoul · 1984
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
as Medgar Evers · 1983
Remembering Ragtime
as Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage) · 2004
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
as T.C. Russell · 1986
My Old Man
as Doctor · 1979
Drunks
as Joseph · 1997
The Member of the Wedding
as Honey Brown · 1982
A Doctor's Story
as Dr. Zack Williams · 1984
The Legacy of Malthus
as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage) · 1994
Chytilová Versus Forman
as Self · 1981
Harambee!
as Chimbuko · 1996
The Neighborhood
as Allen Campbell · 1982
Thornwell
as Carson · 1981
The Boy King
as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. · 1986
On the Block
as Clay Beasley · 1990