Howard Rollins
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.
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Acting Credits
Acting
Movie
A Soldier's Story
as Captain Davenport
1984
Movie
Ragtime
as Coalhouse Walker Jr.
1981
TV
In the Heat of the Night
as Virgil Tibbs
1988
TV
New York Undercover
as Reverend Hundley
1994
TV
Roots: The Next Generations
as George Haley
1979
Movie
The Children of Times Square
as Otis Travis
1986
TV
King
as Andrew Young
1978
TV
Another World
1964
Movie
Drunks
as Joseph
1997
TV
Fridays
as Self
1980
TV
Remember WENN
as George Smith
1996
Movie
With Murder in Mind
as Samuel Carver
1992
Movie
The House of God
as Chuck Johnston
1984
Movie
On the Block
as Clay Beasley
1990
TV
Wildside
1985
Movie
My Old Man
as Doctor
1979
Movie
Thornwell
as Carson
1981
Movie
A Doctor's Story
as Dr. Zack Williams
1984
Movie
The Trial of the Moke
as James Smith
1978
Movie
The Neighborhood
as Allen Campbell
1982
Movie
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
as T.C. Russell
1986
Movie
He's Fired, She's Hired
as Raoul
1984
Movie
The Legacy of Malthus
as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
1994
Movie
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
as Medgar Evers
1983