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.

Movies & TV Shows

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