Howard Rollins
Acting
1950-10-17 · 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.
movieRemembering Ragtime
as Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage) · 2004 · 0.0
movieDrunks
as Joseph · 1997 · 3.2
movieHarambee!
as Chimbuko · 1996 · 7.0
tvRemember WENN
as George Smith · 1996 · 7.8
tvNew York Undercover
as Reverend Hundley · 1994 · 7.3
movieThe Legacy of Malthus
as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage) · 1994 · 9.0
movieWith Murder in Mind
as Samuel Carver · 1992 · 6.2
movieOn the Block
as Clay Beasley · 1990 · 2.8
tvIn the Heat of the Night
as Virgil Tibbs · 1988 · 7.6
movieJohnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
as T.C. Russell · 1986 · 6.5
movieThe Children of Times Square
as Otis Travis · 1986 · 6.3
movieThe Boy King
as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. · 1986 · 7.0
tvWildside
as · 1985 · 6.8
movieHe's Fired, She's Hired
as Raoul · 1984 · 6.5
movieA Soldier's Story
as Captain Davenport · 1984 · 6.8
movieThe House of Dies Drear
as Walter Small · 1984 · 8.0
movieA Doctor's Story
as Dr. Zack Williams · 1984 · 6.7
movieThe House of God
as Chuck Johnston · 1984 · 3.2
movieFor Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
as Medgar Evers · 1983 · 7.0
movieThe Member of the Wedding
as Honey Brown · 1982 · 5.0
movieThe Neighborhood
as Allen Campbell · 1982 · 7.0
movieRagtime
as Coalhouse Walker Jr. · 1981 · 7.0
movieThornwell
as Carson · 1981 · 7.3
movieChytilová Versus Forman
as Self · 1981 · 8.0