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