Howard Rollins
Acting
46 years oldBaltimore, Maryland, U.S.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.
Personal Details
Also Known As
Howard Rollins Jr.
Howard E. Rollins Jr.
Howard E. Rollins
Movies (21)
Remembering Ragtime
as Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
2004
2.7
Drunks
as Joseph
1997
Harambee!
as Chimbuko
1996
The Legacy of Malthus
as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
1994
6.0
With Murder in Mind
as Samuel Carver
1992
1.0
On the Block
as Clay Beasley
1990
5.0
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
as T.C. Russell
1986
6.0
The Children of Times Square
as Otis Travis
1986
The Boy King
as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
1986
6.0
He's Fired, She's Hired
as Raoul
1984
6.8
A Soldier's Story
as Captain Davenport
1984
The House of Dies Drear
as Walter Small
1984
6.0
A Doctor's Story
as Dr. Zack Williams
1984
2.3
The House of God
as Chuck Johnston
1984
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
as Medgar Evers
1983
5.0
The Member of the Wedding
as Honey Brown
1982
6.0
The Neighborhood
as Allen Campbell
1982
7.0
Ragtime
as Coalhouse Walker Jr.
1981
6.0
Thornwell
as Carson
1981
3.0
My Old Man
as Doctor
1979
5.5
The Trial of the Moke
as James Smith
1978
