
Howard Rollins
Acting
1950-10-17 — 1996-12-08Baltimore, 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.
Known For

7.1
New York Undercover
1994 · tv

7.5
In the Heat of the Night
1988 · tv

7.8
Remember WENN
1996 · tv

7.5
Roots: The Next Generations
1979 · tv

5.4
Fridays
1980 · tv

7.0
Ragtime
1981 · movie

5.2
Another World
1964 · tv

6.4
King
1978 · tv

6.8
A Soldier's Story
1984 · movie

5.7
Wildside
1985 · tv

2.2
The House of God
1984 · movie

2.7
Drunks
1997 · movie

The House of Dies Drear
1984 · movie

6.0
With Murder in Mind
1992 · movie

6.0
He's Fired, She's Hired
1984 · movie

6.0
The Children of Times Square
1986 · movie

6.0
A Doctor's Story
1984 · movie

5.0
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
1986 · movie

3.0
My Old Man
1979 · movie

6.0
Thornwell
1981 · movie

5.0
The Member of the Wedding
1982 · movie

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983 · movie

5.5
The Trial of the Moke
1978 · movie

6.0
The Neighborhood
1982 · movie

Remembering Ragtime
2004 · movie

The Legacy of Malthus
1994 · movie

Harambee!
1996 · movie

The Boy King
1986 · movie

1.0
On the Block
1990 · movie