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
tv
7.3
1994
New York Undercover
1994 · tv
tv
7.6
1988
In the Heat of the Night
1988 · tv
tv
7.8
1996
Remember WENN
1996 · tv
tv
5.9
1980
Fridays
1980 · tv
tv
5.5
1964
Another World
1964 · tv
tv
7.4
1979
Roots: The Next Generations
1979 · tv
movie
7.0
1981
Ragtime
1981 · movie
tv
6.6
1978
King
1978 · tv
movie
3.2
1984
The House of God
1984 · movie
tv
6.8
1985
Wildside
1985 · tv
movie
6.8
1984
A Soldier's Story
1984 · movie
movie
3.2
1997
Drunks
1997 · movie
movie
7.3
1981
Thornwell
1981 · movie
movie
6.3
1986
The Children of Times Square
1986 · movie
movie
7.0
1983
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983 · movie
movie
9.0
1994
The Legacy of Malthus
1994 · movie
movie
5.0
1982
The Member of the Wedding
1982 · movie
movie
6.7
1984
A Doctor's Story
1984 · movie
movie
5.3
1979
My Old Man
1979 · movie
movie
8.0
1984
The House of Dies Drear
1984 · movie
movie
6.2
1992
With Murder in Mind
1992 · movie
movie
2004
Remembering Ragtime
2004 · movie
movie
6.5
1986
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
1986 · movie
movie
7.0
1982
The Neighborhood
1982 · movie
movie
6.5
1984
He's Fired, She's Hired
1984 · movie
movie
6.0
1978
The Trial of the Moke
1978 · movie
movie
8.0
1981
Chytilová Versus Forman
1981 · movie
movie
7.0
1996
Harambee!
1996 · movie
movie
7.0
1986
The Boy King
1986 · movie
movie
2.8
1990
On the Block
1990 · movie