
Howard Rollins
Acting
1950-10-17 - Present
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.
Credits

RagtimeasCoalhouse Walker Jr.

A Soldier's StoryasCaptain Davenport

DrunksasJoseph

A Doctor's StoryasDr. Zack Williams

My Old ManasDoctor

The House of GodasChuck Johnston

ThornwellasCarson

The NeighborhoodasAllen Campbell

With Murder in MindasSamuel Carver

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar EversasMedgar Evers

The Member of the WeddingasHoney Brown

The Children of Times SquareasOtis Travis

He's Fired, She's HiredasRaoul

Remembering RagtimeasCoalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)

The Trial of the MokeasJames Smith

Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBIasT.C. Russell

Harambee!asChimbuko

The Legacy of MalthusasSelf (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)

The House of Dies DrearasWalter Small

The Boy KingasRev. Martin Luther King Sr.

On the BlockasClay Beasley