Acting
Howard Rollins
Also Known As: Howard Rollins Jr., Howard E. Rollins Jr., Howard E. Rollins
Birth Date
October 17, 1950
Death Date
December 8, 1996
(passed away at 46)
Place of Birth
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
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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.
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American Playhouse
Medgar Evers
1982 • 1 episode
New York Undercover
Reverend Hundley
1994 • 1 episode
In the Heat of the Night
Virgil Tibbs
1988 • 119 episodes
Fridays
Self
1980 • 1 episode
Another World
1964 • 1547 episodes
Roots: The Next Generations
George Haley
1979 • 1 episode
Remember WENN
George Smith
1996 • 1 episode
Wildside
1985 • 6 episodes
King
Andrew Young
1978 • 3 episodes
A Soldier's Story
Captain Davenport
1984
Ragtime
Coalhouse Walker Jr.
1981
The House of God
Chuck Johnston
1984
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
T.C. Russell
1986
The Trial of the Moke
James Smith
1978
With Murder in Mind
Samuel Carver
1992
The House of Dies Drear
Walter Small
1984
The Children of Times Square
Otis Travis
1986
Drunks
Joseph
1997
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Medgar Evers
1983
He's Fired, She's Hired
Raoul
1984