Howard Rollins

Howard Rollins

  • Birthday: 1950-10-17
  • Deathday: 1996-12-08
  • Place of birth: Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
  • Also know as: Howard Rollins Jr.

Biography

Howard Rollins (1950–1996) 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.

Filmography

A Soldier's Story

1984

As Captain Davenport

The Children of Times Square

1986

As Otis Travis

The House of Dies Drear

1984

As Walter Small

Ragtime

1981

As Coalhouse Walker Jr.

A Doctor's Story

1984

As Dr. Zack Williams

Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI

1986

As T.C. Russell

The Member of the Wedding

1982

As Honey Brown

With Murder in Mind

1992

As Samuel Carver

The Trial of the Moke

1978

As James Smith

Thornwell

1981

As Carson

Drunks

1997

As Joseph

The Neighborhood

1982

As Allen Campbell

Remembering Ragtime

2004

As Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)

My Old Man

1979

As Doctor

The House of God

1984

As Chuck Johnston

The Legacy of Malthus

1994

As Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)

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