Howard Rollins
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.
Filmography
Remembering Ragtime
as Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
Remembering Ragtime
as Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
Drunks
as Joseph
Drunks
as Joseph
Harambee!
as Chimbuko
Harambee!
as Chimbuko
The Legacy of Malthus
as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
The Legacy of Malthus
as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
With Murder in Mind
as Samuel Carver
With Murder in Mind
as Samuel Carver
On the Block
as Clay Beasley
On the Block
as Clay Beasley
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
as T.C. Russell
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
as T.C. Russell
The Children of Times Square
as Otis Travis
The Children of Times Square
as Otis Travis
The Boy King
as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
The Boy King
as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
He's Fired, She's Hired
as Raoul
He's Fired, She's Hired
as Raoul
A Soldier's Story
as Captain Davenport
A Soldier's Story
as Captain Davenport
The House of Dies Drear
as Walter Small
The House of Dies Drear
as Walter Small
A Doctor's Story
as Dr. Zack Williams
A Doctor's Story
as Dr. Zack Williams
The House of God
as Chuck Johnston
The House of God
as Chuck Johnston
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
as Medgar Evers
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
as Medgar Evers
The Member of the Wedding
as Honey Brown
The Member of the Wedding
as Honey Brown
The Neighborhood
as Allen Campbell
The Neighborhood
as Allen Campbell
Ragtime
as Coalhouse Walker Jr.
Ragtime
as Coalhouse Walker Jr.
Thornwell
as Carson
Thornwell
as Carson
Chytilová Versus Forman
as Self
Chytilová Versus Forman
as Self
My Old Man
as Doctor
My Old Man
as Doctor
The Trial of the Moke
as James Smith
The Trial of the Moke
as James Smith