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Howard Rollins
Acting

Howard Rollins

October 17, 1950December 8, 1996 (aged 46)Baltimore, 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.

Filmography

Remembering Ragtime poster

Remembering Ragtime

as Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)

2004

Remembering Ragtime

as Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)

Drunks poster

Drunks

as Joseph

3.2
•1997

Drunks

as Joseph

Harambee! poster

Harambee!

as Chimbuko

7.0•1996

Harambee!

as Chimbuko

The Legacy of Malthus poster

The Legacy of Malthus

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

9.0•1994

The Legacy of Malthus

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

With Murder in Mind poster

With Murder in Mind

as Samuel Carver

6.2•1992

With Murder in Mind

as Samuel Carver

On the Block poster

On the Block

as Clay Beasley

2.8•1990

On the Block

as Clay Beasley

Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI poster

Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI

as T.C. Russell

6.5•1986

Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI

as T.C. Russell

The Children of Times Square poster

The Children of Times Square

as Otis Travis

6.3•1986

The Children of Times Square

as Otis Travis

The Boy King poster

The Boy King

as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.

7.0•1986

The Boy King

as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.

He's Fired, She's Hired poster

He's Fired, She's Hired

as Raoul

6.5•1984

He's Fired, She's Hired

as Raoul

A Soldier's Story poster

A Soldier's Story

as Captain Davenport

6.8•1984

A Soldier's Story

as Captain Davenport

The House of Dies Drear poster

The House of Dies Drear

as Walter Small

8.0•1984

The House of Dies Drear

as Walter Small

A Doctor's Story poster

A Doctor's Story

as Dr. Zack Williams

6.7•1984

A Doctor's Story

as Dr. Zack Williams

The House of God poster

The House of God

as Chuck Johnston

3.2•1984

The House of God

as Chuck Johnston

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

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers

as Medgar Evers

7.0•1983

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers

as Medgar Evers

The Member of the Wedding poster

The Member of the Wedding

as Honey Brown

5.0•1982

The Member of the Wedding

as Honey Brown

The Neighborhood poster

The Neighborhood

as Allen Campbell

7.0•1982

The Neighborhood

as Allen Campbell

Ragtime poster

Ragtime

as Coalhouse Walker Jr.

7.0•1981

Ragtime

as Coalhouse Walker Jr.

Thornwell poster

Thornwell

as Carson

7.3•1981

Thornwell

as Carson

Chytilová Versus Forman poster

Chytilová Versus Forman

as Self

8.0•1981

Chytilová Versus Forman

as Self

My Old Man poster

My Old Man

as Doctor

5.3•1979

My Old Man

as Doctor

The Trial of the Moke poster

The Trial of the Moke

as James Smith

6.0•1978

The Trial of the Moke

as James Smith