Actor
Howard Rollins
Born 1950 · 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.
Acting
Ragtime
Coalhouse Walker Jr. · 1981
A Soldier's Story
Captain Davenport · 1984
In the Heat of the Night
Virgil Tibbs · 1988
Roots: The Next Generations
George Haley · 1979
New York Undercover
Reverend Hundley · 1994
Remember WENN
George Smith · 1996
The Legacy of Malthus
Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage) · 1994
King
Andrew Young · 1978
The Children of Times Square
Otis Travis · 1986
The House of Dies Drear
Walter Small · 1984
Thornwell
Carson · 1981
The Neighborhood
Allen Campbell · 1982
A Doctor's Story
Dr. Zack Williams · 1984
Fridays
Self · 1980
With Murder in Mind
Samuel Carver · 1992
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Medgar Evers · 1983
Harambee!
Chimbuko · 1996
The Boy King
Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. · 1986
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
T.C. Russell · 1986
He's Fired, She's Hired
Raoul · 1984
The Trial of the Moke
James Smith · 1978
My Old Man
Doctor · 1979
The Member of the Wedding
Honey Brown · 1982
Drunks
Joseph · 1997