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Howard Rollins · Movie List

Howard Rollins

Actor

Born October 17, 1950 in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.. Died December 8, 1996.

Howard Rollins (October 17, 1950 – December 8, 1996) was an American television, film, and stage actor.

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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

Drunks
Film, 1997
as Joseph
Harambee!
Film, 1996
as Chimbuko
Remember WENN
TV series, 1996
as George Smith
New York Undercover
TV series, 1994
as Reverend Hundley
With Murder in Mind
Film, 1992
as Samuel Carver
On the Block
Film, 1990
as Clay Beasley
In the Heat of the Night
TV series, 1988
as Virgil Tibbs
En el calor de la noche
TV series, 1988
as Chief of Detectives Virgil Tibbs
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
Film, 1986
as T.C. Russell
The Children of Times Square
Film, 1986
as Otis Travis
The Boy King
Film, 1986
as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
Wildside
TV series, 1985
6 episodes
He's Fired, She's Hired
Film, 1984
as Raoul
A Soldier's Story
Film, 1984
as Captain Davenport
The House of Dies Drear
Film, 1984
as Walter Small
A Doctor's Story
Film, 1984
as Dr. Zack Williams
The House of God
Film, 1984
as Chuck Johnston
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Film, 1983
as Medgar Evers
The Member of the Wedding
Film, 1982
as Honey Brown
The Neighborhood
Film, 1982
as Allen Campbell
American Playhouse
TV series, 1982
as Medgar Evers
Ragtime
Film, 1981
as Coalhouse Walker Jr.
Thornwell
Film, 1981
as Carson
My Old Man
Film, 1979
as Doctor
Roots: The Next Generations
TV series, 1979
as George Haley
The Trial of the Moke
Film, 1978
as James Smith
King
TV series, 1978
as Andrew Young
Another World
TV series, 1964
1547 episodes