Howard Rollins

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Howard Rollins

Acting October 17, 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 Ragt…

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American Playhouse

American Playhouse

6.6 1982 TV Show
New York Undercover

New York Undercover

7.3 1994 TV Show
In the Heat of the Night

In the Heat of the Night

7.6 1988 TV Show
A Soldier's Story

A Soldier's Story

6.8 1984 Movie
Ragtime

Ragtime

7.0 1981 Movie
Fridays

Fridays

6.0 1980 TV Show
Another World

Another World

5.5 1964 TV Show
Roots: The Next Generations

Roots: The Next Generations

7.5 1979 TV Show
Remember WENN

Remember WENN

7.8 1996 TV Show
King

King

6.6 1978 TV Show
Wildside

Wildside

6.8 1985 TV Show
The Children of Times Square

The Children of Times Square

6.3 1986 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2004
    Remembering Ragtime

    Movie Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)

  2. 1997
    Drunks

    Movie Joseph

  3. 1996
    Harambee!

    Movie Chimbuko

  4. 1996
    Remember WENN

    TV show George Smith

  5. 1994
    New York Undercover

    TV show Reverend Hundley

  6. 1994
    The Legacy of Malthus

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

  7. 1992
    With Murder in Mind

    Movie Samuel Carver

  8. 1990
    On the Block

    Movie Clay Beasley

  9. 1988
    In the Heat of the Night

    TV show Virgil Tibbs

  10. 1988
    En el calor de la noche

    TV show Chief of Detectives Virgil Tibbs

  11. 1986
    Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI

    Movie T.C. Russell

  12. 1986
    The Children of Times Square

    Movie Otis Travis

  13. 1986
    The Boy King

    Movie Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.

  14. 1985
    Wildside

    TV show

  15. 1984
    He's Fired, She's Hired

    Movie Raoul

  16. 1984
    A Soldier's Story

    Movie Captain Davenport

More credits
  1. 1984
    The House of Dies Drear

    Movie Walter Small

  2. 1984
    A Doctor's Story

    Movie Dr. Zack Williams

  3. 1984
    The House of God

    Movie Chuck Johnston

  4. 1983
    For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers

    Movie Medgar Evers

  5. 1982
    The Member of the Wedding

    Movie Honey Brown

  6. 1982
    The Neighborhood

    Movie Allen Campbell

  7. 1982
    American Playhouse

    TV show Medgar Evers

  8. 1981
    Ragtime

    Movie Coalhouse Walker Jr.

  9. 1981
    Thornwell

    Movie Carson

  10. 1981
    Chytilová Versus Forman

    Movie Self

  11. 1980
    Fridays

    TV show Self

  12. 1979
    My Old Man

    Movie Doctor

  13. 1979
    Roots: The Next Generations

    TV show George Haley

  14. 1978
    The Trial of the Moke

    Movie James Smith

  15. 1978
    King

    TV show Andrew Young

  16. 1964
    Another World

    TV show