Person

Howard Rollins

Acting · 1950–1996 · 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.

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  American Playhouse

  Medgar Evers

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  In the Heat of the Night

  Virgil Tibbs

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  New York Undercover

  Reverend Hundley

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  Fridays

  Self

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  Another World

  1964

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  Remember WENN

  George Smith

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  Roots: The Next Generations

  George Haley

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  Wildside

  1985

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  A Soldier's Story

  Captain Davenport

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  King

  Andrew Young

• 2004Remembering RagtimeCoalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
• 1997DrunksJoseph
• 1996Harambee!Chimbuko
• 1996Remember WENNGeorge Smith
• 1994New York UndercoverReverend Hundley
• 1994The Legacy of MalthusSelf (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
• 1992With Murder in MindSamuel Carver
• 1990On the BlockClay Beasley
• 1988In the Heat of the NightVirgil Tibbs
• 1988En el calor de la nocheChief of Detectives Virgil Tibbs
• 1986Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBIT.C. Russell
• 1986The Children of Times SquareOtis Travis
• 1986The Boy KingRev. Martin Luther King Sr.
• 1985Wildside
• 1984He's Fired, She's HiredRaoul
• 1984A Soldier's StoryCaptain Davenport
• 1984The House of Dies DrearWalter Small
• 1984A Doctor's StoryDr. Zack Williams
• 1984The House of GodChuck Johnston
• 1983For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar EversMedgar Evers
• 1982The Member of the WeddingHoney Brown
• 1982The NeighborhoodAllen Campbell
• 1982American PlayhouseMedgar Evers
• 1981RagtimeCoalhouse Walker Jr.
• 1981ThornwellCarson
• 1981Chytilová Versus FormanSelf
• 1980FridaysSelf
• 1979My Old ManDoctor
• 1979Roots: The Next GenerationsGeorge Haley
• 1978The Trial of the MokeJames Smith
• 1978KingAndrew Young
• 1964Another World