Howard Rollins
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 (31 titles)
MovieRemembering Ragtime
Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage) · 2004
3.2MovieDrunks
Joseph · 1997
7.0MovieHarambee!
Chimbuko · 1996
7.8ShowRemember WENN
George Smith · 1996
7.3ShowNew York Undercover
Reverend Hundley · 1994
9.0MovieThe Legacy of Malthus
Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage) · 1994
6.2MovieWith Murder in Mind
Samuel Carver · 1992
2.8MovieOn the Block
Clay Beasley · 1990
7.6ShowIn the Heat of the Night
Virgil Tibbs · 1988
6.5MovieJohnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
T.C. Russell · 1986
6.3MovieThe Children of Times Square
Otis Travis · 1986
7.0MovieThe Boy King
Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. · 1986
6.8ShowWildside
1985
6.5MovieHe's Fired, She's Hired
Raoul · 1984
6.8MovieA Soldier's Story
Captain Davenport · 1984
8.0MovieThe House of Dies Drear
Walter Small · 1984
6.7MovieA Doctor's Story
Dr. Zack Williams · 1984
3.2MovieThe House of God
Chuck Johnston · 1984
7.0MovieFor Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Medgar Evers · 1983
5.0MovieThe Member of the Wedding
Honey Brown · 1982
7.0MovieThe Neighborhood
Allen Campbell · 1982
6.6ShowAmerican Playhouse
Medgar Evers · 1982
7.0MovieRagtime
Coalhouse Walker Jr. · 1981
7.3MovieThornwell
Carson · 1981
8.0MovieChytilová Versus Forman
Self · 1981
6.0ShowFridays
Self · 1980
5.3MovieMy Old Man
Doctor · 1979
7.4ShowRoots: The Next Generations
George Haley · 1979
6.0MovieThe Trial of the Moke
James Smith · 1978
6.6ShowKing
Andrew Young · 1978