Howard Rollins
Acting
Born 1950-10-17
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Biography
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.
Known For
Popular credits
A Soldier's Story
Captain Davenport
Ragtime
Coalhouse Walker Jr.
In the Heat of the Night
Virgil Tibbs
New York Undercover
Reverend Hundley
Roots: The Next Generations
George Haley
The Children of Times Square
Otis Travis
King
Andrew Young
Another World
Drunks
Joseph
Fridays
Self
With Murder in Mind
Samuel Carver
The House of God
Chuck Johnston
Remember WENN
George Smith
On the Block
Clay Beasley
Wildside
My Old Man
Doctor
Thornwell
Carson
A Doctor's Story
Dr. Zack Williams
The Trial of the Moke
James Smith
The Neighborhood
Allen Campbell