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Howard Rollins

Acting / Production / Writing / Creator

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.

Personal Information

Place of Birth

Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.

About

Acting, Male

Birthday

17 October 1950, 75 years old

Known For

A Soldier's Story poster

A Soldier's Story

Ragtime poster

Ragtime

The Children of Times Square poster

The Children of Times Square

Drunks poster

Drunks

With Murder in Mind poster

With Murder in Mind

The House of God poster

The House of God

On the Block poster

On the Block

Thornwell poster

Thornwell

A Doctor's Story poster

A Doctor's Story

Filmography

Production

Writing

Creator

Remembering Ragtime

Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)

2004

Drunks

Joseph

1997

Harambee!

Chimbuko

1996

The Legacy of Malthus

Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)

1994

With Murder in Mind

Samuel Carver

1992

On the Block

Clay Beasley

1990

Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI

T.C. Russell

1986

The Children of Times Square

Otis Travis

1986

The Boy King

Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.

1986

He's Fired, She's Hired

Raoul

1984

A Soldier's Story

Captain Davenport

1984

The House of Dies Drear

Walter Small

1984

A Doctor's Story

Dr. Zack Williams

1984

The House of God

Chuck Johnston

1984

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers

Medgar Evers

1983

The Member of the Wedding

Honey Brown

1982

The Neighborhood

Allen Campbell

1982

Ragtime

Coalhouse Walker Jr.

1981

Thornwell

Carson

1981

My Old Man

Doctor

1979

The Trial of the Moke

James Smith

1978