Howard Rollins
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1950-10-17 (46 years old)
Deathday
1996-12-08
Place of Birth
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Also known As
Howard Rollins Jr.
Howard E. Rollins Jr.
Howard E. Rollins
Howard Rollins
Biography
Howard Rollins (1950–1996) 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.
Acting
1981
as Coalhouse Walker Jr.
1984
as Captain Davenport
1994
as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
1982
as Allen Campbell
1997
as Joseph
2004
as Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
1986
as Otis Travis
1979
as Doctor
1983
as Medgar Evers
1982
as Honey Brown
1984
as Walter Small
1986
as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
1996
as Chimbuko
1990
as Clay Beasley
1981
as Carson
1984
as Dr. Zack Williams
1992
as Samuel Carver
1986
as T.C. Russell
1984
as Raoul
1978
as James Smith
1984
as Chuck Johnston
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