Actor
Howard Rollins
October 17, 1950 · 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.
Often works with
Art Evans
2 titles together
A Soldier's Story, King
William Allen Young
2 titles together
A Soldier's Story, Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
Kenneth McMillan
2 titles together
Ragtime, King
Jeffrey DeMunn
2 titles together
Ragtime, American Playhouse
Robert Joy
2 titles together
Ragtime, American Playhouse
Debbi Morgan
2 titles together
Roots: The Next Generations, Thornwell
Full filmography · 29
Remembering Ragtime
as Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
2004
Drunks
as Joseph
1997
Harambee!
as Chimbuko
1996
With Murder in Mind
as Samuel Carver
1992
On the Block
as Clay Beasley
1990
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
as T.C. Russell
1986
The Children of Times Square
as Otis Travis
1986
The Boy King
as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
1986
He's Fired, She's Hired
as Raoul
1984
A Soldier's Story
as Captain Davenport
19846.8
The House of Dies Drear
as Walter Small
1984
A Doctor's Story
as Dr. Zack Williams
1984