Howard Rollins
Acting
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
2004Remembering Ragtime
Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
1997Drunks
Joseph
1996Harambee!
Chimbuko
1994The Legacy of Malthus
Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
1992With Murder in Mind
Samuel Carver
1990On the Block
Clay Beasley
1986The Children of Times Square
Otis Travis
1986The Boy King
Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
1986Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
T.C. Russell
1984A Soldier's Story
Captain Davenport
1984The House of Dies Drear
Walter Small
1984A Doctor's Story
Dr. Zack Williams
1984He's Fired, She's Hired
Raoul
1984The House of God
Chuck Johnston
1983For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Medgar Evers
1982The Neighborhood
Allen Campbell
1982The Member of the Wedding
Honey Brown
1981Ragtime
Coalhouse Walker Jr.
1981Thornwell
Carson
1979My Old Man
Doctor
1978The Trial of the Moke
James Smith