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