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.

Known For

Ragtime
Ragtime
A Soldier's Story
A Soldier's Story
The Neighborhood
The Neighborhood
Remembering Ragtime
Remembering Ragtime
The Children of Times Square
The Children of Times Square
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
The Member of the Wedding
The Member of the Wedding

Filmography

2004 Remembering Ragtime
as Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
1997 Drunks
as Joseph
1996 Harambee!
as Chimbuko
1996 Remember WENN
as George Smith
1994 New York Undercover
as Reverend Hundley
1994 The Legacy of Malthus
as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
1992 With Murder in Mind
as Samuel Carver
1990 On the Block
as Clay Beasley
1988 In the Heat of the Night
as Virgil Tibbs
1986 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.
1985 Wildside
as
1984 He's Fired, She's Hired
as Raoul
1984 A Soldier's Story
as Captain Davenport
1984 The House of Dies Drear
as Walter Small
1984 A Doctor's Story
as Dr. Zack Williams
1984 The House of God
as Chuck Johnston
1983 For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
as Medgar Evers
1982 The Member of the Wedding
as Honey Brown