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.
Known for
New York Undercover
Reverend Hundley
Fridays
In the Heat of the Night
Virgil Tibbs
Remember WENN
George Smith
A Soldier's Story
Captain Davenport
The Children of Times Square
Otis Travis
The Boy King
Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
Roots: The Next Generations
George Haley
Remembering Ragtime
Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Medgar Evers
The Legacy of Malthus
Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
Another World
Drunks
Joseph
He's Fired, She's Hired
Raoul
With Murder in Mind
Samuel Carver
The House of God
Chuck Johnston
Ragtime
Coalhouse Walker Jr.
On the Block
Clay Beasley
Wildside
The Member of the Wedding
Honey Brown
My Old Man
Doctor
King
Andrew Young
Harambee!
Chimbuko
Thornwell
Carson
The Neighborhood
Allen Campbell
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
T.C. Russell
The Trial of the Moke
James Smith
The House of Dies Drear
Walter Small
A Doctor's Story
Dr. Zack Williams