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