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