
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.
Personal Info
Known ForActing
GenderMale
BirthdateOctober 17, 1950(46 years old)
Place of BirthBaltimore, Maryland, U.S.
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Remembering Ragtime
as Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)

Drunks
as Joseph
2.7

Harambee!
as Chimbuko

Remember WENN
as George Smith
8.0

New York Undercover
as Reverend Hundley
7.1

The Legacy of Malthus
as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)

With Murder in Mind
as Samuel Carver
6.0

On the Block
as Clay Beasley
1.0

In the Heat of the Night
as Virgil Tibbs
7.5

Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
as T.C. Russell
5.0