Born October 17, 1950
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
29 credits
Acting
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.
New York Undercover
1994 · ★ 7.2
In the Heat of the Night
1988 · ★ 7.5
Remember WENN
1996 · ★ 8.0
Fridays
1980 · ★ 5.9
Roots: The Next Generations
1979 · ★ 7.5
Another World
1964 · ★ 5.5
Ragtime
1981 · ★ 7.0
A Soldier's Story
1984 · ★ 6.8
Wildside
1985 · ★ 6.8
King
1978 · ★ 6.6
The Children of Times Square
1986 · ★ 6.3
Drunks
1997 · ★ 3.2
My Old Man
1979 · ★ 5.3
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
1986 · ★ 6.5
Thornwell
1981 · ★ 7.3
Remembering Ragtime
2004 · ★ 0.0
The House of God
1984 · ★ 3.2
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983 · ★ 7.0
With Murder in Mind
1992 · ★ 6.2
The House of Dies Drear
1984 · ★ 8.0
The Neighborhood
1982 · ★ 7.0
A Doctor's Story
1984 · ★ 6.7
The Trial of the Moke
1978 · ★ 6.0
He's Fired, She's Hired
1984 · ★ 6.5
The Member of the Wedding
1982 · ★ 5.0
The Legacy of Malthus
1994 · ★ 9.0
Harambee!
1996 · ★ 7.0
On the Block
1990 · ★ 2.8
The Boy King
1986 · ★ 7.0