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Birthday: Oct 17, 1950
Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.

Howard Rollins

Howard Rollins (1950–1996) 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.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Ragtime Coalhouse Walker Jr. 1981
A Soldier's Story Captain Davenport 1984
The Legacy of Malthus Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage) 1994
The Neighborhood Allen Campbell 1982
Drunks Joseph 1997
Remembering Ragtime Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage) 2004
The Children of Times Square Otis Travis 1986
The Member of the Wedding Honey Brown 1982
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers Medgar Evers 1983
My Old Man Doctor 1979
The House of Dies Drear Walter Small 1984
The Boy King Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. 1986
On the Block Clay Beasley 1990
Harambee! Chimbuko 1996
Thornwell Carson 1981
A Doctor's Story Dr. Zack Williams 1984
With Murder in Mind Samuel Carver 1992
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI T.C. Russell 1986
He's Fired, She's Hired Raoul 1984
The Trial of the Moke James Smith 1978
The House of God Chuck Johnston 1984
Series Cast Year
In the Heat of the Night Virgil Tibbs 1988
King Andrew Young 1978
New York Undercover Reverend Hundley 1994
Another World 1964
Fridays 1980
Wildside 1985
Roots: The Next Generations George Haley 1979
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