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Howard Rollins

Howard Rollins

Acting Born: October 17, 1950 • 46 years old (deceased) • Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.

Biography

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.

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Also Known As

Howard Rollins Jr.Howard E. Rollins Jr.Howard E. Rollins

Known For

New York Undercover

New York Undercover

as Reverend Hundley

In the Heat of the Night

In the Heat of the Night

as Virgil Tibbs

Fridays

Fridays

as Self

Remember WENN

Remember WENN

as George Smith

Another World

Another World

Roots: The Next Generations

Roots: The Next Generations

as George Haley

Wildside

Wildside

Ragtime

Ragtime

as Coalhouse Walker Jr.

King

King

as Andrew Young

A Soldier's Story

A Soldier's Story

as Captain Davenport

The House of Dies Drear

The House of Dies Drear

as Walter Small

My Old Man

My Old Man

as Doctor

The Children of Times Square

The Children of Times Square

as Otis Travis

With Murder in Mind

With Murder in Mind

as Samuel Carver

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers

as Medgar Evers

Thornwell

Thornwell

as Carson

Drunks

Drunks

as Joseph

The House of God

The House of God

as Chuck Johnston

Remembering Ragtime

Remembering Ragtime

as Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)

The Neighborhood

The Neighborhood

as Allen Campbell