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.
Known For
Ragtime
(1981)
Coalhouse Walker Jr.
A Soldier's Story
(1984)
Captain Davenport
The Neighborhood
(1982)
Allen Campbell
Full Filmography
Acting
The Trial of the Moke
(1978)
James Smith
My Old Man
(1979)
Doctor
Ragtime
(1981)
Coalhouse Walker Jr.
Thornwell
(1981)
Carson
The Member of the Wedding
(1982)
Honey Brown
The Neighborhood
(1982)
Allen Campbell
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
(1983)
Medgar Evers
A Soldier's Story
(1984)
Captain Davenport
The House of Dies Drear
(1984)
Walter Small
A Doctor's Story
(1984)
Dr. Zack Williams
He's Fired, She's Hired
(1984)
Raoul
The House of God
(1984)
Chuck Johnston
The Children of Times Square
(1986)
Otis Travis
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
(1986)
T.C. Russell
With Murder in Mind
(1992)
Samuel Carver
The Legacy of Malthus
(1994)
Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
Drunks
(1997)
Joseph
Remembering Ragtime
(2004)
Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)