About
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.
Filmography
Remembering Ragtime2004 · Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
Drunks1997 · Joseph
Harambee!1996 · Chimbuko
The Legacy of Malthus1994 · Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
With Murder in Mind1992 · Samuel Carver
On the Block1990 · Clay Beasley
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI1986 · T.C. Russell
The Children of Times Square1986 · Otis Travis
The Boy King1986 · Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
He's Fired, She's Hired1984 · Raoul
A Soldier's Story1984 · Captain Davenport
The House of Dies Drear1984 · Walter Small
A Doctor's Story1984 · Dr. Zack Williams
The House of God1984 · Chuck Johnston
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers1983 · Medgar Evers
The Member of the Wedding1982 · Honey Brown
The Neighborhood1982 · Allen Campbell
Ragtime1981 · Coalhouse Walker Jr.
Thornwell1981 · Carson
Chytilová Versus Forman1981 · Self