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Howard Rollins

Cast & creator

Howard Rollins

1950-10-17 (died at 46) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.IMDb

Best known for American Playhouse, New York Undercover, In the Heat of the Night

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.

Also known as: Howard Rollins Jr., Howard E. Rollins Jr., Howard E. Rollins

Movies

22

film credits

Series

10

television credits

Career

32

1964–2004 · acting roles

Credit score

6.4

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

American Playhouse

American Playhouse

Medgar Evers · 1982

New York Undercover

New York Undercover

Reverend Hundley · 1994

In the Heat of the Night

In the Heat of the Night

Virgil Tibbs · 1988

Another World

Another World

Acting · 1964

Fridays

Fridays

Self · 1980

Across film & television

Filmography (32)

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American Playhouse

American Playhouse

Medgar Evers

New York Undercover

New York Undercover

Reverend Hundley

In the Heat of the Night

In the Heat of the Night

Virgil Tibbs

Another World

Another World

Fridays

Fridays

Self

Remember WENN

Remember WENN

George Smith

Roots: The Next Generations

Roots: The Next Generations

George Haley

A Soldier's Story

A Soldier's Story

Captain Davenport

Wildside

Wildside

King

King

Andrew Young

Ragtime

Ragtime

Coalhouse Walker Jr.

The House of God

The House of God

Chuck Johnston

With Murder in Mind

With Murder in Mind

Samuel Carver

The Children of Times Square

The Children of Times Square

Otis Travis

Drunks

Drunks

Joseph

A Doctor's Story

A Doctor's Story

Dr. Zack Williams

The House of Dies Drear

The House of Dies Drear

Walter Small

He's Fired, She's Hired

He's Fired, She's Hired

Raoul

Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI

Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI

T.C. Russell

En el calor de la noche

En el calor de la noche

Chief of Detectives Virgil Tibbs

The Trial of the Moke

The Trial of the Moke

James Smith

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers

Medgar Evers

The Member of the Wedding

The Member of the Wedding

Honey Brown

Remembering Ragtime

Remembering Ragtime

Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)

The Legacy of Malthus

The Legacy of Malthus

Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)

The Neighborhood

The Neighborhood

Allen Campbell

My Old Man

My Old Man

Doctor

Thornwell

Thornwell

Carson

Chytilová Versus Forman

Chytilová Versus Forman

Self

The Boy King

The Boy King

Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.

Harambee!

Harambee!

Chimbuko

On the Block

On the Block

Clay Beasley