About

Known credits:
23
Birthday:
1950-10-17
Place of birth:
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Website:
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Howard Rollins

Overview

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

Acting
2004 Remembering Ragtime Actor Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage) N/A
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1997 Drunks Actor Joseph 58
Average
1996 Harambee! Actor Chimbuko N/A
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1994 The Legacy of Malthus Actor Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage) N/A
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1992 With Murder in Mind Actor Samuel Carver 59
Average
1990 On the Block Actor Clay Beasley 59
Average
1986 Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI Actor T.C. Russell 59
Average
1986 The Children of Times Square Actor Otis Travis 58
Average
1986 The Boy King Actor Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. N/A
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1985 Wildside Actor 69
Fair
1984 He's Fired, She's Hired Actor Raoul N/A
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1984 A Soldier's Story Actor Captain Davenport 61
Fair
1984 The House of Dies Drear Actor Walter Small N/A
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1984 A Doctor's Story Actor Dr. Zack Williams 59
Average
1984 The House of God Actor Chuck Johnston 58
Average
1983 For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers Actor Medgar Evers N/A
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1982 The Member of the Wedding Actor Honey Brown 59
Average
1982 The Neighborhood Actor Allen Campbell N/A
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1981 Ragtime Actor Coalhouse Walker Jr. 61
Fair
1981 Thornwell Actor Carson 58
Average
1979 My Old Man Actor Doctor 58
Average
1978 The Trial of the Moke Actor James Smith 59
Average
1978 King Actor Andrew Young 68
Fair