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Howard Rollins

Acting · Born October 17, 1950 · Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.

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.

Howard Rollins movies and shows

  • American Playhouse1982
  • In the Heat of the Night1988
  • New York Undercover1994
  • Another World1964
  • Fridays1980
  • Remember WENN1996
  • Roots: The Next Generations1979
  • A Soldier's Story1984
  • Ragtime1981
  • Wildside1985
  • King1978
  • En el calor de la noche1988
  • Drunks1997
  • The Children of Times Square1986
  • A Doctor's Story1984
  • Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI1986
  • With Murder in Mind1992
  • The Trial of the Moke1978
  • The House of God1984
  • The Member of the Wedding1982
  • He's Fired, She's Hired1984
  • Chytilová Versus Forman1981
  • Thornwell1981
  • The Legacy of Malthus1994