
Howard Rollins
Acting
🎂 1950-10-17
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.
Cast credits(29)

Virgil Tibbs
1988

1980

Reverend Hundley
1994

George Smith
1996

1985

George Haley
1979

1964

Andrew Young
1978

Coalhouse Walker Jr.
1981

Captain Davenport
1984

Dr. Zack Williams
1984

Joseph
1997

Carson
1981

Walter Small
1984

T.C. Russell
1986

Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
2004

Otis Travis
1986

Chimbuko
1996

Chuck Johnston
1984

Medgar Evers
1983

Samuel Carver
1992

Honey Brown
1982

Raoul
1984

James Smith
1978

Doctor
1979

Allen Campbell
1982

Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
1994

Clay Beasley
1990

Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
1986