Howard Rollins Jr. · Howard E. Rollins Jr. · Howard E. Rollins
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.
★7.0Ragtime
Coalhouse Walker Jr.
1981
★6.8A Soldier's Story
Captain Davenport
1984
★3.2The House of God
Chuck Johnston
1984
★3.2Drunks
Joseph
1997
★6.2With Murder in Mind
Samuel Carver
1992
★7.3Thornwell
Carson
1981
★8.0The House of Dies Drear
Walter Small
1984
★5.3My Old Man
Doctor
1979
★7.0For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Medgar Evers
1983
★6.7A Doctor's Story
Dr. Zack Williams
1984
★6.3The Children of Times Square
Otis Travis
1986
★6.0The Trial of the Moke
James Smith
1978
Remembering Ragtime
Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
2004
★6.5Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
T.C. Russell
1986
★7.0The Neighborhood
Allen Campbell
1982
★6.5He's Fired, She's Hired
Raoul
1984
★5.0The Member of the Wedding
Honey Brown
1982
★9.0The Legacy of Malthus
Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
1994
★7.0Harambee!
Chimbuko
1996
★7.0The Boy King
Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
1986
★2.8On the Block
Clay Beasley
1990
