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Howard Rollins1950 - 1996 (46)

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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.

Credits

Remembering Ragtime

2004

Documentary

as Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)

1.8

Drunks

1997

Drama

as Joseph

3(7)

1.4

Harambee!

1996

Drama

as Chimbuko

1.4

The Legacy of Malthus

1994

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

0.8

With Murder in Mind

1992

Drama • TV Movie

as Samuel Carver

6(4)

1.7

On the Block

1990

Drama

as Clay Beasley

1(2)

1.3

Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI

1986

Action • Crime • Drama • TV Movie

as T.C. Russell

5(1)

0.7

The Children of Times Square

1986

Crime • Drama • TV Movie

as Otis Travis

6(13)

2.3

The Boy King

1986

Drama

as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.

He's Fired, She's Hired

1984

Comedy • TV Movie

as Raoul

6(1)

0.7

A Soldier's Story

1984

Crime • Drama • Mystery

as Captain Davenport

6.8(192)

2.6

The House of Dies Drear

1984

Crime • Drama • Fantasy • TV Movie

as Walter Small

1.3

A Doctor's Story

1984

Drama • TV Movie

as Dr. Zack Williams

5(1)

1.3

The House of God

1984

Comedy • Drama

as Chuck Johnston

2.7(3)

1.4

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers

1983

Drama • TV Movie

as Medgar Evers

0.2

The Member of the Wedding

1982

Drama • TV Movie

as Honey Brown

5(1)

The Neighborhood

1982

Drama • TV Movie

as Allen Campbell

0.6

Ragtime

1981

Drama • History

as Coalhouse Walker Jr.

7(169)

1.5

Thornwell

1981

Drama • History • TV Movie

as Carson

6(2)

2.9

My Old Man

1979

Drama • TV Movie

as Doctor

3(2)

1.3

The Trial of the Moke

1978

Drama • TV Movie

as James Smith

5.5(2)

0.6