Howard Rollins
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.
also starring Howard Rollins
Ragtime
As Coalhouse Walker Jr.
A Soldier's Story
As Captain Davenport
The Legacy of Malthus
As Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
The Neighborhood
As Allen Campbell
Drunks
As Joseph
Remembering Ragtime
As Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
The Children of Times Square
As Otis Travis
My Old Man
As Doctor
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
As Medgar Evers
The Member of the Wedding
As Honey Brown
The House of Dies Drear
As Walter Small
The Boy King
As Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
Harambee!
As Chimbuko
On the Block
As Clay Beasley
Thornwell
As Carson
A Doctor's Story
As Dr. Zack Williams
With Murder in Mind
As Samuel Carver
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
As T.C. Russell
He's Fired, She's Hired
As Raoul
The Trial of the Moke
As James Smith
The House of God
As Chuck Johnston
In the Heat of the Night
As Virgil Tibbs
King
As Andrew Young
New York Undercover
As Reverend Hundley
Another World
Fridays
Wildside
Roots: The Next Generations
As George Haley