Howard Rollins
Born: 1950-10-17
• 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.
Filmography
Remembering Ragtime
Drunks
Harambee!
The Legacy of Malthus
With Murder in Mind
On the Block
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
The Children of Times Square
The Boy King
He's Fired, She's Hired
A Soldier's Story
The House of Dies Drear
A Doctor's Story
The House of God
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
The Member of the Wedding
The Neighborhood
Ragtime
Thornwell
My Old Man
The Trial of the Moke