Howard 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.

Cast

Ragtime

Coalhouse Walker Jr.

A Soldier's Story

Captain Davenport

The Legacy of Malthus

Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)

The Neighborhood

Allen Campbell

Drunks

Joseph

Remembering Ragtime

Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)

The Children of Times Square

Otis Travis

My Old Man

Doctor

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers

Medgar Evers

The Member of the Wedding

Honey Brown

The House of Dies Drear

Walter Small

The Boy King

Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.

Harambee!

Chimbuko

On the Block

Clay Beasley

Thornwell

Carson

A Doctor's Story

Dr. Zack Williams

With Murder in Mind

Samuel Carver

Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI

T.C. Russell

He's Fired, She's Hired

Raoul

The Trial of the Moke

James Smith

The House of God

Chuck Johnston