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Howard Rollins
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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.
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22 acting credits · Includes cameos and other appearances where listed.
Ragtime
Coalhouse Walker Jr.
With Murder in Mind
Samuel Carver
The Children of Times Square
Otis Travis
The House of God
Chuck Johnston
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Medgar Evers
Drunks
Joseph
The House of Dies Drear
Walter Small
The Trial of the Moke
James Smith
A Doctor's Story
Dr. Zack Williams
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
T.C. Russell
The Member of the Wedding
Honey Brown
My Old Man
Doctor
Remembering Ragtime
Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
The Legacy of Malthus
Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
The Boy King
Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
The Neighborhood
Allen Campbell
Thornwell
Carson
Harambee!
Chimbuko
On the Block
Clay Beasley