Howard Rollins

Biography

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.

Known For

Ragtime

Coalhouse Walker Jr.

A Soldier's Story

Captain Davenport

The House of God

Chuck Johnston

Drunks

Joseph

Thornwell

Carson

The Children of Times Squ...

Otis Travis

With Murder in Mind

Samuel Carver

The Neighborhood

Allen Campbell

My Old Man

Doctor

Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI

T.C. Russell