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.
2004Remembering RagtimeMovieas Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)1997DrunksMovieas Joseph
1996Harambee!Movieas Chimbuko1996Remember WENNTV showas George Smith · 1 episodes1994New York UndercoverTV showas Reverend Hundley · 1 episodes
1994The Legacy of MalthusMovieas Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)1992With Murder in MindMovieas Samuel Carver1990On the BlockMovieas Clay Beasley1988In the Heat of the NightTV showas Virgil Tibbs · 119 episodes
1988En el calor de la nocheTV showas Chief of Detectives Virgil Tibbs · 1 episodes
1986Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBIMovieas T.C. Russell1986The Children of Times SquareMovieas Otis Travis
1986The Boy KingMovieas Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.1985WildsideTV show6 episodes
1984He's Fired, She's HiredMovieas Raoul1984A Soldier's StoryMovieas Captain Davenport
1984The House of Dies DrearMovieas Walter Small1984A Doctor's StoryMovieas Dr. Zack Williams1984The House of GodMovieas Chuck Johnston
1983For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar EversMovieas Medgar Evers
1982The Member of the WeddingMovieas Honey Brown
1982The NeighborhoodMovieas Allen Campbell1982American PlayhouseTV showas Medgar Evers · 1 episodes1981RagtimeMovieas Coalhouse Walker Jr.1981ThornwellMovieas Carson
1981Chytilová Versus FormanMovieas Self1980FridaysTV showas Self · 1 episodes1979My Old ManMovieas Doctor1979Roots: The Next GenerationsTV showas George Haley · 1 episodes1978The Trial of the MokeMovieas James Smith1978KingTV showas Andrew Young · 3 episodes1964Another WorldTV show1,547 episodes