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.
Known for
- American Playhouse (1982)
- New York Undercover (1994)
- In the Heat of the Night (1988)
- Another World (1964)
- Fridays (1980)
- Roots: The Next Generations (1979)
- Remember WENN (1996)
- A Soldier's Story (1984)
- Wildside (1985)
- King (1978)
- Ragtime (1981)
- The Children of Times Square (1986)
- The House of God (1984)
- With Murder in Mind (1992)
- Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI (1986)
- The House of Dies Drear (1984)
- The Trial of the Moke (1978)
- For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers (1983)
- He's Fired, She's Hired (1984)
- A Doctor's Story (1984)