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)
- With Murder in Mind (1992)
- The House of God (1984)
- The Children of Times Square (1986)
- The House of Dies Drear (1984)
- Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI (1986)
- En el calor de la noche (1988)
- Drunks (1997)
- The Trial of the Moke (1978)
- He's Fired, She's Hired (1984)