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Howard Rollins
Acting
17 Oct 1950
† 08 Dec 1996
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Biography
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.
Also Known As
Howard Rollins Jr., Howard E. Rollins Jr., Howard E. Rollins
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Howard Rollins's Movies
68%
A Soldier's Story
14 Sept 1984
70%
Ragtime
20 Nov 1981
63%
The Children of Times Square
03 Mar 1986
32%
Drunks
14 Mar 1997
62%
With Murder in Mind
12 May 1992
32%
The House of God
01 Jan 1984
28%
On the Block
01 Jan 1990
53%
My Old Man
07 Dec 1979
73%
Thornwell
28 Jan 1981
67%
A Doctor's Story
23 Apr 1984
60%
The Trial of the Moke
03 May 1978
70%
The Neighborhood
25 Apr 1982
65%
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
21 Oct 1986
65%
He's Fired, She's Hired
18 Dec 1984
90%
The Legacy of Malthus
01 Jan 1994
70%
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
22 Mar 1983
50%
The Member of the Wedding
20 Dec 1982
80%
The House of Dies Drear
01 Jun 1984
70%
The Boy King
01 Jan 1986
70%
Harambee!
01 Dec 1996
