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Howard Rollins - Biography & Filmography | The Couch Critic
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Howard Rollins
Born
Oct 17, 1950
Died: Dec 8, 1996
Lived 46 years
Place of Birth
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Career Highlights
21
Movies
8
TV Shows
Also Known As
Howard Rollins Jr.
Howard E. Rollins Jr.
Howard E. Rollins
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Howard Rollins
Acting
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.
Movies
21
TV Shows
8
Remembering Ragtime
as
Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
2004
Drunks
as
Joseph
1997
Harambee!
as
Chimbuko
1996
The Legacy of Malthus
as
Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
1994
With Murder in Mind
as
Samuel Carver
1992
On the Block
as
Clay Beasley
1990
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
as
T.C. Russell
1986
The Children of Times Square
as
Otis Travis
1986
The Boy King
as
Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
1986
He's Fired, She's Hired
as
Raoul
1984
A Soldier's Story
as
Captain Davenport
1984
The House of Dies Drear
as
Walter Small
1984
A Doctor's Story
as
Dr. Zack Williams
1984
The House of God
as
Chuck Johnston
1984
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
as
Medgar Evers
1983
The Member of the Wedding
as
Honey Brown
1982
The Neighborhood
as
Allen Campbell
1982
Ragtime
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Coalhouse Walker Jr.
1981
Thornwell
as
Carson
1981
My Old Man
as
Doctor
1979
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