ACTOR · FROM BALTIMORE, U.S.
Howard Rollins
1950–199629 credits since 1964
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ABOUT HOWARD
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.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.
Born17 October 1950
Died8 December 1996
BirthplaceBaltimore, U.S.
Known forActing
On Cineora9 of 29 titles
Known for
The titles people know Howard from.
Movie
Series
Series
Movie
SeriesCareer
IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.
- Titles on Cineora
- 9
- Average IMDb
- 7.3
- Highest rated
- KingIMDb 8.0
- Working since
- 1964
Size: how widely seen
Filmography
The 2000s
1 title
as Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
The 1990s
6 titles · IMDb 7.2 on average
Movieas Joseph
as Chimbuko
as George Smith · 1 episode
Seriesas Reverend Hundley · 1 episode
as Samuel Carver
as Clay Beasley
The 1980s
17 titles · IMDb 7.1 on averageSeriesas Virgil Tibbs · 119 episodes
as Chief of Detectives Virgil Tibbs · 1 episode
as T.C. Russell
Movieas Otis Travis
as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
6 episodes
as Raoul
Movieas Captain Davenport
The 1970s
4 titles · IMDb 7.9 on average
as Doctor
Seriesas George Haley · 1 episode
as James Smith
Seriesas Andrew Young · 3 episodes
The 1960s
1 title · IMDb 7.1 on averageSeries1547 episodes