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.
Ragtime
Coalhouse Walker Jr.
A Soldier's Story
Captain Davenport
The Legacy of Malthus
Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
The Neighborhood
Allen Campbell
Drunks
Joseph
Remembering Ragtime
Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
The Children of Times Square
Otis Travis
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Medgar Evers
The Member of the Wedding
Honey Brown
My Old Man
Doctor
The House of Dies Drear
Walter Small
The Boy King
Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
On the Block
Clay Beasley
Harambee!
Chimbuko
Thornwell
Carson
A Doctor's Story
Dr. Zack Williams
With Murder in Mind
Samuel Carver
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
T.C. Russell
He's Fired, She's Hired
Raoul
The Trial of the Moke
James Smith
The House of God
Chuck Johnston