1950-10-17 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Howard Rollins (1950–1996) 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.
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Remembering Ragtime | Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage) | 2004-11-16 |
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Drunks | Joseph | 1997-03-14 |
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Harambee! | Chimbuko | 1996-12-01 |
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The Legacy of Malthus | Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage) | 1994-01-01 |
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With Murder in Mind | Samuel Carver | 1992-05-12 |
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On the Block | Clay Beasley | 1990-01-01 |
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The Boy King | Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. | 1986-01-01 |
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The Children of Times Square | Otis Travis | 1986-03-03 |
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Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI | T.C. Russell | 1986-10-21 |
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He's Fired, She's Hired | Raoul | 1984-12-18 |
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A Doctor's Story | Dr. Zack Williams | 1984-04-23 |
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The House of God | Chuck Johnston | 1984-01-01 |
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The House of Dies Drear | Walter Small | 1984-06-01 |
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A Soldier's Story | Captain Davenport | 1984-09-14 |
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For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers | Medgar Evers | 1983-03-22 |
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The Neighborhood | Allen Campbell | 1982-04-25 |
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The Member of the Wedding | Honey Brown | 1982-12-20 |
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Ragtime | Coalhouse Walker Jr. | 1981-11-20 |
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Thornwell | Carson | 1981-01-28 |
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My Old Man | Doctor | 1979-12-07 |
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The Trial of the Moke | James Smith | 1978-05-03 |