
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
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.

as George Smith

as Reverend Hundley
1994

as Virgil Tibbs
1988

as George Smith
1996

as George Haley
1979

as Self
1980

1964

as Coalhouse Walker Jr.
1981

as Andrew Young
1978

1985

as Captain Davenport
1984

as Chuck Johnston
1984

as Carson
1981
as Chimbuko
1996

as Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
2004

as Joseph
1997

as Chimbuko
1996

as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
1994

as Samuel Carver
1992

as Clay Beasley
1990

as T.C. Russell
1986

as Otis Travis
1986

as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
1986

as Raoul
1984

as Captain Davenport
1984

as Walter Small
1984

as Dr. Zack Williams
1984

as Chuck Johnston
1984

as Medgar Evers
1983

as Honey Brown
1982

as Allen Campbell
1982

as Coalhouse Walker Jr.
1981

as Carson
1981

as Self
1981

as Doctor
1979

as James Smith
1978
as George Smith
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