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Howard Rollins

Known ForActing
Birthday1950-10-17
Age46 years old at death
Date of Death† 1996-12-08
Place of BirthBaltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Also Known AsHoward Rollins Jr., Howard E. Rollins Jr., Howard E. Rollins

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.

Filmography

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1981
7.0
Drama
History

Ragtime

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1984
6.8
Mystery
Crime

A Soldier's Story

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1997
2.7
Drama

Drunks

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1984
2.2
Comedy
Drama

The House of God

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1984
6.0
Drama
TV Movie

A Doctor's Story

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1992
6.0
Drama
TV Movie

With Murder in Mind

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1986
6.0
TV Movie
Drama

The Children of Times Square

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1979
3.0
Drama
TV Movie

My Old Man

poster
1984
6.0
Comedy
TV Movie

He's Fired, She's Hired

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1982
6.0
TV Movie
Drama

The Neighborhood

poster
1984
Fantasy
Drama

The House of Dies Drear

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1981
6.0
Drama
History

Thornwell

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1986
Drama

The Boy King

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2004
Documentary

Remembering Ragtime

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1978
5.5
Drama
TV Movie

The Trial of the Moke

poster
1983
TV Movie
Drama

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers

poster
1986
5.0
Action
Crime

Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI

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1996
Drama

Harambee!

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1982
5.0
Drama
TV Movie

The Member of the Wedding

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1994

The Legacy of Malthus

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1990
1.0
Drama

On the Block

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1994
7.1
Drama
Crime

New York Undercover

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1996
8.0
Comedy

Remember WENN

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1988
7.5
Crime
Drama

In the Heat of the Night

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1980
5.4
Comedy

Fridays

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1979
7.5
Drama

Roots: The Next Generations

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1964
5.2
Soap

Another World

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1978
6.4
Drama

King

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1985
5.7
Drama
Western

Wildside