
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.

New York Undercover
TV • 1994

Roots: The Next Generations
TV • 1979

In the Heat of the Night
TV • 1988

Fridays
TV • 1980

Remember WENN
TV • 1996

Wildside
TV • 1985

Another World
TV • 1964

King
TV • 1978

Ragtime
MOVIE • 1981

He's Fired, She's Hired
MOVIE • 1984

A Soldier's Story
MOVIE • 1984

Drunks
MOVIE • 1997

The House of God
MOVIE • 1984

Thornwell
MOVIE • 1981

The Children of Times Square
MOVIE • 1986

A Doctor's Story
MOVIE • 1984

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
MOVIE • 1983

The Neighborhood
MOVIE • 1982