Howard Rollins
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.
A Soldier's Story
as Captain DavenportIn a rural town in Louisiana, a black Master Sergeant is found shot to death just outside the...
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Ragtime
as Coalhouse Walker Jr.A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among...
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The Children of Times Square
as Otis TravisAn alienated teenage boy runs away from home and ventures to New York City where he falls in...
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Drunks
as JosephAt the beginning of a nightly Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, Jim seems particularly troubled. His...
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Thornwell
as CarsonThe story of James Thornwell, whose accusation that the U.S. Army used mind control drugs on him...
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Remembering Ragtime
as Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)Memories from the making of the classic Milos Forman film "Ragtime".
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The Neighborhood
as Allen CampbellA neighborhood in Brooklyn reacts to the first black families moving into the community.
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My Old Man
as DoctorAn unlucky horse trainer, Frank Butler, wins big at the track and buys his 16-year old daughter...
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He's Fired, She's Hired
as RaoulAdvertising executive, Alex Grier, is fired and is unable to find another position, being...
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For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
as Medgar EversThis film is the true story of Medgar Evers, a successful insurance agent who moves to Jackson,...
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With Murder in Mind
as Samuel CarverA real estate agent is shot while trying to sell a rural farm and tries to bring the shooter to...
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The House of God
as Chuck JohnstonComedy about a couple of interns in a hospital named 'The House of God'.
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A Doctor's Story
as Dr. Zack WilliamsA physician frustrates his family in his fight to prove that an elderly man is not senile.
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The House of Dies Drear
as Walter SmallA young black man and his family move into a home in rural Ohio and discover that during the...
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The Member of the Wedding
as Honey Brown12-year-old tomboy Frankie Addams dreams of going away with her brother and his bride-to-be on...
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The Trial of the Moke
as James SmithHenry Flipper is the first black West Point graduate. Assigned to serve at Fort Davis in Texas,...
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Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
as T.C. RussellA police officer is called by F.B.I. to infiltrate into gang of arms smugglers.
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The Legacy of Malthus
as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)Discusses Malthus's theories of population and the causes of poverty. As film contrasts the 19th...
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New York Undercover
as Reverend HundleyNew York Undercover is an American police drama The series stars Detective J.C. Williams and...
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In the Heat of the Night
as Virgil TibbsIn the Heat of the Night is an American television series based on the motion picture and novel...
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Roots: The Next Generations
as George HaleyRoots: The Next Generations is a television miniseries, introduced in 1979, continuing, from...
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Fridays
as uncreditedFridays is the name of ABC's weekly late-night live comedy show, which aired on Friday nights...
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King
as Andrew YoungThe story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., stretching from his days as a Southern Baptist minister...
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Wildside
as uncreditedWildside is an American series aired by ABC from March to April 1985. The series stars William...
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Another World
as uncreditedAnother World is an American television soap opera that ran on NBC for 35 years from May 4, 1964...
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