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Howard E. Rollins Jr.

Howard E. Rollins Jr.

(1950 - 1996)



born in Baltimore, Md., October 15, 1950

died in New York, NY., December 8, 1996
(complications from lymphoma)

Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1981" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 33.

Howard E. Rollins Filmography (Films)

Film Title Character Name Year of Release
Drunks Joseph 1995
On the Block Clay Beasley 1990
The House of God Chuck Johnston 1984
A Soldier's Story Capt. Davenport 1984
Ragtime Coalhouse Walker Jr. 1981

Howard E. Rollins Filmography (Televison)

Televison Series / Movie Character Year of Release
Harambee! (TV) Chimbuko 1996
In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl? (TV) Virgil Tibbs 1994
With Murder in Mind (TV) Samuel Carver 1992
"In the Heat of the Night" (TV Series) Chief of Detectives/Attorney Virgil Tibbs (1988-1993, 1994)
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI (TV) T.C. Russell 1986
The Children of Times Square Otis Travis 1986
The Boy King (TV) Martin Luther King Sr. 1986
"Wildside" (TV Series) Bannister Sparks 1985
House of Dies Drear (TV) Walter Small 1984
He's Fired, She's Hired (TV) Raoul 1984
A Doctor's Story (TV) Dr. Zack Williams 1984
For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story (TV) Medgar Evers 1983
"Another World" (TV Series) Ed Harding 1982
The Member of the Wedding Honey Brown 1982
Breslin's Neighborhood (TV) Allen Campbell 1982
Thornwell (TV) Carson 1981
My Old Man (TV) Doctor 1979
"Roots: The Next Generations" (TV Mini Series) George Haley 1979
The Trial of the Moke (TV) ?? 1978
"King" (TV Mini Series) Andrew Young 1978