Howard Rollins
October 17, 1950 · 75 years old
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.
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A Soldier's Story
1984 · 1h 41m · Movie
An African-American officer investigates a murder in a racially charged situation in World War II.
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Ragtime
1981 · 2h 35m · Movie
A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.
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