Howard Rollins
Actor, Award Winner
1950 – 1996
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Who was Howard Rollins?
Howard Ellsworth Rollins, Jr. was an American stage, film and television actor. He was perhaps best known for his portrayal of Coalhouse Walker, Jr. in the 1981 film Ragtime, for which he earned an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination. Rollins also had a successful career on television as Virgil Tibbs on the NBC/CBS television series In the Heat of the Night.
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- Born
- Oct 17, 1950
Baltimore - Also known as
- Howard Ellsworth Rollins, Jr.
- Howard E. Rollins Jr.
- Howard Rollins Jr.
- Howard E. Rollins
- Howard E. Rollings, Jr.
- Ho Ro
- Parents
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Towson University
- Lived in
- Baltimore
- Died
- Dec 8, 1996
New York City
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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