Filmography
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Known For
Ragtime Coalhouse Walker Jr. (1981) -
In the Heat of the Night Chief of Detectives Virgil Tibbs / Attorney Virgil Tibbs (1988-1994) -
A Soldier's Story Captain Davenport (1984) -
Known For
American Playhouse Medgar Evers (1983) -
Actor
Harambee! Chimbuko (1996) -
Remember WENN George Smith (1996) -
Drunks Joseph (1995) -
New York Undercover Reverend Hundley (1995) -
In the Heat of the Night Chief of Detectives Virgil Tibbs (1988-1994)
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With Murder in Mind Samuel Carver (1992) -
On the Block Clay Beasley (1990) -
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI T.C. Russell (1986) -
The Children of Times Square Otis Travis (1986) -
The Boy King Martin Luther King Sr. (1986) -
![Wildside]( "Wildside")
Wildside Bannister Sparks (1985) -
![The House of Dies Drear]( "The House of Dies Drear")
The House of Dies Drear Walter Small (1984) -
He's Fired, She's Hired Raoul (1984)
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![A Soldier's Story]( "A Soldier's Story")
A Soldier's Story Captain Davenport (1984) -
![A Doctor's Story]( "A Doctor's Story")
A Doctor's Story Dr. Zack Williams (1984) -
![The House of God]( "The House of God")
The House of God Chuck Johnston (1984) -
Moving Right Along (1983) (1983)
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![American Playhouse]( "American Playhouse")
American Playhouse Medgar Evers (1983) -
The Member of the Wedding Honey Camden Brown (1982)
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![Another World]( "Another World")
Another World Ed Harding (1982) -
The Neighborhood Allen Campbell (1982)
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![Ragtime]( "Ragtime")
Ragtime Coalhouse Walker Jr. (1981) -
![All My Children]( "All My Children")
All My Children F. B. I. Agent (early 1980s) (1981) -
![Thornwell]( "Thornwell")
Thornwell Carson (1981) -
![My Old Man]( "My Old Man")
My Old Man Doctor (1979) -
![Roots: The Next Generations]( "Roots: The Next Generations")
Roots: The Next Generations George Haley (1979) -
![The Trial of the Moke]( "The Trial of the Moke")
The Trial of the Moke James Smith (1978) -
![King]( "King")
King Andrew Young (1978) -
ActorOur Street Slick (1972)
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Archive footage
![O.J.: Made in America]( "O.J.: Made in America")
O.J.: Made in America (2016) -
Remembering 'Ragtime' (2004)
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![Another World]( "Another World")
Another World (1999) -
Archive footage
![The 69th Annual Academy Awards]( "The 69th Annual Academy Awards")
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The Legacy of Malthus (1994)
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Did You Know
Trivia
Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1981" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 33.
Quotes
[on having been offered $40,000 for his starring role in 'A Soldier's Story'] This project is being referred to as 'special, 'unusual', 'different', but when you cut through the bullshit it's because it's a black production. I'm tired of words like ...
Nickname
Ho Ro
Star Sign
Libra
Personal Details
Born
Howard Ellsworth Rollins Jr.
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Died
(age 46)
New York City, New York, USA
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