Howard Ellsworth Rollins Jr. (October 17, 1950 – December 8, 1996) was an American stage, film, and television actor. Howard Rollins was known for his role as Andrew Young in 1978's King, George Haley in the 1979 miniseries Roots: The Next Generations, Coalhouse Walker Jr. in the 1981 film Ragtime, Captain Davenport in the 1984 film A Soldier's Story, and as Virgil Tibbs on the NBC/CBS television crime drama In the Heat of the Night (1988–1994).
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Howard Ellsworth Rollins Jr 17 October 1950 Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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8 December 1996 (aged 46) St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York City, New York, USA
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Zodiac | Libra |
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