Acting
Howard Rollins
Born October 17, 1950 · Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Died December 8, 1996 · aged 46
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.
Known For
A Soldier's Story · 1984A Soldier's Story
★ 6.81984
MovieMysteryCrime
In a rural town in Louisiana, a black Master Sergeant is found shot to death just outside the local Army Base. Military lawyer, Captain Davenport—also a black man—is sent from Washington to conduct an investigation. Facing an uncooperative chain of command and fearful black troops, Davenport must battle with deceit and prejudice in order to find out exactly who really did kill the Master Sergeant.
The Neighborhood · 1982The Neighborhood
★ 7.01982
MovieTV MovieDrama
A neighborhood in Brooklyn reacts to the first black families moving into the community.
Ragtime · 1981Ragtime
★ 7.01981
MovieDramaHistory
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.
The House of God · 1984The House of God
★ 3.21984
MovieComedyDrama
Comedy about a couple of interns in a hospital named 'The House of God'.
A Doctor's Story · 1984A Doctor's Story
★ 6.71984
MovieDramaTV Movie
A physician frustrates his family in his fight to prove that an elderly man is not senile.
Drunks · 1997Drunks
★ 3.21997
MovieDrama
At the beginning of a nightly Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, Jim seems particularly troubled. His sponsor encourages him to talk that night, the first time in seven months, so he does - and leaves the meeting right after. As Jim wanders the night, searching for some solace in his old stomping grounds, bars and parks where he bought drugs, the meeting goes on, and we hear the stories of survivors and addicts - some, like Louis, who claim to have wandered in looking for choir practice, who don't call themselves alcoholic, and others, like Joseph, whose drinking almost caused the death of his child - as they talk about their lives at the meeting
Remembering Ragtime · 2004Remembering Ragtime
2004
MovieDocumentary
Memories from the making of the classic Milos Forman film "Ragtime".
The House of Dies Drear · 1984The House of Dies Drear
★ 8.01984
MovieFantasyDrama
A young black man and his family move into a home in rural Ohio and discover that during the Civil War it was used by a Dutch immigrant to smuggle runaway slaves to freedom. Soon they begin to suspect that the ghosts of slaves who passed through there are haunting the house.
Movies
A Soldier's Story · 1984A Soldier's Story
★ 6.81984
MovieMysteryCrime
In a rural town in Louisiana, a black Master Sergeant is found shot to death just outside the local Army Base. Military lawyer, Captain Davenport—also a black man—is sent from Washington to conduct an investigation. Facing an uncooperative chain of command and fearful black troops, Davenport must battle with deceit and prejudice in order to find out exactly who really did kill the Master Sergeant.
The Neighborhood · 1982The Neighborhood
★ 7.01982
MovieTV MovieDrama
A neighborhood in Brooklyn reacts to the first black families moving into the community.
Ragtime · 1981Ragtime
★ 7.01981
MovieDramaHistory
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.
The House of God · 1984The House of God
★ 3.21984
MovieComedyDrama
Comedy about a couple of interns in a hospital named 'The House of God'.
A Doctor's Story · 1984A Doctor's Story
★ 6.71984
MovieDramaTV Movie
A physician frustrates his family in his fight to prove that an elderly man is not senile.
Drunks · 1997Drunks
★ 3.21997
MovieDrama
At the beginning of a nightly Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, Jim seems particularly troubled. His sponsor encourages him to talk that night, the first time in seven months, so he does - and leaves the meeting right after. As Jim wanders the night, searching for some solace in his old stomping grounds, bars and parks where he bought drugs, the meeting goes on, and we hear the stories of survivors and addicts - some, like Louis, who claim to have wandered in looking for choir practice, who don't call themselves alcoholic, and others, like Joseph, whose drinking almost caused the death of his child - as they talk about their lives at the meeting
Remembering Ragtime · 2004Remembering Ragtime
2004
MovieDocumentary
Memories from the making of the classic Milos Forman film "Ragtime".
The House of Dies Drear · 1984The House of Dies Drear
★ 8.01984
MovieFantasyDrama
A young black man and his family move into a home in rural Ohio and discover that during the Civil War it was used by a Dutch immigrant to smuggle runaway slaves to freedom. Soon they begin to suspect that the ghosts of slaves who passed through there are haunting the house.
The Trial of the Moke · 1978The Trial of the Moke
★ 6.01978
MovieDramaTV Movie
Henry Flipper is the first black West Point graduate. Assigned to serve at Fort Davis in Texas, Flipper becomes the object of a conspiracy by his fellow cadets to rid the base of its only black graduate.
With Murder in Mind · 1992With Murder in Mind
★ 6.21992
MovieDramaTV Movie
A real estate agent is shot while trying to sell a rural farm and tries to bring the shooter to justice.
My Old Man · 1979My Old Man
★ 5.31979
MovieDramaTV Movie
An unlucky horse trainer, Frank Butler, wins big at the track and buys his 16-year old daughter a horse to salvage their relationship. When Frank is hurt prior to the opening race, Jo must go it alone.
Chytilová Versus Forman · 1981Chytilová Versus Forman
★ 8.01981
MovieDocumentary
An intellectual match between two dramatically different artists, one permanently unsure and frustrated and questioning everything, the other an astonishing storyteller perfectly at peace, unacquainted with introspection and reliant on intuition.
He's Fired, She's Hired · 1984He's Fired, She's Hired
★ 6.51984
MovieComedyTV Movie
Advertising executive, Alex Grier, is fired and is unable to find another position, being over-qualified. His wife, Annabelle, with no experience, is hired by the Freddie Fox agency when she uses her husband's résumé to get the job. He remains at home, raising their three children, coaxing his wife while trying to write the "great American novel."
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI · 1986Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
★ 6.51986
MovieActionCrime
A police officer is called by F.B.I. to infiltrate into gang of arms smugglers.
The Member of the Wedding · 1982The Member of the Wedding
★ 5.01982
MovieDramaTV Movie
12-year-old tomboy Frankie Addams dreams of going away with her brother and his bride-to-be on their upcoming honeymoon. [Taped live in performance at the James K. Polk Theater, Nashville.]
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers · 1983For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
★ 7.01983
MovieTV MovieDrama
This film is the true story of Medgar Evers, a successful insurance agent who moves to Jackson, Mississippi to direct the regional headquarters of the NAACP. Fighting segregation and racist politics, Evers becomes a leader in the black community.
The Children of Times Square · 1986The Children of Times Square
★ 6.31986
MovieTV MovieDrama
An alienated teenage boy runs away from home and ventures to New York City where he falls in with a gang of juvenile delinquents working as drug dealers and pickpockets for a shady crime boss.
Thornwell · 1981Thornwell
★ 7.31981
MovieDramaHistory
The story of James Thornwell, whose accusation that the U.S. Army used mind control drugs on him to force him to confess to stealing secret documents while stationed in Orleans, France, in 1961, led Congress to award him $625,000 in damages nearly 20 years later.
Harambee! · 1996Harambee!
★ 7.01996
MovieDrama
During a Kwanzaa celebration, a recovering drug addict who now counsels drug users inspires the residents of a Brooklyn housing project to apply the principles of the holiday to combat violence in their neighborhood.