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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 ...
- American
- 1970–1996
- Actor
Dec 10, 1996 · NEW YORK -- Howard Rollins, 46, the actor who starred for five seasons in the TV series "In the Heat of the Night" and who was nominated for an Oscar for his role in "Ragtime," died Dec. 8 at a ...
Dec 10, 1996 · Howard Rollins, an actor who was nominated for an Academy Award in 1981 for his work in the film ''Ragtime'' and was written out of the hit television series ''In the Heat of the Night'' in 1993 ...
Dec 11, 1996 · Howard Rollins was an Oscar-nominated actor who starred in movies like "Ragtime" and "A Soldier's Story" and the TV series "In the Heat of the Night." He died in 1996 at age 46 after a long battle with drugs and cancer.
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Howard Ellsworth Rollins Jr. 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 ...
Howard Rollins, the Oscar-nominated actor who was bounced from the TV series "In the Heat of the Night" in 1993 because of his drug use, has died at 46, his agent said Monday.
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