In the Heat of the Night
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Known for. Virgil Tibbs – In the Heat of the Night. Howard Ellsworth Rollins Jr. (October 17, 1950 – December 8, 1996) was an American stage, film, and television actor.
- 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...
Oct 1, 2020 · In reality, Howard was written off the show in 1993 due to ongoing legal problems that included three arrests for driving under the influence and a cocaine possession charge. He did end up returning for three episodes in Season 7. It was revealed at the beginning of the police procedural’s final season that Althea and Virgil were getting a ...
- Allison Cacich
Dec 11, 1996 · Howard Rollins, an Oscar-nominated actor with roles in such movies as "Ragtime" and "A Soldier's Story" and the TV series "In the Heat of the Night," died at age 46. Rollins died Sunday afternoon at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital. The hospital declined to release the cause of death, but Frank Tobin, a publicist for actor Carroll O'Connor, said ...
- noreply+associated-press-dn@voxmedia.com
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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 ...
Dec 10, 1996 · Howard Rollins, who was dropped from the popular television series “In the Heat of the Night” because of drug problems, has died. He was 46. Rollins died Sunday in St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital...
