AKA Howard Ellsworth Rollins, Jr.

Born: 17-Oct-1950
Birthplace: Baltimore, MD
Died: 8-Dec-1996
Location of death: New York City
Cause of death: Cancer - Lymphoma
Remains: Buried, Woodlawn Cemetery, Baltimore, MD

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: A Soldier's Story

Father: Howard E. Rollins, Sr. (steelworker)
Mother: Ruth R. Rollins (housewife)

    University: BA Theater, Towson State College

    Driving While Intoxicated 1988 (cocaine, plead guilty in Louisiana)
    Driving While Intoxicated 1992 (tranquilizer, plead guilty)
    Risk Factors: Cocaine

    TELEVISION
    Another World Ed Harding (1982)
    In the Heat of the Night Virgil Tibbs (attorney, 1988-94)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Drunks (23-Aug-1995)
    With Murder in Mind (12-May-1992)
    Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (Oct-1987) [VOICE]
    The Children of Times Square (3-Mar-1986) · Otis Travis
    A Soldier's Story (13-Sep-1984) · Capt. Davenport
    The House of God (1984) · Chuck Johnston
    Ragtime (20-Nov-1981)
    My Old Man (7-Dec-1979)
    Roots: The Next Generations (18-Feb-1979)
    King (12-Feb-1978)

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