![]() ![]() During the show's run, Rollins struggled with addiction to drugs and alcohol. In the Heat of the Night began airing on NBC in 1988. In 1984, Rollins starred in director Norman Jewison's film A Soldier's Story, which led to his role as Virgil Tibbs on In the Heat of the Night, the television series based on Jewison's acclaimed 1967 film of the same name. The following year, Rollins was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for his role on Another World. ![]() His performance in the film earned him an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actor as well as Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture and New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture. In 1981, Rollins made his film debut in the Dino De Laurentiis/ Miloš Forman motion picture Ragtime. He also appeared in the TV miniseries King and Roots: The Next Generations. In 1974, Rollins moved to New York City, where he appeared in the Broadway productions of We Interrupt This Program (1975), The Mighty Gents (1978), and G. In 1970, Rollins left college to play the role of "Slick" in the PBS soap opera Our Street. After his high school graduation, Rollins studied theater at Towson University. Rollins attended Northern High School, graduating in 1968. His mother was a domestic worker, and father a steelworker who died in 1980. on October 17, 1950, in Baltimore, Maryland, Rollins was the youngest of four children. Over the span of his acting career, Rollins was nominated for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, and an Emmy.īiography Early life and education īorn to Ruth and Howard Ellsworth Rollins Sr. Rollins was interred at Woodlawn Cemetery in his native Baltimore. ![]() Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital in New York at the age of 46, from complications from lymphoma. In the fall of 1996, Rollins was diagnosed with AIDS. 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). 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. (Octo– December 8, 1996) was an American stage, film, and television actor. ![]()
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