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Howard Ellsworth Rollins Jr. (October 17, 1950 – December 8, 1996) was an American stage, film, and television actor.
Howard E. Rollins Jr.. Actor: Ragtime. Howard E. Rollins Jr. was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1950. He was the youngest of four children born to Howard E. Rollins Sr. (steelworker) and Ruth R. Rollins (domestic worker). Rollins graduated from Towson State College, where he studied theater.
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- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- New York City, New York, USA
Howard E. Rollins Jr.. Actor: Ragtime. Howard E. Rollins Jr. was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1950. He was the youngest of four children born to Howard E. Rollins Sr. (steelworker) and Ruth R. Rollins (domestic worker). Rollins graduated from Towson State College, where he studied theater.
- October 17, 1950
- December 8, 1996
actor. Born: 11/17/1950. Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland. Rollins gained critical acclaim for his role as a young Black man in search of justice in the film Ragtime (1981), a performance that earned an Oscar nomination.
Born Howard Ellsworth Rollins, Jr., October 17, 1950 in Baltimore, MD, died December 8, 1996 in New York; the youngest of four children born to Howard E. Rollins, Sr. (steelworker) and Ruth R. Rollins (domestic worker); Education: Student at Townson State College, MD.
Howard E. Rollins Jr. Active - 1979 - 2016 | Birth - Oct 17, 1950 | Death - Dec 8, 1996 | Genres - Drama , Crime , Documentary , History , Biography | Subgenres - Collage Film
He worked on the daytime dramas All My Children (1981) and Another World (1982), but his best-known television role was as Detective Virgil Tibbs in In the Heat of the Night (1987-92). His other film credits include A Soldier's Story (1984) and The House of God (1978).
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