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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.
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).
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58 Photos. 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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Howard Ellsworth Rollins Jr. (October 17, 1950 – December 8, 1996) was an American stage, film, and television actor.
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.
The film stars James Cagney, Mary Steenburgen, Howard Rollins, Brad Dourif, James Olson and Elizabeth McGovern. Ragtime featured Cagney's and Pat O'Brien's final film appearances, as well as early roles for Jeff Daniels, Fran Drescher, Samuel L. Jackson, Ethan Phillips, and John Ratzenberger.
Howard E. Rollins, Jr. Biography. 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.
