Howard Rollins
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/CBS television crime drama In the Heat of the Night (1988–1994).
17 October 1950
Born on the same birth date (17 October 1950): Philippe Barbarin • Sandra Reemer
Born on the same birth day (17 October): Adolphe-Félix Cals • Darío Sala • Earl Thomas Conley • Henry Campbell Black • Jared Tallent • John Bowring • José Perramón • Kenneth Omeruo • Kostas Tsartsaris • Lawrence Bender • Maica García Godoy • Marina Salas • Paul Haenlein • Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny • Sami Lepistö • Syed Ahmad Khan • Toby Young
Born in the same month (October 1950): Alan Rosenberg • Charlie George • Eddie Clarke (musician) • Elpida (singer) • Fran Lebowitz • Jane Pauley • Jody Williams • John Matuszak • Maria Teschler-Nicola • Miguel Ángel Pichetto • Patty Murray • Philippe Barbarin • Ronald McNair • Tom Petty • Yeslam bin Ladin • Yvette Freeman