Howard Rollins

American stage, film and television actor (1950-1996)
Person Human Q967653

Facts

25 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[14]
Date of birth
October 17, 1950
Date of death
December 8, 1996
Place of birth
Baltimore
Country of citizenship
United States[9]
Cause of death
lymphoma[16]
Languages spoken, written or signed
American English[23]
Birth name
Howard Ellsworth Rollins, Jr.[24]
End of work period
1996
Family name
Rollins[17]
Hair color
black hair
Manner of death
natural causes[20]
Name in native language
Howard Rollins
Place of burial
Woodlawn Cemetery and Chapel Mausoleum[8]
Sexual orientation
heterosexuality[15]
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Start of work period
1970
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 43
VIAF cluster ID
212245
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n85376605
GND ID
173896472
Academy Awards Database nominee ID
2958
Academy Collection persons and institutions ID
2653
AllMovie person ID
p61237
Allcinema person ID
57403
AlloCiné person ID
2.4k (2.4k–458k, n=3)
American Film Institute person ID
253232
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14043053v
CINE21 person ID
51287
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CineMagia person ID
6499
Discogs artist ID
8833933
Elonet person ID
237094
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Howard-Rollins
FAST ID
1761901
Fandango person ID
573316
Film.ru person ID
hauard-i-rollins-ml
Filmweb.pl person ID
45768
Find a Grave memorial ID
5816694
Freebase ID
/m/03f2xx
IMDb ID
nm0738415
Internet Broadway Database person ID
87239, 91503
Kinobox person ID
901784
Kinopoisk person ID
79756
MYmovies person ID
19935
NNDB people ID
838/000107517
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
071436634
PORT person ID
14904
Prabook ID
2353669
SBN author ID
UBOV674873
Scope.dk person ID
29432
Sinemalar person ID
372310
Swedish Film Database person ID
105827
TMDB person ID
95621
WikiTree person ID
Rollins-3490
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJqVYP9h4jpwjmqCKQbPQq
ČSFD person ID
61809

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Summary

Born in Baltimore[1], he… he was born on October 17, 1950[2]. He passed away in St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center[3]. He died on December 8, 1996[4]. He worked as a stage actor[5], film actor[6], and television actor[7].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

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  • Type: Person[25]

  • Country: US[26]

  • Began / founded: 1950-10-17[27]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1996-12-08[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 93598d71-d931-4ae0-9cb4-0ca141e70265[29]

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Recognition

Awards received include NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series[12], a class of award[30], in United States[31], founded in 1972[32].

FAQs

Where was Howard Rollins born?

Howard Rollins was born in Baltimore[1].

Where did Howard Rollins die?

Howard Rollins passed away in St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center[3].

What did Howard Rollins do for work?

Howard Rollins worked as stage actor[5], film actor[6], and television actor[7].

Where did Howard Rollins go to school?

Howard Rollins was educated at Towson University[10].

What awards did Howard Rollins receive?

Honors received include NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series[12] and NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series[13].

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  1. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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  1. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 9w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Allcinema person ID → 57403
    "Created claim: Allcinema person ID: 57403, Matched to ハワード・E・ロリンズ・Jr (#322011905) in Allcinema person"
  2. 9w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sinemalar person ID → 372310
    "Created claim: Sinemalar person ID: 372310, batch #270112"
  3. 13w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HAND ID → 1F0C-AA93-1B1B-C726-FB66
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #46380: HAND ID (3)"
  4. 16w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    CINE21 person ID → 51287
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #42112"
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