Is his life just too sordid to talk about? I'd think his story would be a natural for all the scandal programs about Hollywood.
Howard E. Rollins Jr.
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | July 15, 2021 9:44 AM |
He was a closeted gay man who died from AIDS. It’s sad, but not sordid.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | July 13, 2021 7:27 PM |
What was sordid about him?
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | July 13, 2021 7:28 PM |
He went from being a Oscar nominated actor to losing the starring role on a hit TV show to becoming a cross dressing drug addict who died on skid row. It's a lot less tidy than a closeted gay man who died of AIDS.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | July 13, 2021 7:35 PM |
Excuse me, my name is Tooraloora Goldfarb.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | July 13, 2021 8:55 PM |
He was beautiful in "A Soldier's Story".
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | July 13, 2021 8:57 PM |
He was a handsome and talented man, it's too bad his life was a mess
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | July 13, 2021 10:05 PM |
He was amazing in “A Soldier’s Story.”
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | July 13, 2021 10:54 PM |
When I heard the story about Tooraloora Goldfarb, I think I laughed for three days. It was just so outrageous.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | July 13, 2021 10:57 PM |
Rollins was one of the actors who lost the "New Star of the Year" Golden Globe when Pia Zadora's rich old fart husband bought it for her. The other nominees were Elizabeth McGovern, Craig Wasson, Rachel Ward, and Kathleen Turner.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | July 13, 2021 11:00 PM |
R3, he sounds like every guy I meet on Grindr!
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | July 13, 2021 11:17 PM |
I still remember those pictures of him getting out of his Mercedes in drag and being arrested.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | July 13, 2021 11:33 PM |
^ link, please!
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | July 14, 2021 3:05 AM |
Is the the one who was in Heat of the Night with Carroll O'Connor?
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | July 14, 2021 3:41 AM |
He played the pivotal role of Coalhouse Walker, Jr. in "Ragtime."
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | July 14, 2021 3:48 AM |
Was he fired from In the Heat of the Night?
Why?
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | July 14, 2021 7:23 AM |
R17 The drugs were affecting his performance.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | July 14, 2021 9:08 AM |
He was fired because his drug habit got in the way.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | July 14, 2021 9:09 AM |
I remember back when they were shooting 'ITHOTN' in suburban Atlanta. Between Rollins and Hugh O'Connor I don't know which one got in the most trouble with the local cops. Lots of drug and drunk driving busts with those two.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | July 14, 2021 10:46 AM |
This is an article about Rollins from 1993, 3 years before he died.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | July 14, 2021 3:05 PM |
Did they replace him with another actor?
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | July 15, 2021 6:12 AM |
I had his chocolate stick.
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | July 15, 2021 7:47 AM |
odd that his next credit after Ragtime was a soap opera (Another World.)
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | July 15, 2021 7:50 AM |