Sidney Poitier
Born in Miami, Florida, USA — Feb 20 1927• Died Jan 06 2022
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Sidney Poitier KBE (February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian and American actor, film director, and diplomat. In 1964, he became the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, for Lilies of the Field. Other accolades include two competitive Golden Globe Awards, a competitive British Academy of Film and Television Arts award (BAFTA), and a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album. Major films featuring Poitier in a starring role include Blackboard Jungle (1955), The Defiant Ones (1958), To Sir, with Love (1967…
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Sidney Poitier's Credits
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The Philco Television Playhouse
The Oscars
Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
ABC Stage 67
Self - Host
Sneakers
Crease
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
The Jackal
Carter Preston
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Simon of Cyrene
In the Heat of the Night
Virgil Tibbs
Children of the Dust
Gypsy Smith
To Sir, with Love
Mark Thackeray
Stir Crazy
Directing
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
Shoot to Kill
Warren Stantin
Duel at Diablo
Toller
Ghost Dad
Directing
The Bedford Incident
Ben Munceford
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
John Prentice
Separate but Equal
Thurgood Marshall
Kraft Television Theatre
The Organization
Virgil Tibbs
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
No Way Out
Luther Brooks
Sidney
Self
David and Lisa
Dr. Jack Miller
A Patch of Blue
Gordon Ralfe
The Long Ships
Aly Mansuh
Hanky Panky
Directing
Paris Blues
Eddie Cook
Band of Angels
Rau-Ru
Little Nikita
Roy Parmenter
Buck and the Preacher
Buck
The Defiant Ones
Noah Cullen
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
Noah Dearborn
Blackboard Jungle
Gregory W. Miller
Pressure Point
Doctor
Mr. SOUL!
Self (archive footage)
The Wilby Conspiracy
Shack Twala
The Red Ball Express
Robertson
Fast Forward
Directing
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Self
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
Self
Porgy and Bess
Porgy
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
Virgil Tibbs
Separate But Equal
Thurgood Marshall
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Self
Uptown Saturday Night
Steve Jackson
A Piece of the Action
Manny Durrell
A Raisin in the Sun
Walter Lee Younger
Let's Do It Again
Clyde Williams
Lilies of the Field
Homer Smith
The Mark of the Hawk
Obam
Edge of the City
Tommy Tyler
The Lost Man
Jason Higgs
Brother John
John Kane
Free of Eden
Will Cleamons
For Love of Ivy
Jack Parks
Good-bye, My Lady
Gates Watson
Hollywood Legenden
Self
The Slender Thread
Alan Newell
Nationtime
Self - Narrator
Mandela and de Klerk
Nelson Mandela
Afro Promo
Self (archive footage)
A Warm December
Dr. Matt Younger
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
Self (archive footage)
Go Man Go
Inman Jackson
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
Self
To Sir, with Love II
Mark Thackeray
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
I Love Quincy
Self
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
Self - Audience Member
Something of Value
Kimani Wa Karanja
Sing Your Song
Self
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
Tommy Tyler
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
Self
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
Self
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
Self
The Last Brickmaker in America
Henry Cobb
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)
Cry, the Beloved Country
Reverend Msimangu
Quincy Jones: In the Pocket
Self
Virgin Island
Marcus
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
Self
Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters
Self
All the Young Men
Sgt. Eddie Towler
Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
The Madding Crowd
Self (archive footage)
Sepia Cinderella
Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
The Strolling '20s
Self
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
Narrator (voice)
Poitier's Walter Lee
Self (archive footage)
A Cinderella Named Elizabeth
Self
Three Young Americans in Search of Survival
Himself
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter