1927-02-20 Miami, Florida, USA
Sidney Poitier KBE (February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian and American actor, film director, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. He received 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. Poitier was one of the last major stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sidney Poitier, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback | Self (archive footage) | 2023-07-30 |
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Paul Newman, l'intranquille | Self (archive footage) | 2023-06-11 |
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Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte | (archive footage) | 2023-01-23 |
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Sidney | Self | 2022-09-10 |
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Denzel Washington : Un modèle américain | Self (archive footage) | 2022-10-15 |
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Poitier's Walter Lee | Self (archive footage) | 2018-09-25 |
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Mr. SOUL! | Self (archive footage) | 2018-04-27 |
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I Am Not Your Negro | Various Roles (archive footage) | 2017-02-03 |
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Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart | Self | 2017-10-14 |
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The Madding Crowd | Self (archive footage) | 2017-02-01 |
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And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
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Martin Luther King and the March on Washington | Self | 2013-01-01 |
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Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley | Self | 2013-04-20 |
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Sing Your Song | Self | 2012-01-13 |
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Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project | Self | 2007-10-13 |
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Hollywood Legenden | Self | 2004-01-01 |
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The Making of ‘Sneakers’ | Self | 2003-06-03 |
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Quincy Jones: In the Pocket | Self | 2001-11-18 |
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The Last Brickmaker in America | Henry Cobb | 2001-09-23 |
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Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters | Self | 2000-06-29 |
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Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light | 2000-02-02 | |
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The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn | Noah Dearborn | 1999-05-09 |
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Free of Eden | Will Cleamons | 1999-02-21 |
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Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist | Reverend Msimangu (archive footage) | 1998-01-01 |
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David and Lisa | Dr. Jack Miller | 1998-11-01 |
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The Jackal | Carter Preston | 1997-11-14 |
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Mandela and de Klerk | Nelson Mandela | 1997-02-16 |
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Afro Promo | Self (archive footage) | 1997-01-31 |
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To Sir, with Love II | Mark Thackeray | 1996-04-07 |
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Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick | Self | 1995-01-01 |
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Sneakers | Crease | 1992-09-09 |
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Separate But Equal | Thurgood Marshall | 1991-04-07 |
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Little Nikita | Roy Parmenter | 1988-03-17 |
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Shoot to Kill | Warren Stantin | 1988-02-12 |
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Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night | Self - Audience Member | 1988-01-03 |
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The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn | Self | 1986-03-09 |
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Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 1985-03-10 |
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I Love Quincy | Self | 1984-03-23 |
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Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist | Narrator (voice) | 1979-10-29 |
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A Piece of the Action | Manny Durrell | 1977-10-07 |
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Let's Do It Again | Clyde Williams | 1975-10-11 |
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The Wilby Conspiracy | Shack Twala | 1975-02-01 |
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Uptown Saturday Night | Steve Jackson | 1974-07-26 |
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A Warm December | Dr. Matt Younger | 1973-05-23 |
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Nationtime | Self - Narrator | 1972-11-01 |
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Buck and the Preacher | Buck | 1972-03-17 |
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The Organization | Virgil Tibbs | 1971-10-20 |
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Brother John | John Kane | 1971-08-15 |
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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis | Self (archive footage) | 1970-03-24 |
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They Call Me Mister Tibbs! | Virgil Tibbs | 1970-07-10 |
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The Lost Man | Jason Higgs | 1969-07-11 |
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Three Young Americans in Search of Survival | Himself | 1969-03-10 |
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For Love of Ivy | Jack Parks | 1968-07-17 |
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In the Heat of the Night | Virgil Tibbs | 1967-08-02 |
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To Sir, with Love | Mark Thackeray | 1967-06-14 |
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | John Prentice | 1967-12-11 |
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Duel at Diablo | Toller | 1966-06-15 |
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The Strolling '20s | Self | 1966-02-04 |
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The Slender Thread | Alan Newell | 1965-12-15 |
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A Cinderella Named Elizabeth | Self | 1965-01-01 |
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The Greatest Story Ever Told | Simon of Cyrene | 1965-04-09 |
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The Bedford Incident | Ben Munceford | 1965-10-11 |
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A Patch of Blue | Gordon Ralfe | 1965-12-10 |
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The Long Ships | Aly Mansuh | 1964-04-22 |
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Lilies of the Field | Homer Smith | 1963-06-04 |
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Pressure Point | Doctor | 1962-10-10 |
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Paris Blues | Eddie Cook | 1961-09-27 |
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A Raisin in the Sun | Walter Lee Younger | 1961-05-28 |
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All the Young Men | Sgt. Eddie Towler | 1960-08-26 |
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Virgin Island | Marcus | 1959-08-07 |
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Porgy and Bess | Porgy | 1959-06-24 |
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The Defiant Ones | Noah Cullen | 1958-08-14 |
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Something of Value | Kimani Wa Karanja | 1957-05-08 |
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Edge of the City | Tommy Tyler | 1957-01-04 |
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Band of Angels | Rau-Ru | 1957-08-03 |
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The Mark of the Hawk | Obam | 1957-12-01 |
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Good-bye, My Lady | Gates Watson | 1956-05-12 |
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A Man Is Ten Feet Tall | Tommy Tyler | 1955-10-02 |
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Blackboard Jungle | Gregory W. Miller | 1955-03-25 |
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Go Man Go | Inman Jackson | 1954-01-27 |
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The Red Ball Express | Robertson | 1952-05-29 |
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Cry, the Beloved Country | Reverend Msimangu | 1951-11-16 |
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No Way Out | Luther Brooks | 1950-08-16 |
