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 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), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), In the Heat of the Night (1967), Sneakers (1992), and The Jackal (1997). Later in his career, he turned to directing with features such as Buck and the Preacher (1972), Uptown Saturday Night (1974), Stir Crazy (1980), and Ghost Dad (1990). At the time of his death, Poitier was one of the last major stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema.
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Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback | Self (archive footage) | 2023-07-30 |
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Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte | Self (archive footage) | 2023-01-23 |
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A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story | Self | 2022-11-09 |
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Sidney | Self | 2022-09-10 |
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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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The Madding Crowd | Self (archive footage) | 2017-02-01 |
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Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart | Self | 2017-10-14 |
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Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley | Self | 2013-04-20 |
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Martin Luther King and the March on Washington | Self | 2013-01-01 |
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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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Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light | 2000-02-02 | |
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Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters | Self | 2000-06-29 |
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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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Mandela and de Klerk | Nelson Mandela | 1997-02-16 |
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The Jackal | Carter Preston | 1997-11-14 |
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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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Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night | Self - Audience Member | 1988-01-03 |
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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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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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Buck and the Preacher | Buck | 1972-03-17 |
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Nationtime | Self - Narrator | 1972-11-01 |
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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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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | John Prentice | 1967-12-11 |
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To Sir, with Love | Mark Thackeray | 1967-06-14 |
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In the Heat of the Night | Virgil Tibbs | 1967-08-02 |
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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 Greatest Story Ever Told | Simon of Cyrene | 1965-04-09 |
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A Cinderella Named Elizabeth | Self | 1965-01-01 |
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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 Slender Thread | Alan Newell | 1965-12-15 |
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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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Porgy and Bess | Porgy | 1959-06-24 |
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Virgin Island | Marcus | 1959-08-07 |
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The Defiant Ones | Noah Cullen | 1958-08-14 |
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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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Something of Value | Kimani Wa Karanja | 1957-05-08 |
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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 |
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Sepia Cinderella | Nightclub Extra (uncredited) | 1947-07-25 |
