Sidney Poitier

Actor

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.

Born: February 20, 1927 in Miami, Florida, USA

Died: January 7, 2022 (Age 94)

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Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
A Patch of Blue Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	8.1	Actor	Gordon Ralfe	1965
A Piece of the Action Movie	6.6	Actor	Manny Durrell	1977
A Raisin in the Sun Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	7.9	Actor	Walter Lee Younger	1961
A Warm December Movie	5.9	Actor	Dr. Matt Younger	1973
All the Young Men Movie	6	Actor	Sgt. Eddie Towler	1960
Band of Angels Movie Available on 8 streaming services.	6.4	Actor	Rau-Ru	1957
Blackboard Jungle Movie	7.3	Actor	Gregory W. Miller	1955
Brother John Movie	6.2	Actor	John Kane	1971
Buck and the Preacher Movie Available on 9 streaming services.	6.7	Actor	Buck	1972
Cry, the Beloved Country Movie Available on 3 streaming services.	6.7	Actor	Reverend Msimangu	1951
Duel at Diablo Movie Available on 6 streaming services.	6.4	Actor	Toller	1966
Edge of the City Movie	7	Actor	Tommy Tyler	1957
For Love of Ivy Movie	6	Actor	Jack Parks	1968
Good-bye, My Lady Movie	7	Actor	Gates Watson	1956
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	7.9	Actor	John Prentice	1967
In the Heat of the Night Movie Available on 7 streaming services.	8	Actor	Virgil Tibbs	1967
Let's Do It Again Movie Available on 10 streaming services.	6.9	Actor	Clyde Williams	1975
Lilies of the Field Movie Available on 8 streaming services.	7.7	Actor	Homer Smith	1963
Little Nikita Movie	6	Actor	Roy Parmenter	1988
The Jackal Movie	6.2	Actor	Carter Preston	1997
Sneakers Movie	7.3	Actor	Crease	1992
To Sir, with Love Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	7.8	Actor	Mark Thackeray	1967
The Defiant Ones Movie Available on 3 streaming services.	7.7	Actor	Noah Cullen	1958
Shoot to Kill Movie	6.7	Actor	Warren Stantin	1988
The Greatest Story Ever Told Movie Available on 7 streaming services.	6.6	Actor	Simon of Cyrene	1965
The Bedford Incident Movie	7.2	Actor	Ben Munceford	1965
No Way Out Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	7.5	Actor	Dr. Luther Brooks	1950
They Call Me Mister Tibbs! Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	6.1	Actor	Virgil Tibbs	1970
Paris Blues Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	6.6	Actor	Eddie Cook	1961
The Long Ships Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	6.2	Actor	Aly Mansuh	1964
Uptown Saturday Night Movie	6.8	Actor	Steve Jackson	1974
The Wilby Conspiracy Movie	6.6	Actor	Shack Twala	1975
The Slender Thread Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	7.2	Actor	Alan Newell	1965
Porgy and Bess Movie	7.2	Actor	Porgy	1959
The Organization Movie Available on 4 streaming services.	6.1	Actor	Virgil Tibbs	1971
Pressure Point Movie	6.9	Actor	Doctor	1962
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project Movie Available on 6 streaming services.	7.5	Actor	Self	2007
Something of Value Movie	6.3	Actor	Kimani Wa Karanja	1957
The Red Ball Express Movie	6.1	Actor	Robertson	1952
Sing Your Song Movie	7.7	Actor	Self	2012
Moms Mabley Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	7.7	Actor	Self	2013
The Mark of the Hawk Movie	5	Actor	Obam	1957
The Lost Man Movie	5.8	Actor	Jason Higgs	1969
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist Movie	7	Actor	Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)	1998
Virgin Island Movie	5.6	Actor	Marcus	1959
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart Movie	8.2	Actor	Self	2017
Afro Promo Movie	4.4	Actor	Self (archive footage)	1997
Go Man Go Movie	6.2	Actor	Inman Jackson	1954
Nationtime Movie	7.1	Actor	Self - Narrator	1972
I Am Not Your Negro Movie Available on 9 streaming services.	8	Actor	Various Roles (archive footage)	2017
Mr. SOUL! Movie	7.6	Actor	Self (archive footage)	2018
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light Movie	7.6	Actor		2000
Quincy Jones: In the Pocket Movie	7.5	Actor	Self	2001
Sidney Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	7.7	Actor	Self	2022
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis Movie Available on 9 streaming services.	8	Actor	Self (archive footage)	1969
Restless: Being Paul Newman Movie	7.1	Actor	Self (archive footage)	2023
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	7.4	Actor	Self (archive footage)	2023
I Love Quincy Movie		Actor	Self	1984
The Making of ‘Sneakers’ Movie	6.8	Actor	Self
Separate But Equal Movie		Actor	Thurgood Marshall	1991
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick Movie	7.5	Actor	Self	1995
Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters Movie	7	Actor	Self	2000
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington Movie		Actor	Self	2013
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall Movie	7.7	Actor	Tommy Tyler	1955
The Madding Crowd Movie		Actor	Self (archive footage)	2017
Separate But Equal Limited Series	7.3	Actor	Thurgood Marshall 2 Episodes	1991-1991
AFI Life Achievement Award Limited Series	5.8	Actor	Self 1 Episode	1973
The Dick Cavett Show TV Show Available on 7 streaming services.	8.1	Actor	Self - Guest 1 Episode	1968-1988
The Philco Television Playhouse TV Show	7.3	Actor	Tommy Tyler 1 Episode	1948-1956
Cinépanorama TV Show	7.4	Actor	Self 1 Episode	1956-1966
The Philco Television Playhouse TV Show	7.3	Actor	1 Episode	1948-1956
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV Show Available on 5 streaming services.	8.3	Actor	Self 1 Episode	1962-1992
Tony Awards TV Show		Actor	Self - Presenter 1 Episode	1956
The Oscars TV Show	7	Actor	Self 7 Episodes	1953
Golden Globe Awards TV Show		Actor	Self - Winner 1 Episode	1944
Omnibus TV Show	7.3	Actor	1 Episode	1952-1961
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist Short Film	7.3	Actor	Narrator (voice)	1979
Poitier's Walter Lee Short Film		Actor	Self (archive footage)	2018
A Cinderella Named Elizabeth Short Film	6.2	Actor	Self	1965
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn Movie Available on 5 streaming services.	7.2	Actor	Noah Dearborn	1999
To Sir, with Love II Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	6.6	Actor	Mark Thackeray	1996
David and Lisa Movie	6.5	Actor	Dr. Jack Miller	1998
Free of Eden Movie	6	Actor	Will Cleamons	1998
The Strolling '20s Movie	7.3	Actor	Self	1966
And the Oscar Goes to... Movie	6.9	Actor	Self (archive footage)	2014
The Last Brickmaker in America Movie	7.1	Actor	Henry Cobb	2001
Mandela and de Klerk Movie Available on 8 streaming services.	6.8	Actor	Nelson Mandela	1997
Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte Movie	6.8	Actor	(archive footage)	2023
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night TV Special	8.7	Actor	Self - Audience Member	1988
Hollywood Legenden Movie	7.9	Actor	Self	2004
Denzel Washington: An American Model Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	6.5	Actor	Self (archive footage)	2022
Children of the Dust Limited Series	6.5	Actor	Gypsy Smith 2 Episodes	1995-1995
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn Movie	7.7	Actor	Self	1986
The 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors TV Special	6.9	Actor	Self 1 Episode	2012
Night of 100 Stars II TV Special	7.1	Actor	Self	1985
A Piece of the Action Movie	6.6	Directing	Director	1977
A Warm December Movie	5.9	Directing	Director	1973
Buck and the Preacher Movie Available on 9 streaming services.	6.7	Directing	Director, Producer	1972
Fast Forward Movie	5.4	Directing	Director	1985
For Love of Ivy Movie	6	Writing	Original Story	1968
Ghost Dad Movie	4.6	Directing	Director	1990
Hanky Panky Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	5.7	Directing	Director	1982
Let's Do It Again Movie Available on 10 streaming services.	6.9	Directing	Director	1975
Stir Crazy Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	6.9	Directing	Director	1980
Uptown Saturday Night Movie	6.8	Directing	Director	1974
Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year

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