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