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Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier

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.

Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte
2023
(archive footage)Paul Newman: The Restless
2023
Self (archive footage)Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
2023
Self (archive footage)Sidney
2022
SelfDenzel Washington: A Model American
2022
Self (archive footage)A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
2022
SelfPoitier's Walter Lee
2018
Self (archive footage)Mr. SOUL!
2018
Self (archive footage)Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
2017
SelfThe Madding Crowd
2017
Self (archive footage)I Am Not Your Negro
2017
Various Roles (archive footage)And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
Self (archive footage)Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
2013
SelfWhoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
2013
SelfSing Your Song
2012
SelfMr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007
SelfThe Making of ‘Sneakers’
2003
SelfQuincy Jones: In the Pocket
2001
SelfThe Last Brickmaker in America
2001
Henry CobbRichard Widmark: Strength of Characters
2000
SelfSidney Poitier: One Bright Light
2000
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
1999
Noah DearbornFree of Eden
1999
Will CleamonsDavid and Lisa
1998
Dr. Jack MillerScandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1998
Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)The Jackal
1997
Carter PrestonMandela and de Klerk
1997
Nelson MandelaAfro Promo
1997
Self (archive footage)To Sir, with Love II
1996
Mark ThackerayWild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
1995
SelfSneakers
1992
CreaseSeparate But Equal
1991
Thurgood MarshallGhost Dad
1990
DirectorShoot to Kill
1988
Warren StantinLittle Nikita
1988
Roy ParmenterRoy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
1988
Self - Audience MemberThe Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986
SelfFast Forward
1985
DirectorNight of 100 Stars II
1985
SelfHanky Panky
1982
DirectorStir Crazy
1980
DirectorPaul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
1979
Narrator (voice)A Piece of the Action
1977
DirectorLet's Do It Again
1975
DirectorThe Wilby Conspiracy
1975
Shack TwalaUptown Saturday Night
1974
DirectorA Warm December
1973
DirectorBuck and the Preacher
1972
ProducerNationtime
1972
Self - NarratorThe Organization
1971
Virgil TibbsBrother John
1971
John KaneThey Call Me Mister Tibbs!
1970
Virgil TibbsKing: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
Self (archive footage)The Lost Man
1969
Jason HiggsFor Love of Ivy
1968
Original StoryGuess Who's Coming to Dinner
1967
John PrenticeIn the Heat of the Night
1967
Virgil TibbsTo Sir, with Love
1967
Mark ThackerayDuel at Diablo
1966
TollerThe Strolling '20s
1966
SelfThe Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
Simon of CyreneA Patch of Blue
1965
Gordon RalfeThe Bedford Incident
1965
Ben MuncefordThe Slender Thread
1965
Alan NewellA Cinderella Named Elizabeth
1965
SelfThe Long Ships
1964
Aly MansuhLilies of the Field
1963
Homer SmithPressure Point
1962
DoctorParis Blues
1961
Eddie CookA Raisin in the Sun
1961
Walter Lee YoungerAll the Young Men
1960
Sgt. Eddie TowlerPorgy and Bess
1959
PorgyVirgin Island
1959
MarcusThe Defiant Ones
1958
Noah CullenEdge of the City
1957
Tommy TylerBand of Angels
1957
Rau-RuSomething of Value
1957
Kimani Wa KaranjaThe Mark of the Hawk
1957
ObamGood-bye, My Lady
1956
Gates WatsonBlackboard Jungle
1955
Gregory W. MillerA Man Is Ten Feet Tall
1955
Tommy TylerGo Man Go
1954
Inman JacksonThe Red Ball Express
1952
RobertsonCry, the Beloved Country
1951
Reverend MsimanguNo Way Out
1950
Luther BrooksSepia Cinderella
1947
Nightclub Extra (uncredited)