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- Bahamian and American actor and diplomat
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- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner1967
- To Sir, With Love1967
- The Jackal1997
- Sneakers1992
- Stir Crazy1980
- The Defiant Ones1958
- Blackboard Jungle1955
- A Raisin in the Sun1961
- The Bedford Incident1965
- Deadly Pursuit1988
- Uptown Saturday Night1974
- Porgy and Bess1959
- Let's Do It Again1975
- Ghost Dad1990
- Little Nikita1988
- A Piece of the Action1978
- The Organization1971
- Buck and the Preacher1972
Sidney Poitier filmography. Sidney Poitier (1927–2022) was an actor and director. He was best known for his groundbreaking and trailblazing work in the 1950s and 1960s. His breakthrough performances in film include The Defiant Ones (1958), Porgy and Bess (1959), A Raisin in the Sun (1961), Paris Blues (1961), Lilies of the Field (1963), A ...
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Sidney Poitier (1927-2022) Sidney Poitier. Sidney Poitier was a native of Cat Island, Bahamas, although born, two months prematurely, in Miami during a visit by his parents, Evelyn (Outten) and Reginald James Poitier. He grew up in poverty as the son of farmers, with his father also driving a cab in Nassau. Sidney had little formal education ...
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106K views. 36 this week. Create a new list. List your movie, TV & celebrity picks. 32 titles. Sort by List order. 1. In the Heat of the Night. 1967 1h 50m Approved. 7.9 (84K) Rate. 76 Metascore. Director Stars Sidney Poitier Rod Steiger Warren Oates. 2. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. 1967 1h 48m Approved. 7.8 (49K) Rate. 63 Metascore.
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3 days ago · #1. Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. Synopsis: When a murderous diamond thief escapes with a cache of stolen jewels, grizzled FBI agent Warren Stantin (Sidney Poitier) gives... [More]...
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1950 1h 46m Approved. 7.4 (6.3K) Rate. Two hoodlum brothers are brought into a hospital for gunshot wounds, and when one of them dies the other accuses their black doctor of murder. Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz Stars Richard Widmark Linda Darnell Stephen McNally. 3. Cry, the Beloved Country. 1951 1h 43m.
He acted in three films in 1967 films which dealt with issues of race and race relations: To Sir, with Love; Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, and In the Heat of the Night, the latter of which earned him Golden Globe and BAFTA Award nominations. In a poll the next year he was voted the US's top box-office star. [11] .