Sidney Poitier filmography
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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 Patch of Blue (1965), To Sir, with Love, In the Heat of the Night and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (all 1967).
Filmography
Actor
Documentary appearances
- From Whence Cometh My Help (1949)
- King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970) (Narrator)
- A Century of Cinema (1994)
- Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick (1996)
- Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey (2001) (Narrator)
- Tell Them Who You Are (2004)
- Mr. Warmth: The Shane Kerr Project (2008)
- Sidney (2022)
Director
- Buck and the Preacher (1972) (Also uncredited as producer)
- A Warm December (1973)
- Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
- Let's Do it Again (1975)
- A Piece of the Action (1977)
- Stir Crazy (1980)
- Hanky Panky (1982)
- Fast Forward (1985)
- Ghost Dad (1990)
Television
Performer
Talk show appearances
References
Works cited
External links
- Sidney Poitier filmography at IMDb
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