Sidni Puatye

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1927-02-20 – 2022-01-06 · Miami, Florida, USA

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.

• The Jackal (1997) — Carter Preston
• In the Heat of the Night (1967) — Virgil Tibbs
• Sneakers (1992) — Crease
• Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) — John Prentice
• Stir Crazy (1980) — Director
• To Sir, with Love (1967) — Mark Thackeray
• The Defiant Ones (1958) — Noah Cullen
• Shoot to Kill (1988) — Warren Stantin
• Lilies of the Field (1963) — Homer Smith
• Ghost Dad (1990) — Director
• The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) — Simon of Cyrene
• Blackboard Jungle (1955) — Gregory W. Miller
• A Raisin in the Sun (1961) — Walter Lee Younger
• A Patch of Blue (1965) — Gordon Ralfe
• Duel at Diablo (1966) — Toller
• Little Nikita (1988) — Roy Parmenter
• No Way Out (1950) — Luther Brooks
• They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970) — Virgil Tibbs
• The Bedford Incident (1965) — Ben Munceford
• Paris Blues (1961) — Eddie Cook
• Hanky Panky (1982) — Director
• Buck and the Preacher (1972) — Buck, Producer, Director
• The Long Ships (1964) — Aly Mansuh
• Edge of the City (1957) — Tommy Tyler