Biography and 10 the Best Sidney Poitier Movies. LIVE LEGEND HAPPY BIRTHDAY, February 20
Uptown Saturday Night
Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor
Released: 1974
Directed by: Sidney Poitier
Uptown Saturday Night is a 1974 comedy film written by Richard Wesley, and directed by Sidney Poitier, who also stars in this film, along with Bill Cosby and Harry Belafonte. Cosby and Poitier..
9.The Jackal
Bruce Willis, Richard Gere
Released: 1997
Directed by: Michael Caton-Jones
The Jackal is a 1997 American spy action thriller film directed by Michael Caton-Jones, and starring Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, and Sidney Poitier. The film is a loose remake of the 1973..
8.Duel at Diablo
Sidney Poitier, James Garner
Released: 1966
Directed by: Ralph Nelson
Duel at Diablo is a 1966 western film starring James Garner in his first Western since leaving Maverick and Sidney Poitier in his first Western. Based on Marvin H. Albert’s 1957 novel Apache..
7.A Raisin in the Sun
Sidney Poitier, Louis Gossett
Released: 1961
Directed by: Daniel Petrie
A Raisin in the Sun is a 1961 drama film, starring Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Claudia McNeil, Diana Sands, Roy Glenn, and Louis Gossett, and adapted from the play of the same name by…
6.A Patch of Blue
Sidney Poitier, Shelley Winters
Released: 1965
Directed by: Guy Green
A Patch of Blue is a 1965 American drama film directed by Guy Green about the relationship between a black man, Gordon, and a blind white female teenager, Selina, and the problems that….
5.The Defiant Ones
Sidney Poitier, Tony Curtis
Released: 1958
Directed by: Stanley Kramer
The Defiant Ones is a 1958 black and white film which tells the story of two escaped prisoners, one white and one black, who are shackled together and who must co-operate in order to…
4.Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
Katharine Hepburn, Sidney Poitier
Released: 1967
Directed by: Stanley Kramer
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner is a 1967 American comedy-drama film produced and directed by Stanley Kramer and written by William Rose. It stars Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier and….
3.Lilies of the Field
Sidney Poitier, Ralph Nelson
Released: 1963
Directed by: Ralph Nelson
Lilies of the Field is a 1963 film adapted by James Poe from the 1962 novel with the same name by William Edmund Barrett, and stars Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Stanley Adams, and Dan….
2.To Sir, with Love
Sidney Poitier, Lulu
Released: 1967
Directed by: James Clavell
To Sir, with Love is a 1967 British drama film, starring Sidney Poitier, that deals with social and racial issues in an inner-city school. James Clavell directed and wrote the film’s screenplay,..
1.In the Heat of the Night
Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger
Released: 1967
Directed by: Norman Jewison
In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 American mystery drama film directed by Norman Jewison. It is based on John Ball’s 1965 novel of the same name which tells the story of Virgil Tibbs, a…
Both an esteemed actor and a respected humanitarian, Sidney Poitier received an Academy Award for Best Actor for Lilies of the Field (1963) and an Honorary Award presented in 2001. Born in Miami, he grew up both in the Bahamas and the United States and became a noted actor both on the stage and in such films as The Defiant Ones (1958, which earned him his first Oscar nomination), A Patch of Blue (1965), In the Heat of the Night (1967) and Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967). He has also directed nine features and remains a major inspirational figure among the creative community.
| Born | in Miami, Florida, USA |
| Birth Name | Sidney L. Poitier |
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