Sidney Poitier has died at the age of 94, Bahamian official says

[FiestaST]

Top 10 Greatest Sidney Poitier Performances

 

[Mekon]

I had no idea that he was still alive. RIP

I had no idea he was so old.

 

[ponder]

RIP

Great person & actor.

 

[ConfusedR]

He was really great.
RIP

 

[FiestaST]

This acclaimed Sidney doccie dropped on Apple TV+ & the high seas on Fri. Currently watching it, tons of insight at play.

Sidney (2022) - IMDb

Sidney: Directed by Reginald Hudlin. With Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Halle Berry, Willie Blue. Follow the real life story of Sidney Poitier, the Oscar winner of 1964.

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I'm a big fan & watched a stack of his best films over the course of the last few months.

My Top 5:

In the Heat of the Night (1967) - IMDb

In the Heat of the Night: Directed by Norman Jewison. With Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant. A black Philadelphia police detective is mistakenly suspected of a local murder while passing through a racially hostile Mississippi town, and after being cleared is reluctantly asked...

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The Defiant Ones (1958) - IMDb

The Defiant Ones: Directed by Stanley Kramer. With Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel, Charles McGraw. Two chained-together escaped convicts, white and Black, must learn to get along in order to elude capture.

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Lilies of the Field (1963) - IMDb

Lilies of the Field: Directed by Ralph Nelson. With Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Lisa Mann, Isa Crino. A travelling handyman becomes the answer to the prayers of nuns who wish to build a chapel in the desert.

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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) - IMDb

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner: Directed by Stanley Kramer. With Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Hepburn, Katharine Houghton. A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter introduces them to her African-American fiancé.

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To Sir, with Love (1967) - IMDb

To Sir, with Love: Directed by James Clavell. With Sidney Poitier, Christian Roberts, Judy Geeson, Suzy Kendall. Idealistic engineer-trainee and his experiences in teaching a group of rambunctious white high school students from the slums of London's East End.

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[zerocool2009]

What a legend!

 

[Kosmik]

Great actor, good innings.

 

[Drifter]

RIP