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    Sidney Poitier

    Born

    February 20, 1927
    Miami, Florida, USA

    Passed away

    January 6, 2022
    at the age of 94

    Awards

    1 Oscar
    + 1 nomination
    1 Golden Globe
    + 6 nominations

    Directed 9 films

    Ghost Dad

    1990. 1h23m    Fantasy comedy Bill Cosby & Kimberly Russell

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    Fast Forward

    1985. 1h50m    Musical drama John Scott Clough & Don Franklin

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    6.0

    Hanky Panky

    1982. 1h50m    Action thriller Gene Wilder & Gilda Radner

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    Stir Crazy

    R14A1980. 1h51m    Criminal comedy Gene Wilder & Richard Pryor

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    A Piece of the Action

    1977. 2h15m    Criminal comedy Sidney Poitier & Bill Cosby

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    Let's Do It Again

    1975. 1h50m    Action comedy Sidney Poitier & Bill Cosby

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    5.0

    Uptown Saturday Night

    PG1974. 1h44m    Action comedy Sidney Poitier & Bill Cosby

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    A Warm December

    1973. 1h39m    Romantic drama Sidney Poitier & Ester Anderson

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    4.0

    Buck and the Preacher

    PG1972. 1h42m    Adventure drama Sidney Poitier & Harry Belafonte

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    Starring in 61 movies

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    Sidney

    PG-132022. 1h46m    Biography documentary by Reginald Hudlin

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    7.0

    A Star without A Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story

    2022. 1h30m    Documentary by Kirk E. Kelleykahn

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    Mr. Soul!

    2018. 1h30m    Documentary by Melissa Haizlip & Samuel D. Pollard

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    Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me

    2017. 1h40m    Documentary by Samuel D. Pollard

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    Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart

    2017. 1h58m    Biography documentary by Tracy Heather Strain

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    7.0

    And the Oscar Goes To...

    2014. 1h27m    Documentary by Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman

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    Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley

    2013. 1h12m    Documentary by Whoopi Goldberg

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    B.B. King: The Life of Riley

    PG2012. 2h03m    Musical biography documentary by Jon Brewer

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    8.0

    The Loving Story

    2011. 1h17m    Documentary by Nancy Buirski

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    7.0

    Sing Your Song

    2011. 1h44m    Musical documentary by Susanne Rostock

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    Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

    2007. 1h29m    Biography documentary by John Landis

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    A Century of Black Cinema

    2003. Kim Delgado & Muhammad Ali

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    The Last Brickmaker in America

    2001. 1h25m    Sidney Poitier & Piper Laurie

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    Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey

    2001. 1h57m    Documentary by William Greaves

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    The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn

    1999. 1h25m    Drama Sidney Poitier & Dianne Wiest

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    Free of Eden

    1998. 1h38m    Drama Sidney Poitier & Sydney Tamiia Poitier

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    Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

    1998. 54m    Morgan Freeman & Rosetta LeNoire

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    8.2

    The Jackal

    R1997. 2h04m    Action thriller Bruce Willis & Richard Gere

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    Mandela and de Klerk

    1997. 1h54m    Drama Sidney Poitier & Michael Caine

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    To Sir, with Love II

    1996. 1h32m    Drama Sidney Poitier & Christian Payton

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    Sneakers

    PG-131992. 2h05m    Action thriller Jo Marr & Gary Hershberger

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    Little Nikita

    1988. 1h38m    Dramatic thriller Sidney Poitier & River Phoenix

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    6.7

    Shoot to Kill

    1988. 1h50m    Action drama Sidney Poitier & Tom Berenger

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    A Piece of the Action

    1977. 2h15m    Criminal comedy Sidney Poitier & Bill Cosby

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    Let's Do It Again

    1975. 1h50m    Action comedy Sidney Poitier & Bill Cosby

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    The Wilby Conspiracy

    1975. 1h45m    Action thriller Sidney Poitier & Michael Caine

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    5.0

    Uptown Saturday Night

    PG1974. 1h44m    Action comedy Sidney Poitier & Bill Cosby

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    Nationtime

    1973. 1h20m    Documentary by William Greaves

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    A Warm December

    1973. 1h39m    Romantic drama Sidney Poitier & Ester Anderson

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    Buck and the Preacher

    PG1972. 1h42m    Adventure drama Sidney Poitier & Harry Belafonte

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    Brother John

    1971. 1h35m    Science-fiction Sidney Poitier & Will Geer

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    7.0

    King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

    PG1970. 3h05m    Documentary by Sidney Lumet & Joseph L. Mankiewicz

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    They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

    1970. 1h48m    Criminal drama Sidney Poitier & Martin Landau

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    The Lost Man

    1969. 2h02m    Romantic drama Sidney Poitier & Joanna Shimkus

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    For Love of Ivy

    1968. 1h41m    Romantic comedy Sidney Poitier & Abbey Lincoln

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    6.5

    Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

    PG1967. 1h48m    Drama Spencer Tracy & Sidney Poitier

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    In the Heat of the Night

    1967. 1h49m    Criminal drama Sidney Poitier & Rod Steiger

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    To Sir, with Love

    1967. 1h45m    Drama Sidney Poitier & Christian Roberts

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    3.0

    Duel at Diablo

    1966. 1h43m    Western James Garner & Sidney Poitier

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    3.0

    The Bedford Incident

    1965. 1h42m    Dramatic thriller Richard Widmark & Sidney Poitier

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    6.0

    The Greatest Story Ever Told

    14A1965. 2h21m    Drama Max von Sydow & Michael Anderson Jr.

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    A Patch of Blue

    1965. 1h45m    Romantic drama Sidney Poitier & Shelley Winters

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    The Slender Thread

    1965. 1h38m    Drama Sidney Poitier & Anne Bancroft

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    The Long Ships

    1964. Adventure Richard Widmark & Sidney Poitier

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    Lilies of the Field

    1963. 1h34m    Comedy Sidney Poitier & Lilia Skala

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    Pressure Point

    1962. 1h31m    Drama Sidney Poitier & Bobby Darin

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    Paris Blues

    1961. 1h38m    Romantic drama Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward

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    A Raisin in the Sun

    1961. 2h08m    Drama Sidney Poitier & Claudia McNeil

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    All the Young Men

    1960. 1h27m    Action drama Alan Ladd & Sidney Poitier

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    Porgy and Bess

    1959. 2h18m    Musical romantic drama Sidney Poitier & Dorothy Dandridge

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    The Defiant Ones

    1958. 1h37m    Dramatic thriller Tony Curtis & Sidney Poitier

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    Band of Angels

    1957. 2h05m    Romantic drama Clark Gable & Yvonne De Carlo

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    Edge of the City

    1957. 1h25m    Drama John Cassavetes & Sidney Poitier

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    The Mark of the Hawk

    1957. 1h23m    Drama Eartha Kitt & Sidney Poitier

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    Something of Value

    1957. 1h53m    War drama Rock Hudson & Dana Wynter

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    Good-bye, My Lady

    1956. 1h34m    Drama Walter Brennan & Phil Harris

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    Blackboard Jungle

    1955. 1h41m    Drama Glenn Ford & Anne Francis

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    Go Man Go

    1954. 1h22m    Drama Dane Clark & Patricia Breslin

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    Cry, the Beloved Country

    PG1951. 1h36m    Drama Canada Lee & Charles Carson

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    No Way Out

    1950. 1h46m    Film noir Richard Widmark & Linda Darnell

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    3 TV series

    Separate But Equal

    1991. TV Series    History-based drama Sidney Poitier & Burt Lancaster

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    Good Morning America

    1975. TV Series    Talk show Lara Spencer & Ginger Zee

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    American Masters [TV]

    TV Series    Musical biography documentary

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