Sidney Poitier filmography

Poitier at the Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C in 1963

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

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1947 Sepia Cinderella Extra Uncredited
1950 No Way Out Dr. Luther Brooks [1][2][3]
1951 Cry, the Beloved Country Reverend Msimangu [3]
1952 Red Ball Express Corporal Andrew Robertson [4][3]
1954 Go Man Go Inman Jackson [5][3]
1955 Blackboard Jungle Gregory W. Miller [6][3]
1956 Good-bye, My Lady Gates Watson [7]
1957 Edge of the City Tommy Tyler [8][7]
Something of Value Kimani [7]
Band of Angels Rau-Ru [9][7]
The Mark of the Hawk Obam [7]
1958 Virgin Island Marcus [7]
The Defiant Ones Noah Cullen [10][7]
1959 Porgy and Bess Porgy [11][7]
1960 All the Young Men Sergeant Eddie Towler [12][7]
1961 A Raisin in the Sun Walter Lee Younger [13][14]
Paris Blues Eddie Cook [14]
1962 Pressure Point Doctor [14]
1963 The Long Ships Ali Mansuh [14]
Lilies of the Field Homer Smith [14]
1965 The Bedford Incident Ben Munceford [14]
The Greatest Story Ever Told Simon of Cyrene [14]
A Patch of Blue Gordon Ralfe [15]
The Slender Thread Alan Newell [16]
1966 Duel at Diablo Toller [16]
1967 To Sir, with Love Mark Thackeray [17][16]
In the Heat of the Night Detective Virgil Tibbs [18][16]
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Dr. John Wade Prentice [19][16]
1968 For Love of Ivy Jack Parks [16]
1969 The Lost Man Jason Higgs [16]
1970 They Call Me Mister Tibbs! Virgil Tibbs [20]
1971 Brother John John Kane [20]
The Organization Virgil Tibbs [20]
1972 Buck and the Preacher Buck [20]
1973 A Warm December Matt Younger [20]
1974 Uptown Saturday Night Steve Jackson [20]
1975 The Wilby Conspiracy Shack Twala [20]
Let's Do it Again Clyde Williams [20]
1977 A Piece of the Action Manny Durrell [20]
1979 Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist The Narrator Short subject [21]
1988 Shoot to Kill FBI Agent Warren Stantin
Little Nikita Roy Parmenter [22]
1992 Sneakers Donald Crease [23][24]
1997 The Jackal Carter Preston [25]
1991 Separate but Equal Thurgood Marshall Television film
1995 Children of the Dust Gypsy Smith 2 episodes [26]
1996 To Sir, with Love II Mark Thackeray Television film [27]
1997 Mandela and de Klerk Nelson Mandela [28]
1998 Free of Eden Will Cleamons [29]
David and Lisa Dr. Jack Miller [30]
1999 The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn Noah Dearborn [31]
2001 The Last Brickmaker in America Henry Cobb [32]


Documentary appearances

Director

Television

Performer

Year Title Notes
1952 CBS Television Workshop Episode: Careless Love
Omnibus Episode: The Trial of Anne Boleyn

Talk show appearances

Year Title Notes
1962 The Jack Paar Tonight Show 1 episode
1969 The Mike Douglas Show
1972 The Dick Cavett Show
The New Bill Cosby Show
1975 The Merv Griffin Show
1979 The Mike Douglas Show
2000–2007 The Oprah Winfrey Show 5 episodes
2008 Larry King Live 1 episode

References

  1. ^ "THE SCREEN: TWO NEWCOMERS ON LOCAL SCENE; 'No Way Out,' Fox Film Study of Racial Prejudice, Opens at the Rivoli Theatre Barbara Stanwyck and Walter Huston in 'The Fuaries,' Big Western at Paramount At the Paramount". The New York Times. August 17, 1950. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
  2. ^ Gevinson 1997, pp. 718–719.
  3. ^ a b c d e Keyser & Ruszkowski 1980, p. 184.
  4. ^ Gevinson 1997, p. 820.
  5. ^ Gevinson 1997, p. 393.
  6. ^ Gevinson 1997, pp. 105–106.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i Keyser & Ruszkowski 1980, p. 185.
  8. ^ Gevinson 1997, p. 308.
  9. ^ Gevinson 1997, p. 63.
  10. ^ Gevinson 1997, p. 271.
  11. ^ Gevinson 1997, p. 783.
  12. ^ Gevinson 1997, p. 21.
  13. ^ Crowther, Bosley (March 30, 1961). "Poitier Heads Cast of Fine Adaptation". The New York Times. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g Keyser & Ruszkowski 1980, p. 186.
  15. ^ Keyser & Ruszkowski 1980, p. 186-187.
  16. ^ a b c d e f g Keyser & Ruszkowski 1980, p. 187.
  17. ^ Crowther, Bosley (June 15, 1967). "Screen: Poitier Meets the Cockneys:He Plays Teacher Who Wins Pupils Over". The New York Times. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
  18. ^ Murphy, A. D. (June 21, 1967). "In the Heat of the Night". Variety. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
  19. ^ Murphy, A. D. (December 6, 1967). "Film Review: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner". Variety. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
  20. ^ a b c d e f g h i Keyser & Ruszkowski 1980, p. 188.
  21. ^ Klotman & Gibson 1997, p. 361.
  22. ^ Klotman & Gibson 1997, p. 283.
  23. ^ Klotman & Gibson 1997, p. 440.
  24. ^ Verhoeven, Paul F (March 4, 2025). "Sneakers: the cult 'feelgood heist film' with a hefty cast and a byzantine plot". the Guardian. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
  25. ^ McCluskey 2007, p. 381.
  26. ^ McCluskey 2007, p. 143.
  27. ^ McCarthy, John P. (April 4, 1996). "Cbs Sunday Movie to Sir with Love II". Variety. Retrieved July 11, 2025.
  28. ^ Rosenberg, Howard (February 15, 1997). "'Mandela and de Klerk' Embraces History". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 11, 2025.
  29. ^ Richmond, Ray (February 19, 1999). "Free of Eden". Variety. Retrieved July 11, 2025.
  30. ^ McCluskey 2007, p. 189.
  31. ^ Speier, Michael (May 7, 1999). "The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn". Variety. Retrieved July 11, 2025.
  32. ^ McCluskey 2007, p. 420.
  33. ^ Klotman & Gibson 1997, p. 457.
  34. ^ Klotman & Gibson 1997, p. 164.
  35. ^ Klotman & Gibson 1997, p. 194.

Works cited

  • Keyser, Lester J.; Ruszkowski, André (1980). The Cinema of Sidney Poitier. San Diego: A. S. Barnes. ISBN 0-498-02283-8.
  • Klotman, Phyllis Rauch; Gibson, Gloria J., eds. (1997). Frame by Frame II: A Filmography of the African American Image, 1978-1994. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-21120-0.


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