Sidney Poitier filmography

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

Sidney Poitier is a retired actor, director, activist and ambassador. He is 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
1947	Sepia Cinderella	Extra	Uncredited
1949	From Whence Cometh My Help	Himself	Documentary
1950	No Way Out	Dr. Luther Brooks
1951	Cry, the Beloved Country	Reverend Msimangu
1952	Red Ball Express	Cpl. Andrew Robertson
1954	Go, Man, Go!	Inman Jackson
1955	Blackboard Jungle	Gregory W. Miller
1956	Good-bye, My Lady	Gates Watson
1957	Edge of the City	Tommy Tyler
1957	Something of Value	Kimani Wa Karanja
1957	Band of Angels	Rau-Ru Ponce de Leon
1957	The Mark of the Hawk	Obam
1958	Virgin Island	Marcus
1958	The Defiant Ones	Noah Cullen
1959	Porgy and Bess	Porgy
1960	All the Young Men	Sgt. Eddie Towler
1961	A Raisin in the Sun	Walter Lee Younger
1961	Paris Blues	Eddie Cook
1962	Pressure Point	Doctor (Chief Psychiatrist)
1963	The Long Ships	Aly Mansuh
1963	Lilies of the Field	Homer Smith
1965	The Bedford Incident	Ben Munceford
1965	The Greatest Story Ever Told	Simon of Cyrene
1965	A Patch of Blue	Gordon Ralfe
1965	The Slender Thread	Alan Newell
1966	Duel at Diablo	Toller (contract horse dealer)
1967	To Sir, with Love	Mark Thackeray
1967	In the Heat of the Night	Det. Virgil Tibbs
1967	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner	Dr. John Wade Prentice
1968	For Love of Ivy	Jack Parks
1969	The Lost Man	Jason Higgs
1970	King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis	Narrator	Documentary
1970	They Call Me Mister Tibbs!	Lt. Virgil Tibbs
1971	Brother John	John Kane
1971	The Organization	Lt. Virgil Tibbs
1972	Buck and the Preacher	Buck
1973	A Warm December	Matt Younger
1974	Uptown Saturday Night	Steve Jackson
1975	The Wilby Conspiracy	Shack Twala
1975	Let's Do it Again	Clyde Williams
1977	A Piece of the Action	Manny Durrell
1979	Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist	Narrator	Short subject
1988	Shoot to Kill	Warren Stantin
1988	Little Nikita	Roy Parmenter
1991	Separate but Equal	Thurgood Marshall
1992	Sneakers	Donald Crease
1994	A Century of Cinema	Himself	Documentary
1996	Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick	Himself	Documentary
1997	The Jackal	FBI Deputy Director Carter Preston
2001	Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey	Narrator	Documentary
2004	Tell Them Who You Are	Himself	Documentary
2006	Deadly Pursuit	Warren Stantin
2008	Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project	Himself	Documentary

Director[]

Year	Title
1972	Buck and the Preacher
1973	A Warm December
1974	Uptown Saturday Night
1975	Let's Do it Again
1977	A Piece of the Action
1980	Stir Crazy
1982	Hanky Panky
1985	Fast Forward
1990	Ghost Dad

Television[]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1952	CBS Television Workshop	Performer	Episode: Careless Love
1952	Omnibus	Performer	Episode: The Trial of Anne Boleyn
1962	The Jack Paar Tonight Show	Himself	1 episode
1969	The Mike Douglas Show	Himself	1 episode
1972	The Dick Cavett Show	Himself	1 episode
1972	The New Bill Cosby Show	Himself	1 episode
1975	The Merv Griffin Show	Himself	1 episode
1979	The Mike Douglas Show	Himself	1 episode
1991	Separate but Equal	Thurgood Marshall	Television movie
1995	Children of the Dust	Gypsy Smith	2 episodes
1996	To Sir, with Love II	Mark Thackeray	Television movie
1997	Mandela and de Klerk	Nelson Mandela	Television movie
1998	David and Lisa	Dr. Jack Miller	Television movie
1999	The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn	Noah Dearborn	Television movie
1999	Free of Eden	Will Cleamons	Television movie
2000-07	The Oprah Winfrey Show	Himself	5 episodes
2001	The Last Brickmaker in America	Henry Cobb	Television movie
2008	Larry King Live	Himself	1 episode

References[]

External links[]

Sidney Poitier filmography at IMDb