Sidney Poitier

Sidney L. Poitier (20 February 1927 - 7 January 2022)Sidney Poitier, first Black actor to win best actor Oscar, dies at 94 - Reuters Staff - 7 January 2022 - CTV News - Retrieved 8 January 2022 was a Bahamian-born American retired actor, film director, activist, and ambassador.Sidney Poitier: A Living Legend Who Changed Hollywood - Tim Gray - 20 February 2021 - Variety - Retrieved 11 July 2021
== Partial Filmography ==
=== Film ===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1955	Blackboard Jungle 	Gregory W. Miller 	
1963	Lilies of the Field 	Homer Smith 	
* Won the Academy Award for Best Actor.
1965	The Bedford Incident 	Ben Munceford 	
1967	In the Heat of the Night 	Detective Virgil Tibbs	
1967	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner	Dr. John Wade Prentice	
1970	They Call Me Mister Tibbs! 	Lt. Virgil Tibbs 	
1971	The Organization 	Lt. Virgil Tibbs 	
1988	Shoot to Kill 	Warren Stantin 	
== Quotes ==
See Sidney Poitier/Quotes.
== Links ==
* Sidney Poitier on Wikipedia
* Sidney Poitier on Encyclopædia Britannica
* Sidney Poitier on IMDB
* Sidney Poitier on TV Tropes
== References ==
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Category:Real Academy Award winning actors
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Category:Real recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
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