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Sidney Poitier

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Biography

Sidney Poitier was born in 1927. He had a difficult childhood and he had to drop out of school very early. When he was…more

Born

2/20/1927, Miami, Florida

Birth Name

Sidney Poitier

Gender

Male

Credits

Guest Star (15)

Role
- TMZ
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 58 Episode #2.058
    11/13/08
  - S 1: Ep 292 August 14, 2008
    8/14/08
- The Academy Awards
  Himself
  - S 80: Ep 1 The 80th Annual Academy Awards
    2/24/08
  - S 74: Ep 1 The 74th Annual Academy Awards
    3/24/02
  - S 70: Ep 1 The 70th Annual Academy Awards
    3/23/98
- The Oprah Winfrey Show
  Himself
  - S 22: Ep 41 Twenty Years of Oprah's Favorite Moments
    11/14/05
  - S 19: Ep 2 Sidney Poitier
  - S 16: Ep 5 Sidney Poitier
- Omnibus (UK)
  Himself
  - S 34: Ep 2 Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
    3/20/00
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 14: Ep 19 September 30, 1976
    9/30/76
  - S 13: Ep 23 October 1, 1975
    10/1/75
  - S 11: Ep 185 May 29, 1974
    5/29/74
- Film '72
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 7 Film '75 Episode 7
    3/11/75
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 146 May 1, 1972
    5/1/72
- The Academy Awards
  Himself - Performer
  - S 41: Ep 1 The 41st Annual Academy Awards
    4/14/69
- The Academy Awards
  Himself - Presenter
  - S 40: Ep 1 The 40th Annual Academy Awards
    4/10/68
  - S 39: Ep 1 The 39th Annual Academy Awards
    4/10/67
  - S 37: Ep 1 The 37th Annual Academy Awards
    4/5/65
  - S 36: Ep 1 The 36th Annual Academy Awards
    4/13/64
  - S 68: Ep 1 The 68th Annual Academy Awards
    3/25/96
- The Joey Bishop Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 30 November 1, 1967
    11/1/67
- ABC Stage 67
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 24 A Time For Laughter: A Look at Negro Humor in America
    4/6/67
- The Philco Television Playhouse
  Tommy Tyler
  - S 7: Ep 28 A Man is Ten Feet Tall
    10/2/55
- Kraft Television Theatre (1953)
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 39 The Fascinating Stranger
    6/23/55
- The Philco Television Playhouse
  Guest Star
  - S 5: Ep 5 Parole Chief
    11/16/52
- Omnibus
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Trial of Anne Boleyn
    11/9/52

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- Sidney Poitier with his friends Paul Newman, Barbra Streisand and Steve McQueen, created the independent "First Artist Production Company".
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- Sidney Poitier directed his first movie in 1972. The movie was "Buck and Preacher".
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- Sidney Poitier is the last of seven brothers.
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Quotes
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- Sidney Poitier: If you apply reason and logic to this career of mine, you're not going to get very far. You simply won't. The journey has been incredible from its beginning. So much of life, it seems to me, is determined by pure randomness
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- Sidney Poitier: As a man, I've been representative of the values I hold dear. And the values I hold dear are carryovers from the lives of my parents.
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- Sidney Poitier: Almost all the job opportunities were reflective of the stereotypical perception of blacks that had infected the whole consciousness of the country.
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