Sidney Poitier

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Actor Credits

• Tell Them Who You Are (2005)
  Himself
• Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey (2001)
• True Crime (1999)
• Mandela & de Klerk (1997)
• The Jackal (1997)
  Carter Preston--FBI Deputy Director
• Wild Bill, Hollywood Maverick: The Life and Times of William A. Wellman (1996)
  Himself
• World Beat (1993)
• Sneakers (1992)
  Crease
• Separate But Equal (1991)
• Little Nikita (1988)
  Roy Parmenter
• Shoot to Kill (1988)
  Warren Stantin
• A Piece of the Action (1977)
  Manny Durrell
• Let s Do It Again (1975)
  Clyde Williams
• The Wilby Conspiracy (1975)
  Shack Twala
• Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
  Steve Jackson
• Buck and the Preacher (1972)
  Buck
• A Warm December (1972)
  Dr Younger
• Brother John (1971)
  John Kane
• The Organization (1971)
  Virgil Tibbs
• They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970)
• They Call Me Mr. Tibbs (1970)
• The Lost Man (1969)
  Jason Higgs
• For Love of Ivy (1968)
  Jack Parks
• Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
  John Wade Prentice
• In the Heat of the Night (1967)
  Virgil Tibbs
• To Sir With Love (1967)
  Mark Thackeray
• Duel at Diablo (1966)
  Toller
• A Patch of Blue (1965)
  Gordon Ralfe
• The Bedford Incident (1965)
  Ben Munceford
• The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
  Simon of Cyrene
• The Slender Thread (1965)
  Alan Newell
• The Long Ships (1964)
  Aly Mansuh
• Lilies of the Field (1963)
  Homer Smith
• Pressure Point (1962)
  Doctor
• Paris Blues (1961)
  Eddie Cook
• A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
  Walter Lee Younger
• All the Young Men (1960)
  Towler
• Virgin Island (1960)
  Marcus
• Porgy and Bess (1959)
  Porgy
• The Defiant Ones (1958)
  Noah Cullen
• The Mark of the Hawk (1958)
  Obam
• Band of Angels (1957)
  Rau-Ru
• Edge of the City (1957)
  Tommy Tyler
• Something of Value (1957)
  Kimani
• Good-bye, My Lady (1956)
• Blackboard Jungle (1955)
  Gregory W Miller
• Go, Man, Go! (1954)
  Inman Jackson
• Black History: The Classics (1951)
• No Way Out (1950)

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Director Credits

• Ghost Dad (1990)
  Director
• Fast Forward (1985)
  Director
• Hanky Panky (1982)
  Director
• Stir Crazy (1980)
  Director
• A Piece of the Action (1977)
  Director
• Let s Do It Again (1975)
  Director
• Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
  Director
• Buck and the Preacher (1972)
  Director
• A Warm December (1972)
  Director

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Writing Credits

• For Love of Ivy (1968)
  From Story

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