For which 1963 film did Sidney
Poitier win the Best Actor award at the Oscars?
1964: Sidney
Poitier became first black man to win an Oscar for best actor, in The Lilies Of The Field.
Sidney
Poitier plays black Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs, who is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, played by Rod Steiger, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Miss.
BIRTHDAYS: Sidney
Poitier, actor, 92; Jimmy Greaves, TV football pundit, 79; Mike Leigh, film director, 76; Ivana Trump, socialite, 70; Gordon Brown, former prime minister, 68; Imogen Stubbs, actress, 58; Ian Brown, rock singer, 56; Cindy Crawford, model/actress, 53.
Sidney
Poitier | 1936: Joe Payne scored 10 goals for Luton Town against Bristol Rovers on his debut as centre forward - a record for one man in one game.
For his starring role, Sidney
Poitier become the first black man to win the Academy Award for Best Actor.
"I was really, really blown away and a big reason is because I know what she spoke about when she was talking about Sidney
Poitier," Waithe said of Winfrey's speech.
She opened the envelope and said five words that literally made history - 'The winner is Sidney
Poitier.'"
Legendary celebrities, such as Sidney
Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, Angela Davis, Henry Louis Gates, and others, tell their personal reminisces and stories about Baldwin.
Ian Charleson as Eric Liddell 7 DEADLY PURSUIT Friday, BBC1, 12.05am EXCELLENT chase movie in which FBI agent Warren Stantin (Sidney
Poitier) hires tracker Tom Berenger to help him hunt down ruthless and intelligent killer in the Pacific Northwest.
Sir Sidney
Poitier accepted the Bafta Fellowship from Jamie Foxx, who said he "transcended race".
The only man who knows for sure that he'll be adding one of the famous trophies to his mantelpiece is Sidney
Poitier who will be honoured with a fellowship.