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Sidney Poitier
> Filmography
Filmography (Films and Roles) of
Sidney Poitier
:
Red Ball Express
Released:
1952
Director:
Budd Boetticher
Role:
Cpl. Andrew Robertson
Red Ball Express
(as Cpl. Andrew Robertson)
Go Man Go
Released:
1954
Director:
James Wong Howe
Role:
Inman Jackson
Go Man Go
(as Inman Jackson)
Blackboard Jungle
Released:
1955
Director:
Richard Brooks
Role:
Gregory W. Miller
Blackboard Jungle
(as Gregory W. Miller)
Good-bye, My Lady
Released:
1956
Director:
William A. Wellman
Role:
Gates
Good-bye, My Lady
(as Gates)
Band of Angels
Released:
1957
Director:
Raoul Walsh
Role:
Rau
Band of Angels
(as Rau)
Something Of Value
Released:
1957
Director:
Richard Brooks
Role:
Kimani Wa Karanja
Something Of Value
(as Kimani Wa Karanja)
Edge of the City
Released:
1957
Director:
Martin Ritt
Role:
Tommy Tyler
Edge of the City
(as Tommy Tyler)
The Defiant Ones
Released:
1958
Director:
Stanley Kramer
Role:
Noah Cullen
The Defiant Ones
(as Noah Cullen)
Porgy and Bess
Released:
1959
Director:
Otto Preminger
Role:
Porgy
Porgy and Bess
(as Porgy)
All the Young Men
Released:
1960
Director:
Hall Bartlett
Role:
Sgt. Eddie Towler
All the Young Men
(as Sgt. Eddie Towler)
A Raisin in the Sun
Released:
1961
Director:
Daniel Petrie
Role:
Walter Lee Younger
A Raisin in the Sun
(as Walter Lee Younger)
Paris Blues
Released:
1961
Director:
Martin Ritt
Role:
Eddie Cook
Paris Blues
(as Eddie Cook)
Pressure Point
Released:
1962
Director:
Hubert Cornfield
Role:
Doctor
Pressure Point
(as Doctor)
Lilies of the Field
Released:
1963
Director:
Ralph Nelson
Role:
Homer Smith
Lilies of the Field
(as Homer Smith)
The Long Ships
Released:
1964
Director:
Jack Cardiff
Role:
Aly Mansuh
The Long Ships
(as Aly Mansuh)
The Slender Thread
Released:
1965
Director:
Sydney Pollack
Role:
Alan Newell
The Slender Thread
(as Alan Newell)
The Bedford Incident
Released:
1965
Director:
James B. Harris
Role:
Ben Munceford
The Bedford Incident
(as Ben Munceford)
A Patch of Blue
Released:
1965
Director:
Guy Green
Role:
Gordon Ralfe
A Patch of Blue
(as Gordon Ralfe)
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Released:
1965
Director:
George Stevens
Role:
Simon of Cyrene
The Greatest Story E...
(as Simon of Cyrene)
Duel at Diablo
Released:
1966
Director:
Ralph Nelson
Role:
Toller
Duel at Diablo
(as Toller)
In the Heat of the Night
Released:
1967
Director:
Norman Jewison
Role:
Virgil Tibbs
In the Heat of the N...
(as Virgil Tibbs)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Released:
1967
Director:
Stanley Kramer
Role:
John Prentice
Guess Who's Coming t...
(as John Prentice)
To Sir, with Love
Released:
1967
Director:
James Clavell
Role:
Mark Thackeray
To Sir, with Love
(as Mark Thackeray)
For Love of Ivy
Released:
1968
Director:
Daniel Mann
Role:
Jack Parks
For Love of Ivy
(as Jack Parks)
New Hollywood Films (1970 and beyond)
They call me MISTER Tibbs
Released:
1970
Director:
Gordon Douglas
Role:
Virgil Tibbs
They call me MISTER ...
(as Virgil Tibbs)
The Wilby Conspiracy
Released:
1975
Director:
Ralph Nelson
Role:
Shack Twala
The Wilby Conspiracy
(as Shack Twala)
Separate but Equal
Released:
1991
Director:
George Stevens Jr.
Role:
Thurgood Marshall
Separate but Equal
(as Thurgood Marshall)