Sidney Poitier and Paul Newman in Paris Blues (1961) dir. Martin Ritt

Dead at 94, Sidney Poitier

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967) dir. Stanley Kramer

Sidney Poitier as Det. Virgil Tibbs
In the Heat of the Night (1967) dir. Norman Jewison

Sidney Poitier in
Blackboard Jungle (1955) dir. Richard Brooks

Sidney Poitier climbing a tree in Central Park, New York, 1963.

SIDNEY POITIER in
TO SIR, WITH LOVE (1967)
     — dir. James Clavell

Sidney Poitier & Diahann Carroll in Paris Blues (1961) dir. Martin Ritt

Sidney Poitier & Diahann Carroll in Paris Blues (1961)