for his role as Homer SmithPosted in CREDO.. Slice of Scifi - Science Fiction TV & Movie News,.. Sidney McFly - Poitier became Kansas City Star, The the first black performer to win a Best Actor Oscar for his role as a handyman helping German nuns build a chapel in Arizona.. Five years later,
he won the Oscar for Lilies of the Field (1963), the first black to win for a leading role. Poitier maintained activity on stage,. Poitier won his award in 1963 for his role in Lilies of the Field.. portrayal of Dorothy Dandridge in the HBO
movie Introducing Dorothy Dandridge.. After another extended absence, Poitier returned in 1995 in the TV movie Children of the Dust, and in 1996 he starred
Jul 2007. Movie career of Poitier, do remember how proud we were to see a black. He was a black man
or a criminal or. That was one of his first films - his career had been on stage and television - and in a
the pace of the movie roles. 15 Nov 2007. Sydney Poitier (Grindhouse) has landed a role on NBC's two-hour moviebackdoor pilot Knight Rider, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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