Duration: 2:18
Posted: Nov 23, 2010

Both an esteemed actor and a respected humanitarian, Sidney Poitier received an Academy Award for Best Actor for Lilies of the Field (1963) and an Honorary ...

Academy Awards, USA · Ralph Nelson in The Wrath of God (1972). 1964 Nominee Oscar. Best Picture · Sidney Poitier. 1964 Winner Oscar. Best Actor in a Leading Role.

Jan 12, 2022 · Actor and director Sidney Poitier on the set of the movie 'Lilies of the Field. Sidney Poitier's Oscar legacy is about more than “progress.

Poitier won the Academy Award for Best Actor, becoming the first Black actor to win an Academy Award for a leading role and the second Black actor to win after ...

Duration: 2:22
Posted: Dec 27, 2022

Nov 15, 2022 · Sidney Poitier won the Best Actor Oscar for the low-budget 1963 film “Lillies of the Field” in which he played an itinerant laborer who ends up ...

Nov 13, 2009 · On April 13, 1964, Sidney Poitier becomes the first African American to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, for his role as a construction ...

Sidney Poitier became the first Black performer to win an Academy Award for Best Actor, and cemented his status as one of the top film stars of his time, ...