Halle Berry and Denzel Washington won Best Actress and Best Actor that night, marking a new first at the Oscars. There was a standing ovation for Sidney Poitier. "I accept this award in memory," he said on stage, "of all the African American actors and actresses who went before me in the difficult years, on whose shoulders I was privileged to stand to see where I might go." In 2002, nearly 75 years old, Sidney Poitier received an honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement. His debut as a director was Buck and the Preacher, a Western with comic touches, about freed slaves homesteading out West.Īs he moved further away from acting, he directed Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor in Stir Crazy in 1980 his biggest commercial hit as director. David Gulpilil, the legendary indigenous Australian actor who earned international acclaim in Paul Hogan’s. There was a romance, For the Love of Ivy, in which he played opposite the late singer and actress Abbey Lincoln. "And I insisted that if they wished my participation in the film, that they would have to re-write it to exemplify that."Īgainst the hot wind of criticism, Poitier set a new course, claiming new territory for Black performers: He starred in, and directed comedies with large Black casts - the best known are Uptown Saturday Night, and Let's Do It Again. "That kind of a scene, which would be electrifying on the screen, was always either avoided, not thought of," he said. Clarence Gilyard, a film and television actor known for his roles in Die Hard, Walker, Texas Ranger and Top Gun, has died.
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To him, it was an opportunity to show real anger at a white man for his mistreatment, and it held meaning far beyond the movie house. Poitier says he refused to turn the other cheek. Sidney Poitier, whose groundbreaking acting work in the 1950s and 60s paved the way for generations of Black film stars, has. Brad died in his sleep Tuesday, according to sources. Sidney Poitier told WHYY's Fresh Air back in 2000 that the script had called for Tibbs to be slapped, and then leave. Brad William Henke, a former NFL player who later got into acting and appeared in 'Orange Is The New Black,' has died. The white man is taken by surprise, and so were many moviegoing audiences. In one iconic scene, Tibbs questions a murder suspect, a wealthy plantation owner, who slaps him - and the detective immediately slaps back. In 1967, Poitier became the top box office draw with three popular movies out the same year: To Sir With Love, Guess Who's Coming To Dinner, and In The Heat of the Night, in which he played big city detective Virgil Tibbs. He made history with Lilies of the Field: In 1964, the same year as the passage of the Civil Rights Act, he became the first Black man ever to win as Oscar for Best Actor. Harry Belafonte, the 'King of Calypso' who became one of Americas endearing and enduring civil rights activists into his 10th decade, has died. Five years later, in Lilies of the Field, Poitier portrayed Homer Smith, a handyman reluctant to help a group of German nuns lacking bricks or money for a new chapel.
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