It stars Sidney Poitier. The film was followed by two sequels also starring Poitier, They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970) and The Organization (1971). It was also the basis of a 1988 television ...

"Sidney Poitier said, 'You are not Denzel [Washington], and you are not Morgan [Freeman]. You are a breath of fresh air, and ...

And they approached me about playing Alex Haley. Around that same time, I bumped into Sidney Poitier at something, and I asked him, ‘Yeah, I’m thinking about playing Alex Haley!’ And Sidney ...

Eddie Murphy is reflecting on puzzling career advice he received from Sidney Poitier. The Beverly Hills Cop star recalled an interaction that he had with the legendary In the Heat ...

Sidney Poitier's Widow Joanna Shares His 'Inspiring' Legacy — and Jaw-Dropping Pickup Line! — in New Book (Exclusive) How Louis Gossett Jr. Got His Acting Start in Broadway's A Raisin in the ...

Sidney Poitier wasn’t initially a fan of Atlanta when he traveled through what was then Atlanta Municipal Airport in the 1950s. He had already been a lead actor in films such as “No Way Out ...

Amid the sea of comedies, Murphy was apparently also offered a meaty dramatic role, though the great Sidney Poitier told him to decline. The two-part documentary film called Number One on the Call ...

That intensity feels especially distant in this play's jaunty opening scene, where two white telly bigwigs swap one-liners and talk up the studio’s potential new star Sidney Poitier. But once ...

Eddie Murphy is reflecting on puzzling career advice he received from Sidney Poitier. The Beverly Hills Cop star recalled an interaction that he had with the legendary In the Heat of the Night ...