Sidney Poitier- 94

[Warrigal]

His contributions to art and society deserve much credit.
He influenced me a lot through the roles he played.

Vale Mr Poitier. May you rest in peace eternal.

 

[Shero]

Repose en paix éternelle Sydney Poitier. I have always loved you

 

[SeaBreeze]

Rest peacefully Mr. Poitier. You were greatly talented, contributed so much and will always be dearly remembered and missed by many. I remember him at a young age from Lilies of the Field.

 

[palides2021]

Will miss Poitier! Loved his movies! Great actor! R.I.P. Sydney Poitier!

 

[terry123]

Sorry to hear it; as was said above, one of the great ones.

Particularly loved him in To Sir, with Love and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Brilliant.

Loved all his movies and will still rewatch them. Great actor and person!

 

[dseag2]

A real trailblazer and a truly great actor. Such a great loss. RIP.

 

[OneEyedDiva]

Such a dignified, lovely man, so deserving of all the accolades he has gotten. I had a brief encounter with him as he was walking around at the Expo 67 in Montreal. He graciously posed for this picture when I asked him but I was so flustered that I took it in a hurry, thus the blurryness. May he Rest in Paradise.

 

[SeaBreeze]

 

[Gary O']

My favourite by a long way was ''In the heat of the Night''..

Mine too

Him and Rod Stieger....WHOA

Loved Quincy Jones's song to that one, too

That only Ray can sing

 

[hollydolly]

Mine too

Him and Rod Stieger....WHOA

Loved Quincy Jones's song to that one, too

That only Ray can sing

yes I absolutely agree. My favourite actor of all time is Rod Steiger

 

[SeaBreeze]

An interview at the age of 94 where Sidney Portier tells of the time when an elderly Jewish man was kind enough to teach him how to read.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1480250507289583630

 

[CinnamonSugar]

Mine too

Him and Rod Stieger....WHOA

Loved Quincy Jones's song to that one, too

That only Ray can sing

Thanks for the recommendation on "In the Heat of the Night" my only gripe... why the annoying and unnecessary voice over? arg!

 

[Gary O']

Thanks for the recommendation on "In the Heat of the Night" my only gripe... why the annoying and unnecessary voice over? arg!

Help me out......not picking up on the voice over....where?
Did I pick a wrong Rays Charles rendition?

 

[CinnamonSugar]

Help me out......not picking up on the voice over....where?
Did I pick a wrong Rays Charles rendition?

No no, Ray's song was fine and sublime... The voice over/narrator started about 1/4 of the way through the actual movie, like he was reading from the original book, describing what the actors were doing, when it is obvious. I'm watching on Amazon Prime... maybe there is more than one version?

 

[CinnamonSugar]

No no, Ray's song was fine and sublime... The voice over/narrator started about 1/4 of the way through the actual movie, like he was reading from the original book, describing what the actors were doing, when it is obvious. I'm watching on Amazon Prime... maybe there is more than one version?

Nevermind, I figured out the problem… prime defaulted to an “audio description”. I fixed it

 

[Rah-Rah]

Such a talented actor. One of my favorite films he was in was To Sire With Love. R.I.P., Sir.