Born:	20 February 1927	Miami, Florida, USA
Known As:	Virgil Tibbs	"In the Heat of the Night" (1967 Movie)
Trivia:	Children: Beverly, Pamela, Sherri, Gina, Anika and Sydney.
	Former brother-in-law of light-heavyweight champion Archie Moore.
	When Poitier came to New York from the Caribbean to become an actor, he was so impoverished at first that he slept in the bus station.
	Became the first black man to win an Academy Award for his role as Homer Smith in "Lilies of the Field" (1963).
	(1992) American Film Institute Life Achievement Award.
Video:	TVGuide.com	Sidney Poitier Videos.
Filmography:	The Internet Movie Database	Sidney Poitier Filmography.
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Some fellow TV/Movie cast members:
Clark Gable  Cleavon Little  Dan Aykroyd  Demond Wilson  Dennis Weaver
Donald Pleasence  James Garner  Jamie Farr  John Wayne  Katharine Hepburn
Kirstie Alley  Mark Lenard  Robert Redford  Russell Johnson  Telly Savalas  Warren Oates