RIP Sidney Poitier

[GrannyMac]

Groundbreaking actor, first black Oscar winner.  ‘They call me Mr. Tibbs’.

[Cassandra]

Groundbreaking actor, first black Oscar winner.  ‘They call me Mr. Tibbs’.

Guess who's Coming to Dinner - a great presence and Charisma - Thank you Sidney.

[Flouncer19]

Indeed a good actor  R.I.P

[Scrumpy]

Wonderful actor..
 Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner ? Great cast .. superb acting.. and of course as GrannyMac mentioned the words he spoke in The Heat of the Night 
‘They call me Mister  Tibbs’

[Cassandra]

Wonderful actor..
 Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner ? Great cast .. superb acting.. and of course as GrannyMac mentioned the words he spoke in The Heat of the Night 
‘They call me Mister  Tibbs’

Strange that only yesterday I mentioned that my House-lady 'Diane' reminds me so much of 'Tillie' from Guess who's coming to dinner and then today he's gone - ships that pass in the night.

[Alex]

I liked him too a really good actor.  The film that I'll always remember is the one with Rod Steiger where Poitier plays a big city detective in the racist deep south.

[Michael Rolls]

In the Heat of the Night - isn't that were there is the 'They call me Mr. Potts' line originates
One of my favourite actors - he was also one of Veronica's
RIP
Mike

[Scrumpy]

Tibbs.. Potts !!!!!!!
Michael , you are a delight.

[1955vintage]

Great actor, and part of my childhood/teenage years. His films gave me a simple belief that skin colour was irrelevant, he was not a great black actor, he was a great actor.

[Michael Rolls]

Tibbs.. Potts !!!!!!!
Michael , you are a delight.

Would you believe, when I woke this morning, I found myself thinking - NO, not POTTS! TIBBs! But forgot to change the post to spare my blushes.
Quite by chance I watched a film of his on Netflix last night - 'Inside Man' - very good
Mike

[Cassandra]

Would you believe, when I woke this morning, I found myself thinking - NO, not POTTS! TIBBs! But forgot to change the post to spare my blushes.
Quite by chance I watched a film of his on Netflix last night - 'Inside Man' - very good
Mike

Diane, my housekeeper and I reached a joint agreement over this morning's coffee. In future, in tribute to our joint respect for Sir Sidney, she will be known in the home as 'Tillie' (from Guess who's coming to Dinner).

[Michael Rolls]

Lovely! I've just watched another of his films - The Jackal - with Bruce Willis playing the eponymous role - and looking most unusual with a full head of hair!
Mike

[ME]

Great actor and will be missed.

[Brian45]

theres folk dyin noo thar never died afore
ahm blamin the Covid, i'm no joinin the gemme

[Scrumpy]

theres folk dyin noo thar never died afore

Never a truer word..