Sidney Poitier on the set of the movie 'Lilies of the Field' in 1963, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Getty Images
Oscar-winning actor Sir Sidney Poitier has died at the age of 94. Reuters
Sidney Poitier was the first black man to win a Best Actor Oscar in the history of the Academy Awards. He is pictured here with Sydney Tamiia Poitier at the Oscars in 2014. Getty Images
Barack Obama, the US president at the time, presents the Medal of Freedom to Sidney Poitier during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in 2009. Getty Images
Sidney Poitier poses for a portrait in 1980. Getty Images
Sidney Poitier dancing with his wife Joanna Shimkus at Studio 54 in 1979. Getty Images
Sidney Poitier on the set of his 1974 comedy, 'Uptown Saturday Night'. Getty Images
Bahamian American actor Sidney Poitier holding his Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for 'Lilies Of The Field', directed by Ralph Nelson, at the 36th Academy Awards ceremony, 13th April 1964. The ceremony was held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)
Sidney Poitier poses against a background of New York apartment buildings in Central Park in 1964. Getty Images
Actors, left to right, Harry Belafonte, Charlton Heston, Burt Lancaster and Sidney Poitier attending the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, a civil rights rally in Washington, in 1963. Getty Images
Sidney Poitier on the set of the movie 'Lilies of the Field' in 1963, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Getty Images
Oscar-winning actor Sir Sidney Poitier has died at the age of 94. Reuters
Sidney Poitier was the first black man to win a Best Actor Oscar in the history of the Academy Awards. He is pictured here with Sydney Tamiia Poitier at the Oscars in 2014. Getty Images
Barack Obama, the US president at the time, presents the Medal of Freedom to Sidney Poitier during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in 2009. Getty Images
Sidney Poitier poses for a portrait in 1980. Getty Images
Sidney Poitier dancing with his wife Joanna Shimkus at Studio 54 in 1979. Getty Images
Sidney Poitier on the set of his 1974 comedy, 'Uptown Saturday Night'. Getty Images
Bahamian American actor Sidney Poitier holding his Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for 'Lilies Of The Field', directed by Ralph Nelson, at the 36th Academy Awards ceremony, 13th April 1964. The ceremony was held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)
Sidney Poitier poses against a background of New York apartment buildings in Central Park in 1964. Getty Images
Actors, left to right, Harry Belafonte, Charlton Heston, Burt Lancaster and Sidney Poitier attending the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, a civil rights rally in Washington, in 1963. Getty Images
Sidney Poitier on the set of the movie 'Lilies of the Field' in 1963, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Getty Images
