Remembering Sidney Poitier: ET’s Best Moments With the Acting Icon

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[@ItsAmyCastle]

He truly is the embodiment of elegance. I never get tired of listening to him speak. I watched Lilies of The Field last night, his performance is mesmerizing. Let’s all honor him by watching his films, his interviews, keeping his memory alive. May his work continue to touch the lives of future generations.

[@barbarajolley6578]

Consider it done. I have been planning to do that since I heard of Sir Sidney's passing.

[@joeseward9466]

One of my favorite movies.

[@barbarajolley6578]

Consider it done:). I watched (re-watched) both Lilies of the Field and To Sir, with Love (the latter is available for rent or buy on KZbin; the former is available free with ads) yesterday. I saw A Raison in the Sun several times. I will be watching In the Heat of the Night soon.

[@pinkrose1438]

I love Sidney Poitier and I never met him

[@pinkrose1438]

@@barbarajolley6578 why youtube selling and renting? It should be free to honor Sir.😥

[@shelleyrollins4782]

His voice. His bearing. His dignity. His immense talent. How could anyone not love & respect this charming, beautiful man? A class act all the way. Such a loss. We need more examples of the best of humanity like he was ,not the garbage people we are forced to look up to today. They have not an ounce of the class this man exuded. God bless him. To Sir, with my love.

[@vashtas]

Most people criticizing his "safe" roles must not have seen any of his movies. There was nothing safe about what he did. He took a lot of risks and I never heard him once complain. RIP Mr. Poitier.

[@CozumelTy]

Right, slapping a white man in the 1950's in a movie, you call that safe. Or interracial dating like in Guess who's coming to dinner. Come on. Respect this man. Its few people left in this world that deserve this respect.

[@TechNoirJapan]

RIP He was a true icon, classy, gentleman, educated, representing classic Hollywood and modern day Hollywood. Classy actors are a rarity in this day and age.

[@smileykingtop10]

RIP Sidney Poitier. One of the biggest movie stars of the 60s and an icon in American history.

[@traviswall1982]

Life is crazy. For the last month, I tried looking for his films, cause they seem to be erased from film catalogs. Then this happens. His work is SO important and needs to be shown more than what we see these days. Maybe now we can get some of Mr. Poitier's cinematic medicine. R.I.P. Mr Sir. 🙏🙏🙏

[@heygetoffmylawn1572]

I love your term...cinematic medicine. Excellent!!! His films can help alot of ppl...if they have an open mind and understand the portrayal of those characters he did so well.

[@traviswall1982]

@@heygetoffmylawn1572 Thank you. So much of media today is garbage and bad for the soul. Crazy is how so many claim to look up to people like him and do what they do.

[@sandella11]

Remarkable actor...brilliant...gorgeous...dignified...courageous....I saw every one of his movies! His legacy and shining light will live on.💕💕💕💫💫💫

[@themasterofallmoviesprestwood.]

I was shock about Betty white news and now this actually broken my heart every piece of me shattered. Like wow his Oscar award winning in sneakers he’s great and another awesome performance in Little Nikita. My dad wants me to get when he was high school teacher teaching kids from the bad to good. God bless Sidney Poitier brought him to us incredible Hollywood face we never forget. I love him 😍.

[@valerietomsic8454]

WHAT an amazing LIFE ...and what an AMAZING man.....! May he Rest in Peace!

[@zinamckenzie5391]

Peacefully Rest… to Sir with Love. Will never forget!!!🙏🏽💕👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾💖🦋🤩

[@janetisaacs9859]

Yes I so remember To Sir With Love...brilliant actor.

[@zackwilliams9912]

He was an icon, trailblazer, hero, thespian, epitome of black excellence.

[@sherryhash3063]

He was one of thee greatest human beings inside and out. What you seen in him was exactly who he was. We lost two individuals that week that were the best at what they did for humanity, for Hollywood and for all of us that strive to give our best. R.I.P Sidney Poitier and Betty White. Gods speed.💖

[@nonatamendes1394]

The film is a classic , the very charismatic actor, a relic for generations to come.

[@KatieT3282]

He was such a Grace and Poise, and Dignity even his authentic speaking voice was powerful and demanding of respect. Him and Ms. Cicely Tyson were one of a kind! God graced us with two Beautiful Souls of human beings ❤

[@nicholasgarrick7546]

Rip Sidney Poitier legend never die they live forever in our hearts 🙏🏽❤.

[@Zarina1634]

Never before. Never since. Sidney Poitier. The best

[@maureenboycehurley1337]

He was certainly one of a kind that The Lord God created. He carried himself so Honorable and so graciously a man over many a men.

[@Kirkenes-Norway-1973]

Sidney Poitier was definetly an remarkable actor and he will be so missed

[@janettawallace3722]

I am appreciative for this interview with Oprah regarding Sidney Poitier. A great warrior he was. Please Oprah do not feel discouraged. You are a warrior in many ways. I watch you for years on Baltimore news to where you are now. Many people wish they had your great talent. God bless you and my hearts goes out to Sidney Poitier family. Wish them much love.

[@RayReacts23]

He paved the way to future actors and actresses, proving that anything is possible

[@tonyrossbackinthedaymusicv3107]

A GREAT look on the life of Mr. Sidney Poitier. R.I.P. Mr. Sidney Poitier, You Were The Best.

[@joycesvarvar]

Truly, one of kind. A genuine human being. The world has lost a great actor as well. Rest in Peace. Sir Sidney Poitier.

[@carolriley-mcvay6336]

Gentle, classy man. I loved him

[@lindseycarribean5113]

A beautiful soul.

[@kawhileopard2174]

I remember him watch as a kid, he was a gifted soul,may he RIP which he rightly deserves

[@fahadmahmud8772]

Such an inspiration We from our level best He left memories for us We learn we never learn Hats off to you legend

[@lesthebest3171]

Fantastic retrospective of the career of the late great Sir Sidney Poitier. The song To Sir with Love embodied what most of us felt about him and I hope they don’t forget to play it at his final funeral procession.

[@nancydrew1882]

This man had the most eloquent speaking voice ever!

[@mariehaverty8209]

Sleep well Sidney and thank you.🙏❤️☘️🌹

[@faysitler1211]

God bless and farewell , we loved you & inspired by you and your work.

[@aminthasangel6393]

He was Very Very Very important as a role model to generations of people in Bahia Brazil...

[@davidw9772]

A Raisin in the Sun is Sidney Poitier Magnum Opus and well worth watching today. Blessings to you Sir Sidney Poitier and your beautiful family. You are forever loved and hopefully emulated.

[@vickydiehl2195]

He was also a great family man....to his 6 girls....a loving father...a great man

[@elizabethdoherty1891]

Thank you That was amazing. Truest well remembered

[@lizbrown1938]

He will surely be missed. Our "GIANT" has gone to rest. 💔💔💔🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@quindelldoyle2487]

He was the best of the best when it came to entertainment. He was a first-class act. No one can even come close; black or white.

[@vickydiehl2195]

We will never have another Sidney 🎇

[@cherylmontcrief7600]

His mind was pure.. which made him able to act with such innocence and command.

[@jennyh3645]

What a beautiful soul!

[@bobbyg1794]

GOD bless you SIDNEY WE LOVE AND MISS YOU.REST IN PEACE.AMEN

[@Carlito-Fxwg]

Rest In Peace "Sir". A True Gentleman always.., Thank you Mr. Poitier... A loving fan.

[@leonardenglish815]

A simple Man With A Big heart grew up poor, struggling families only to survive like his, came a blessing from a very humbling back ground that inner strength of love & perseverance, certainly a beacon light of hope 🔯🌠

[@ninarines588]

Loved him in A Patch of Blue!!! RIP.

[@angelajoseph1983]

I loved the way he spoke and moved his body when he walked what a Great Coloured Man he became God Blessed him he gave BLACK actors a Great Door to walk through with dignity TKS very much Sidney Poitier for your on earth ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍👍

[@ellenyoung9999]

I grew up in the 50's and 60's watching his movies Truly one of the greatest !

[@pampennyworth]

My mother was a young teenager in 60’s Scotland. Sydney Poitier was one of her first major film star crushes. He managed to break down inherited prejudices. It would have been awkward for my mum to take home a black man as her boyfriend. Thanks to him, my mum brought me up without those prejudices. We watched To Sir With Love together in the late 80’s. I too fell for his stunning looks and strong presence. To you Sir, With Love from me and my mum. 😘

[@roxannevlogs7329]

Rest In Peace Sidney Poitier ❤️✨Thank you ❤️

[@8lata]

He was outstanding. I adored him. I got the utmost pleasure from looking at him. He was Sidney..just uniquely Sidney.

[@dawnmills5567]

Sidney was on my bucket list, so sad I didn't get to meet him, may he rest in eternal peace, sadly missed.

[@MariaRomero-dz6uo]

A true gentleman and magnificent actor. The greatest amongst the best.

[@deborahwelch4637]

ET you touched my heart with this tribute to the greatest of all time! #goat

[@Celluloidkid]

Legend !! Icon!!

[@sedgwickmcalaster7785]

Sidney Poitier Came to America 🇺🇸 with no money💲 no friends no family ,👥 and became an icon✨

[@themasterofallmoviesprestwood.]

I would like to get his movies so I can remembering him I love Hollywood famous actresses and actors that he brought fans. Sidney Poitier be loved and missed

[@NoName-wi7lv]

Betty White and now him. 😭

[@lailaplaysdbd4004]

What an unbelievable way to start 2022.

[@vbartrum9172]

Rest In Peace Sidney Poitier 🙏🏽❤️❤️

[@berthina68]

Simply the best RIH GREAT MAN!!!

[@nenaaa1444]

RIP Great Actor Civil Rights Icon Sir, Mr.Tibbs Mr.Poitier.

[@futureDrNLB]

Rest In Power!!! Job Well Done Mr. Sidney Poitier

[@jerrysowah9781]

Jrrry sowah ❤♥️♥️♥️🌈🏆

[@dianeharris8020]

one word a icon!!!!!!!!!!

[@vashtas]

One Word, "Classy"

[@shashijain5084]

A great actor & a great man !!!! To be celebrated not mourned .

[@vedabrooks9932]

Rest in heaven

[@helenmperkinsperkins5593]

What an Icon to look up at. RIP Sir!

[@altheadickerson4771]

OUTSTANDING❗😇❗Thanks E.T.✨🌟✨❤️🏆❤️

[@stephengiese7549]

He said in a film- you think of yourself as a colored man and I think of myself as just a man. Thank you Sydney! Thanks utube.

[@all4one06]

My mother would make me and my brothers watch his movies when they were on. She held Sidney Poitier up as a shining example of what a proud black man looked like. Growing up in 1960’s Deep South Mississippi as a child wasn’t easy. l recall my mother talking about “In The Heat Of The Night”, especially the scene in which Sidney slaps the bigoted white plantation owner Endicott after getting slapped first. Unthinkable that a black man would do that in Mississippi and live to tell it. I didn’t understand! All that changed as l got older and experienced racial discrimination firsthand, had fist fights with whites because of my blackness and saw the movie as an adult. “Mama, I fully understand now.” I now remember telling her once. And she knew l got it! Sidney Poitier demanded respect and got it! I’m a fan for life. What a great black man!!!!! Rest well, Sidney….😔🕊

[@nancyhoward7005]

Fantastically Fantastic

[@user-rt9ll6fb9y]

I love that movie I watch it over and over I love it

[@ogbigt784]

I LOVING MEMORY OF SIDNEY PORTIA

[@carmenortiz1831]

Descanse en paz gracias por hacernos sentir tantas cosas bonitas

[@evieschotsborg8450]

De geschiedenis de ontwikkeling van het leven en de films van deze icoon moet gebracht worden naar vooral de jeugd overal en i.h.b in suriname.

[@ogbigt784]

He was ALWAYS MY FIRST HERO, NOW that I know more about his life as a young man He is the FIRST OBAMA,ALI,MLK. He shaped me as a doy growing up on SS of Chicago. We lost another G 1 the world will NEVER BE BETTER RIP BRO...!

[@ogbigt784]

In LOVING memory of SIDNEY PORTIA

[@alabamabornball9957]

Sir. 🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@tlondonable]

He has motivated me to learn how to speak well. With a slight studder and speech impediment, Sidney Poiter and James Earl Jones gives me hope to speak and do it well with class.

[@gregbuck701]

This guy was CLASS. I dont recall Betty White getting this much attention.

[@vhanna7351]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@rusticg]

🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@cristianomombello6944]

rip 😥

[@franciap.7851]

RIP. 😥🙏

[@ogbigt784]

The way he talked to his son in Raising ln The Sun. I learned what kind of father I would be.l REALLY can't put into words how as a fatherless doy,NO as a DARK SKIN little B B he helped me to learn PRIDE,HONOR,DISAPLIN,SELFRESPECT,and that's Y I decided to join the ARMY. To make SURE no matter what I would show the world I could B MORE than just a LITTLE B B from the SS of CHICAGO RIP,RIP...!

[@doloreswilliams9794]

Guest who is going home to Heaven for dinner rest in peace Sir

[@cynthiahenry5585]

🙏

[@fatmakamugisha3033]

Rest in peace.

[@joeseward9466]

Yo props to that fortune teller, nailed it.

[@roseannuwe7126]

I love you

[@user-rt9ll6fb9y]

He was blessed by God

[@basiabasia4212]

❤

[@naledimosaka2925]

Why do we wait until people are gone , when they cannot see the speakers or writers of these praises and accolades or hear all these wonderful things we say while they are in this world? We wait until they 'blind and deaf' then we sing the " hallelujah chorus. Me included.

[@Godsoriginal]

Black Americans especially black Southern American stop hating, and disliking black foreigners, we are the one who work hard to open up doors of freedom. Working and being bold is our nature. Just remember the earth belongs to the Lord. How can you hate a person and go to Heaven?

[@PulseRELOADED]

RIP

[@brittney1580]

Oprah: There's no one on earth i love more Stedman: 😳

[@spideyfan1278]

So many people mourning him. I don’t even know who he was. It feels like everyone not shutting up about a stranger.

[@terrythekittieful]

Part of it is that all of these wonderful people are not with us anymore and the world is getting a darker place as a result. The world lost Archbishop Tutu a few days ago. Nelson Mandela a few years ago now. Going back over the last few decades musical heroes like David Bowie, George Harrison and John Lennon. Movie stars like Doris Day and Kirk Douglas, it goes on. I know people get old and have to call it a day eventually but it still hurts. R.I.P. Sidney, his movies are forever now.

[@verawallace9055]

Guess you are A youngster

[@jayc1278]

Love Poitier, Oprah not at all. They are in different realms.

[@BlaiseKiwanuka]

Is this about Sidney or about Oprah? 😡

[@janeandrews110]

He died a few years back. Lots of ppl reporting

[@WokeProduction]

Sidney was a great actor but not really into black people.

[@dehabadkeme1210]

RIP sinful Poitier🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@garrettdavis6500]

Did Poitier get his shots after O' Bomb-them reefed him ????