Sidney Poitier's most memorable roles, from To Sir, with Love to In the Heat of the Night – video

The actor, whose groundbreaking work in the 1950s and 60s paved the way for generations of black film stars, has died aged 94.

Poitier, who was born in Miami but raised in the Bahamas, was the first black winner of the best actor Oscar, for his role in Lilies of the Field. He was a pioneering black presence in mainstream Hollywood cinema.

His death was announced on Friday by Fred Mitchell, the minister of foreign affairs of the Bahamas

• Sidney Poitier, Black acting pioneer, dies aged 94