Hollywood legend Sidney Poitier is recovering after reportedly injuring his head in a nasty fall at his home in California.

The iconic actor, 85, was recently photographed being pushed in a wheelchair and sporting a bandaged head, and now it has emerged he sustained the injury in a tumble at his home in Beverly Hills, California.

Poitier is reportedly being cared for by his local doctor and relatives, who are concerned he may have another accident.

A source tells Britain's Mail on Sunday newspaper, "His family fear he may trip again and sustain a life-threatening injury."