Name
Blake Edwards
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1922-07-26
Deathday
2010-12-15 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Biography
Blake Edwards was an American film director, screenwriter and producer.
Edwards' career began in the 1940s as an actor but he soon turned to writing radio scripts at Columbia Pictures. He used his writing skills to begin producing and directing, with some of his best films including: Experiment in Terror, The Great Race, and the hugely successful Pink Panther film series with the British comedian Peter Sellers. Often thought of as primarily a director of comedies, he was also renowned for his dramatic work, Breakfast at Tiffany's and Days of Wine and Roses. His greatest successes, however, were his comedies, and most of his films were either musicals, melodramas, slapstick comedies, and thrillers.
In 2004, he received an Honorary Academy Award in recognition of his writing, directing and producing an extraordinary body of work for the screen.
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- 1946 Big Town as Nixon-Reporter (uncredited)
- 1988 The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen as Self
- 1994 Bruce Lee: The Immortal Dragon as Self
- 1946 Strangler of the Swamp as Christian Sanders Jr.
- 1992 Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys as Self
- 1944 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo as Lt. Smith's Crewman (uncredited)
- 1976 Die Titelmacher as Self
- 1944 Marshal of Reno as Lee
- 1948 Panhandle as Floyd Schofield
- 1997 Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady as Self
- 1948 Leather Gloves as Vince Reedy
- 2004 Behind The Feline: 'The Cartoon Phenomenon' as Self
- 1989 William Holden: The Golden Boy as Self
- 1993 Audrey Hepburn: Remembered as Self
- 1944 She's a Sweetheart as Soldier
- 1946 Tokyo Rose as Joe Bridger
- 1944 The Unwritten Code as Swede (uncredited)
- 2024 Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames as Self (archive footage)
- 1942 Lucky Legs as Red Arrow Messenger
- 1942 Ten Gentlemen from West Point as Cadet (uncredited)
- 2003 The Pink Panther Story as Himself
- 1944 A Guy Named Joe as Flyer (uncredited)
- 1946 From This Day Forward as Night Club Patron
- 1946 The Strange Love of Martha Ivers as Sleeping Sailor (uncredited)
- 1945 They Were Expendable as Boat Crewman (uncredited)
- 1945 A Guy, a Gal and a Pal as Solider (uncredited)
- 2006 Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Making of a Classic as Self
- 2009 Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me as Self
- 2019 Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1982 Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
- 1943 There's Something About a Soldier
- 1996 E! True Hollywood Story ( 1 episode )
- 1953 The Oscars ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1971 Great Performances ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1968 The Dick Cavett Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1971 Film '72 ( 2 episodes ) as Self
