Blake Edwards

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1922-07-26 (88 years old)

Deathday

2010-12-15

Place of Birth

Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Blake Edwards

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...

Acting

1946

Big Town

as Nixon-Reporter (uncredited)

1946

Strangler of the Swamp

as Christian Sanders Jr.

1944

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

as Lt. Smith's Crewman (uncredited)

1976

1944

1948

Panhandle

as Floyd Schofield

1948

Leather Gloves

as Vince Reedy

1944

1946

Tokyo Rose

as Joe Bridger

1944

The Unwritten Code

as Swede (uncredited)

2024

1942

Lucky Legs

as Red Arrow Messenger

1942

Ten Gentlemen from West Point

as Cadet (uncredited)

1943

A Guy Named Joe

as Flyer (uncredited)

1946

From This Day Forward

as Night Club Patron

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

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)

Production

1961

1964

1964

1964

A Shot in the Dark

as Screenplay

1991

Switch

as Director

1991

Switch

as Screenplay

1987

Blind Date

as Director

1963

The Pink Panther

as Director

1963

The Pink Panther

as Screenplay

1968

The Party

as Director

1968

The Party

as Screenplay

1968

The Party

as Producer

1980

Casino

as Executive Consultant

1968

Inspector Clouseau

as Characters

1965

The Great Race

as Director

1979

10

as Director

1979

10

as Screenplay

1979

10

as Producer

1989

Skin Deep

as Director

1965

The Great Race

as Original Story

1963

1981

S.O.B.

as Director

1981

S.O.B.

as Screenplay

1982

Victor/Victoria

as Director

1982

Victor/Victoria

as Producer

1959

1984

Micki & Maude

as Director

1962

1962

1971

Wild Rovers

as Director

1971

Wild Rovers

as Screenplay

1970

Darling Lili

as Director

2009

The Pink Panther 2

as Characters

1955

My Sister Eileen

as Screenplay

1957

Operation Mad Ball

as Screenplay

1984

City Heat

as Screenplay

1988

Sunset

as Director

1988

Sunset

as Screenplay

1962

1974

1974

The Tamarind Seed

as Screenplay

1986

That's Life!

as Director

1986

That's Life!

as Writer

1983

1963

Soldier in the Rain

as Screenplay

1972

1995

Victor/Victoria

as Musical

1995

Victor/Victoria

as Producer

1995

Victor/Victoria

as Original Film Writer

1967

Waterhole #3

as Producer

1989

Peter Gunn

as Director

1989

Peter Gunn

as Executive Producer

1989

Peter Gunn

as Writer

1960

High Time

as Director

1967

Gunn

as Director

1956

He Laughed Last

as Director

1956

He Laughed Last

as Screenplay

1956

1958

1957

Mister Cory

as Director

1957

Mister Cory

as Screenplay

1948

Panhandle

as Writer

1958

1969

The Monk

as Story

1986

A Fine Mess

as Director

1986

A Fine Mess

as Writer

1988

Justin Case

as Director

1988

Justin Case

as Writer

1988

Justin Case

as Executive Producer

1968

The Party

as Story

1955

1981

S.O.B.

as Producer

1995

Victor/Victoria

as Director

1970

Darling Lili

as Writer

2006

The Pink Panther

as Characters

1982

1983

1952

Sound Off

as Writer

1982

Victor/Victoria

as Screenplay

1954

1955

1958

This Happy Feeling

as Screenplay

1949

Stampede

as Screenplay

1989

Skin Deep

as Writer

1949

Stampede

as Co-Producer

1963

1948

Panhandle

as Producer

1962

Walk on the Wild Side

as Co-Director

1993

1962

The Couch

as Story

1953

All Ashore

as Story

1953

All Ashore

as Screenplay

1954

1967

Gunn

as Writer

1972

Julie

as Director

1995

Victor/Victoria

as Stage Director

1973

Julie on Sesame Street

as Executive Producer

1970

Darling Lili

as Producer

-

The Pink Panther

as Characters

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