Blake Edwards
Director, Writer, Producer, Actor
26 July 1922 — 15 December 2010 (88 years)
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.
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.
Known For
Filmography
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| 1974 | The Tamarind SeedOn Plex |
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| 1952 | Four Star PlayhouseOn Plex |
| 1991 | Switch · as Screenplay |
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| 1988 | Sunset · as Screenplay |
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| 1984 | City Heat · as Screenplay |
| 1983 | The Man Who Loved Women · as Screenplay |
| 1983 | Curse of the Pink Panther · as Screenplay |
| 1982 | Victor/Victoria · as Screenplay |
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| 1978 | Revenge of the Pink Panther · as Screenplay |
| 1976 | The Pink Panther Strikes Again · as Screenplay |
| 1975 | The Return of the Pink Panther · as Screenplay |
| 1974 | The Tamarind Seed · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1971 | Wild Rovers · as Screenplay |
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| 1968 | The Party · as Screenplay |
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| 1964 | A Shot in the Dark · as Screenplay |
| 1963 | The Pink Panther · as Screenplay |
| 1963 | Soldier in the Rain · as Screenplay |
| 1962 | The Notorious Landlady · as Screenplay |
| 1960 | High Time · as Screenplay |
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| 1958 | This Happy Feeling · as Screenplay |
| 1957 | Operation Mad Ball · as Screenplay |
| 1957 | Mister Cory · as Screenplay |
| 1955 | My Sister Eileen · as Screenplay |
| 1954 | Drive a Crooked Road · as Screenplay |
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| 1949 | Stampede · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
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| 1992 | |
| 1989 | Peter Gunn · as Executive Producer |
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| 1973 | Julie's Christmas Special · as Executive Producer |
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| 1967 | Gunn · as Executive Producer |
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| 1954 | Disneyland · as Executive Producer |
| 1949 | Stampede · as Co-ProducerOn Plex |
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| 1965 | The Great Race · as Guy With Moustache |
| 1949 | Stampede · as Bank TellerOn Plex |
| 1948 | Panhandle · as Floyd Schofield |
| 1947 | The Beginning or the End · as Cic Man |
| 1946 | The Best Years of Our Lives · as Corporal At Atc CounterOn Plex |
| 1946 | Big Town · as Nixon-Reporter (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Strange Love of Martha Ivers · as Sleeping Sailor (uncredited)On Plex |
| 1946 | Till the End of Time · as Hal |
| 1946 | From This Day Forward · as Night Club Patron |
| 1946 | Tokyo Rose · as Joe Bridger |
| 1945 | Strangler of the Swamp · as Christian Sanders Jr. |
| 1945 | They Were Expendable · as Boat Crewman (uncredited) |
| 1945 | What Next, Corporal Hargrove? · as Soldier |
| 1945 | This Man's Navy · as Flier |
| 1944 | She's a Sweetheart · as Soldier |
| 1944 | Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo · as Lt. Smith's Crewman (uncredited) |
| 1944 | The Unwritten Code · as Swede (uncredited) |
| 1944 | My Buddy · as Prison Kid |
| 1944 | In the Meantime, Darling · as Lt. Eley |
| 1944 | Marine Raiders · as Marine |
| 1944 | Marshal of Reno · as Lee |
| 1944 | The Eve of St. Mark · as Soldier |
| 1944 | See Here, Private Hargrove · as Field Operator |
| 1944 | Ladies Courageous · as Pilot |
| 1944 | Wing and a Prayer · as Pilot |
| 1943 | A Guy Named Joe · as Flyer (uncredited) |
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| 1942 | Ten Gentlemen from West Point · as Cadet (uncredited) |
| 2010 | Pink Panther and Pals · as Film "the Pink Panther |
| 2009 | The Pink Panther 2 · as Characters |
| 2006 | The Pink Panther · as Characters |
| 1995 | Victor/Victoria · as Musical |
| 1993 | The Pink Panther · as Pink Panther/inspector Concepts |
| 1993 | Son of the Pink Panther · as Story |
| 1982 | Trail of the Pink Panther · as Story |
| 1980 | Casino · as Executive Consultant |
| 1969 | The Monk · as Story |
| 1969 | The Pink Panther Show · as Idea |
| 1969 | The Pink Panther · as Idea |
| 1968 | Inspector Clouseau · as Characters |
| 1966 | What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? · as Story |
| 1965 | The Great Race · as Original Story |
| 1962 | The Couch · as Story |
| 1962 | Walk on the Wild Side · as Co-Director |
| 1961 | The Dick Powell Show · as Based On Characters Created By |
| 1960 | Dante · as Created By |
| 1957 | Meet McGraw · as Story And Teleplay |
| 1956 | Richard Diamond, Private Detective · as Characters |
| 1956 | He Laughed Last · as Story |
| 1955 | The Jane Wyman Show · as Teleplay |
| 1955 | Bring Your Smile Along · as Story |
| 1954 | The Atomic Kid · as Story |
| 1954 | Disneyland · as Story |
| 1954 | The Lineup · as Written By |
| 1954 | Studio 57 · as Teleplay |
| 1954 | The Mickey Rooney Show · as Characters |
| 1953 | All Ashore · as Story |
| 1952 | Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre · as Story |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse · as AdaptationOn Plex |