Portrait of Blake Edwards

Blake Edwards

Directing

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.

Born: July 26, 1922

Place of Birth: Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Filmography

2024
1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

1953
The Oscars

as Self

1948
Leather Gloves

as Vince Reedy

1948
Panhandle

as Floyd Schofield

1946
Big Town

as Nixon-Reporter (uncredited)

1946
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

as Sleeping Sailor (uncredited)

1946
From This Day Forward

as Night Club Patron

1946
Tokyo Rose

as Joe Bridger

1946
Strangler of the Swamp

as Christian Sanders Jr.

1945
They Were Expendable

as Boat Crewman (uncredited)

1945
A Guy, a Gal and a Pal

as Solider (uncredited)

1944
1944
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

as Lt. Smith's Crewman (uncredited)

1944
The Unwritten Code

as Swede (uncredited)

1944
1943
A Guy Named Joe

as Flyer (uncredited)

1942
Lucky Legs

as Red Arrow Messenger

1942
Ten Gentlemen from West Point

as Cadet (uncredited)