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 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

Great Performances

The Dick Cavett Show

The Oscars

E! True Hollywood Story

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

They Were Expendable

A Guy Named Joe

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

All Movies (31)

• Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames2024 · as Self (archive footage)
• Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret2019 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me2009 · as Self
• Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Making of a Classic2006 · as Self
• Behind The Feline: 'The Cartoon Phenomenon'2004 · as Self
• The Pink Panther Story2003 · as Himself
• Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady1997 · as Self
• Bruce Lee: The Immortal Dragon1994 · as Self
• Audrey Hepburn: Remembered1993 · as Self
• Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys1992 · as Self
• William Holden: The Golden Boy1989 · as Self
• The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen1988 · as Self
• Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady1982
• Die Titelmacher1976 · as Self
• Leather Gloves1948 · as Vince Reedy
• Panhandle1948 · as Floyd Schofield
• Big Town1946 · as Nixon-Reporter (uncredited)
• The Strange Love of Martha Ivers1946 · as Sleeping Sailor (uncredited)
• From This Day Forward1946 · as Night Club Patron
• Tokyo Rose1946 · as Joe Bridger
• Strangler of the Swamp1946 · as Christian Sanders Jr.
• They Were Expendable1945 · as Boat Crewman (uncredited)
• A Guy, a Gal and a Pal1945 · as Solider (uncredited)
• She's a Sweetheart1944 · as Soldier
• Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo1944 · as Lt. Smith's Crewman (uncredited)
• The Unwritten Code1944 · as Swede (uncredited)
• Marshal of Reno1944 · as Lee
• A Guy Named Joe1944 · as Flyer (uncredited)
• There's Something About a Soldier1943
• Lucky Legs1942 · as Red Arrow Messenger
• Ten Gentlemen from West Point1942 · as Cadet (uncredited)

All TV Shows (5)

• E! True Hollywood Story1996
• Film '721971 · as Self
• Great Performances1971 · as Self
• The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guest
• The Oscars1953 · as Self