Blake Edwards

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Role

Director | Actor | Writer

Date of birth

07/26/1922

Date of death

12/15/2010

Place of birth

Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Awards

1 nomination

Blake Edwards

Biography

Blake Edwards' stepfather's father J. Gordon Edwards was a silent screen director, and his stepfather Jack McEdward was a stage director and movie production manager. Blake acted in a number films, beginning with Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942) and wrote a number of others, beginning with Panhandle (1948) and including six for director Richard Quine. He created the popular TV series Peter Gunn (1958), Mr. Lucky (1959) and Dante (1960). He directed a diverse body of films, from comedies to dramas to war films to westerns, including such pictures as Operation Petticoat (1959), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), Experiment in Terror (1962), Days of Wine and Roses (1962), The Pink Panther (1963) and A Shot in the Dark (1964). After The Great Race (1965) he began fighting with studios. In England he surfaced again with The Return of the Pink Panther (1975), then went back to Hollywood and a real hit, 10 (1979). Victor/Victoria (1982) won him French and Italian awards for Best Foreign Film.

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The Great Race
The Great Race
7.2
7.2
Writing / Acting / Directing
Role: Guy with Moustache (uncredited)
Writing
Directing / Writing
Acting
Role: Corporal at ATC Counter (uncredited)
Writing
The Party
The Party
8.1
8.1
Directing / Writing
Writing / Directing
Writing / Directing
Writing / Directing
Blind Date
Blind Date
5.9
5.9
Writing / Directing
Victor/Victoria
Victor/Victoria
7.6
7.6
Writing / Directing
Writing / Directing
10
10
6.2
6.2
Directing / Writing
Directing
Directing
Writing / Directing
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Role: Sailor (uncredited)
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