Blake Edwards

Blake Edwards

  • Birthday: 1922-07-26
  • Deathday: 2010-12-15
  • Place of birth: Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
  • Also know as: Sam O. Brown

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.

Filmography

The Pink Panther Story

2003

As Himself

Strangler of the Swamp

1946

As Christian Sanders Jr.

Die Titelmacher

1976

As Self

Panhandle

1948

As Floyd Schofield

Tokyo Rose

1946

As Joe Bridger

Leather Gloves

1948

As Vince Reedy

A Guy, a Gal and a Pal

1945

As Solider (uncredited)

Marshal of Reno

1944

As Lee

The Unwritten Code

1944

As Swede (uncredited)

She's a Sweetheart

1944

As Soldier

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

1946

As Sleeping Sailor (uncredited)

Lucky Legs

1942

As Red Arrow Messenger

Big Town

1946

As Nixon-Reporter (uncredited)

From This Day Forward

1946

As Night Club Patron

A Guy Named Joe

1943

As Flyer

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

1944

As Lt. Smith's Crewman (uncredited)

Ten Gentlemen from West Point

1942

As Cadet (uncredited)

They Were Expendable

1945

As Boat Crewman (uncredited)

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014

As Self (archive footage)

Production

Breakfast at Tiffany's

1961

As Director

Blind Date

1987

As Director

The Pink Panther

1963

As Director

A Shot in the Dark

1964

As Director

Switch

1991

As Director

The Party

1968

As Director

The Great Race

1965

As Director

Days of Wine and Roses

1963

As Director

10

1979

As Director

Skin Deep

1989

As Director

Victor/Victoria

1982

As Director

Operation Petticoat

1959

As Director

Trail of the Pink Panther

1982

As Director

S.O.B.

1981

As Director

Micki + Maude

1984

As Director

Curse of the Pink Panther

1983

As Director

Wild Rovers

1971

As Director

Darling Lili

1970

As Director

Experiment in Terror

1962

As Director

Sunset

1988

As Director

Son of the Pink Panther

1993

As Director

The Man Who Loved Women

1983

As Director

The Tamarind Seed

1974

As Director

That's Life!

1986

As Director

The Carey Treatment

1972

As Director

Peter Gunn

1989

As Director

Gunn

1967

As Director

High Time

1960

As Director

He Laughed Last

1956

As Director

This Happy Feeling

1958

As Director

Mister Cory

1957

As Director

The Perfect Furlough

1958

As Director

A Fine Mess

1986

As Director

Justin Case

1988

As Director

Bring Your Smile Along

1955

As Director

Julie

1972

As Director

Victor/Victoria

1995

As Stage Director

Victor/Victoria

1995

As Director

A Shot in the Dark

1964

As Producer

The Party

1968

As Producer

10

1979

As Producer

Victor/Victoria

1982

As Producer

Trail of the Pink Panther

1982

As Producer

Experiment in Terror

1962

As Producer

The Man Who Loved Women

1983

As Producer

Waterhole #3

1967

As Producer

Peter Gunn

1989

As Executive Producer

Justin Case

1988

As Executive Producer

S.O.B.

1981

As Producer

Curse of the Pink Panther

1983

As Producer

Stampede

1949

As Co-Producer

Soldier in the Rain

1963

As Producer

Panhandle

1948

As Producer

Julie on Sesame Street

1973

As Executive Producer

Darling Lili

1970

As Producer

Victor/Victoria

1995

As Producer

Casino

1980

As Executive Consultant

The Pink Panther

1963

As Screenplay

A Shot in the Dark

1964

As Screenplay

Switch

1991

As Screenplay

The Party

1968

As Screenplay

Revenge of the Pink Panther

1978

As Screenplay

Inspector Clouseau

1968

As Characters

10

1979

As Screenplay

S.O.B.

1981

As Screenplay

Wild Rovers

1971

As Screenplay

Trail of the Pink Panther

1982

As Screenplay

Operation Mad Ball

1957

As Screenplay

The Pink Panther 2

2009

As Characters

My Sister Eileen

1955

As Screenplay

Sunset

1988

As Screenplay

City Heat

1984

As Screenplay

The Notorious Landlady

1962

As Screenplay

The Man Who Loved Women

1983

As Screenplay

The Tamarind Seed

1974

As Screenplay

That's Life!

1986

As Writer

Soldier in the Rain

1963

As Screenplay

Peter Gunn

1989

As Writer

He Laughed Last

1956

As Story

He Laughed Last

1956

As Screenplay

Mister Cory

1957

As Screenplay

The Atomic Kid

1954

As Story

Panhandle

1948

As Writer

The Monk

1969

As Story

A Fine Mess

1986

As Writer

Justin Case

1988

As Writer

The Pink Panther

2006

As Characters

The Party

1968

As Story

Darling Lili

1970

As Writer

Curse of the Pink Panther

1983

As Screenplay

Sound Off

1952

As Writer

This Happy Feeling

1958

As Screenplay

Bring Your Smile Along

1955

As Screenplay

Stampede

1949

As Screenplay

The Couch

1962

As Story

All Ashore

1953

As Story

All Ashore

1953

As Screenplay

Drive a Crooked Road

1954

As Screenplay

Gunn

1967

As Writer

The Pink Panther

0000

As Characters

The Great Race

1965

As Original Story

Victor/Victoria

1995

As Musical

Victor/Victoria

1995

As Original Film Writer

Victor/Victoria

1982

As Screenplay

Skin Deep

1989

As Writer

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