Blake Edwards
Known for: Directing
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
Series
Great Performances
Self
1971
Series
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Film '72
Self
1971
Film
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Sleeping Sailor (uncredited)
1946
Film
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Lt. Smith's Crewman (uncredited)
1944
Series
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Film
They Were Expendable
Boat Crewman (uncredited)
1945
Film
William Holden: The Golden Boy
Self
1989
Film
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Self
1993
Film
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
Film
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Cadet (uncredited)
1942
Film
A Guy Named Joe
Flyer (uncredited)
1944
Film
Bruce Lee: The Immortal Dragon
Self
1994
Film
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
Self
2009
Film
She's a Sweetheart
Soldier
1944
Film
Panhandle
Floyd Schofield
1948
Film
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
Self
1997
Film
From This Day Forward
Night Club Patron
1946
Film
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
Self
1992
Film
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2019
Film
Tokyo Rose
Joe Bridger
1946
Film
Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames
Self (archive footage)
2024
The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen
Self
1988
Film
Marshal of Reno
Lee
1944
Film
Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Making of a Classic
Self
2006
Film
Lucky Legs
Red Arrow Messenger
1942
Film
There's Something About a Soldier
1943
Film
Strangler of the Swamp
Christian Sanders Jr.
1946
Film
Big Town
Nixon-Reporter (uncredited)
1946
Film
A Guy, a Gal and a Pal
Solider (uncredited)
1945
Film
The Pink Panther Story
Himself
2003
Film
Leather Gloves
Vince Reedy
1948
Film
The Unwritten Code
Swede (uncredited)
1944
Film
Behind The Feline: 'The Cartoon Phenomenon'
Self
2004
Die Titelmacher
Self
1976