Cast & creator
Blake Edwards
Best known for Great Performances, The Dick Cavett Show, Four Star Playhouse
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.
Also known as: Sam O. Brown, 블레이크 에드워즈, William Blake Crump, بلیک ادواردز
164
film credits
24
television credits
36
1942–2024 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (188)
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Great Performances
Self
1971
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Four Star Playhouse
Director
1952Film '72
Self
1971
Peter Gunn
Director
1958Peter Gunn
Writer
1958Peter Gunn
Producer
1958Peter Gunn
Creator
1958
The Oscars
Self
1953
The Ford Television Theatre
Teleplay
1952The Ford Television Theatre
Story
1952
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Creator
1957
The Pink Panther
Creator
1993
Pink Panther and Pals
Original Series Creator
2010Pink Panther and Pals
Creator
2010
Mr. Lucky
Director
1959Mr. Lucky
Writer
1959Mr. Lucky
Creator
1959
The Pink Panther
Characters
2006
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Director
1961
The Pink Panther
Screenplay
1963The Pink Panther
Director
1963
A Shot in the Dark
Producer
1964A Shot in the Dark
Director
1964A Shot in the Dark
Screenplay
1964
Meet McGraw
Creator
1957
Revenge of the Pink Panther
Producer
1978Revenge of the Pink Panther
Director
1978Revenge of the Pink Panther
Screenplay
1978Revenge of the Pink Panther
Story
1978
Trail of the Pink Panther
Director
1982Trail of the Pink Panther
Producer
1982Trail of the Pink Panther
Screenplay
1982Trail of the Pink Panther
Story
1982
The Pink Panther 2
Characters
2009
Dante
Creator
1960
The Great Race
Director
1965The Great Race
Original Story
1965
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Screenplay
1976The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Director
1976The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Producer
1976
Victor/Victoria
Director
1982Victor/Victoria
Producer
1982Victor/Victoria
Screenplay
1982
Operation Petticoat
Director
1959
The Return of the Pink Panther
Director
1975The Return of the Pink Panther
Producer
1975The Return of the Pink Panther
Screenplay
1975
Blind Date
Director
1987
Curse of the Pink Panther
Director
1983Curse of the Pink Panther
Screenplay
1983Curse of the Pink Panther
Producer
1983
Inspector Clouseau
Characters
1968
Son of the Pink Panther
Director
1993Son of the Pink Panther
Story
1993Son of the Pink Panther
Characters
1993
10
Director
197910
Producer
197910
Writer
1979
The Party
Director
1968The Party
Producer
1968The Party
Screenplay
1968The Party
Story
1968
Switch
Screenplay
1991Switch
Director
1991
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Lt. Smith's Crewman (uncredited)
1944
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Sleeping Sailor (uncredited)
1946
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
Director
1966What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
Producer
1966What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
Story
1966
City Heat
Screenplay
1984
Days of Wine and Roses
Director
1963
Walk on the Wild Side
Co-Director
1962
The Man Who Loved Women
Screenplay
1983The Man Who Loved Women
Producer
1983The Man Who Loved Women
Director
1983
The Unwritten Code
Swede (uncredited)
1944
The Perfect Furlough
Director
1958
Skin Deep
Director
1989Skin Deep
Writer
1989
Julie
Producer
1992Julie
Director
1992Julie
Creator
1992
They Were Expendable
Boat Crewman (uncredited)
1945
A Guy Named Joe
Flyer (uncredited)
1944
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
Self
1992
My Sister Eileen
Screenplay
1955
A Fine Mess
Director
1986A Fine Mess
Writer
1986
Soldier in the Rain
Screenplay
1963Soldier in the Rain
Producer
1963
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
Self
1982
The Tamarind Seed
Director
1974The Tamarind Seed
Screenplay
1974
S.O.B.
Director
1981S.O.B.
Producer
1981S.O.B.
Writer
1981
Waterhole #3
Producer
1967
This Happy Feeling
Director
1958This Happy Feeling
Screenplay
1958
Experiment in Terror
Producer
1962Experiment in Terror
Director
1962
Micki & Maude
Director
1984
Wild Rovers
Director
1971Wild Rovers
Screenplay
1971The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen
Self
1988
She's a Sweetheart
Soldier
1944
Bruce Lee: The Immortal Dragon
Self
1994
Drive a Crooked Road
Screenplay
1954
Sunset
Screenplay
1988Sunset
Director
1988
The Notorious Landlady
Screenplay
1962
High Time
Director
1960
From This Day Forward
Night Club Patron
1946
Gunn
Director
1967Gunn
Writer
1967Gunn
Characters
1967Gunn
Executive Producer
1967
There's Something About a Soldier
1943
Julie and Dick at Covent Garden
Producer
1974
Darling Lili
Director
1970Darling Lili
Writer
1970Darling Lili
Producer
1970
That's Life!
Writer
1986That's Life!
Director
1986
Bring Your Smile Along
Director
1955Bring Your Smile Along
Story
1955Bring Your Smile Along
Screenplay
1955
The Carey Treatment
Director
1972
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Self
1993
Panhandle
Floyd Schofield
1948Panhandle
Writer
1948Panhandle
Producer
1948
Operation Mad Ball
Screenplay
1957
All Ashore
Story
1953All Ashore
Screenplay
1953
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
Self
2009
Victor/Victoria
Musical
1996Victor/Victoria
Producer
1996Victor/Victoria
Original Film Writer
1996Victor/Victoria
Director
1996Victor/Victoria
Stage Director
1996Victor/Victoria
Writer
1996
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2019
The Monk
Story
1969
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Cadet (uncredited)
1942
Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames
Self (archive footage)
2024
William Holden: The Golden Boy
Self
1989
Casino
Executive Consultant
1980
The Couch
Story
1962
Cruisin' Down the River
Writer
1953
Julie on Sesame Street
Executive Producer
1973
Mister Cory
Director
1957Mister Cory
Screenplay
1957
Julie
Director
1972
The Pink Panther: Classic Cartoon Collection Vol. 2
Writer
2005
He Laughed Last
Story
1956He Laughed Last
Screenplay
1956He Laughed Last
Director
1956
Strangler of the Swamp
Christian Sanders Jr.
1946
Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
Writer
1952
Peter Gunn
Director
1989Peter Gunn
Writer
1989Peter Gunn
Executive Producer
1989
Julie: My Favourite Things
Director
1975
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer!
Director
1954Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer!
Writer
1954
Behind The Feline: 'The Cartoon Phenomenon'
Self
2004
A Guy, a Gal and a Pal
Solider (uncredited)
1945
The Atomic Kid
Story
1954
Lucky Legs
Red Arrow Messenger
1942
Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Making of a Classic
Self
2006The Pink Panther: Classic Cartoon Collection Vol. 3
Writer
2005
Tokyo Rose
Joe Bridger
1946
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
Self
1997
Justin Case
Director
1988Justin Case
Executive Producer
1988Justin Case
Writer
1988
The Pink Panther Story
Himself
2003
Big Town
Nixon-Reporter (uncredited)
1946
Leather Gloves
Vince Reedy
1948
Sound Off
Writer
1952
Marshal of Reno
Lee
1944The Pink Panther
Characters
Stampede
Screenplay
1949Stampede
Co-Producer
1949Die Titelmacher
Self
1976