Blake Edwards Biography (1922-)

Full name, William Blake McEdwards; born July 26, 1922, in Tulsa, OK; son ofDonald Crump (a writer) and Lillian (a philanthropist) McEdwards; adoptive father Jack McEdwards (an actor, writer, director, production manager); marriedPatricia Walker, 1953 (divorced, 1967); married Julie Andrews (an actress and singer), November 12, 1969; children: (first marriage) Jennifer, Geoffrey;(second marriage; adopted) Amy Leigh, Joanna Lynn. Addresses: Office:Blake Edwards Entertainment, 9336 West Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90230.; Agent: c/o William Morris Agency, Inc., 151 El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills,CA 90212.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Director, writer, producer, actor
Birth Details: July 26, 1922; Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
(Film debut) Ten Gentlemen from West Point, Twentieth Century-Fox,1942
(Uncredited) Red arrow messenger, Lucky Legs, 1942
(Uncredited) Flier, A Guy Named Joe, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1943
(Uncredited) Soldier, The Eve of St. Mark, Twentieth Century-Fox,1944
Lieutenant Eley, In the Meantime, Darling, Twentieth Century-Fox,1944
Pilot, Ladies Courageous (also known as Fury in the Sky), Universal, 1944
(Uncredited) Marine, Marine Raiders, RKO, 1944
(Uncredited) Prison kid, My Buddy, Republic, 1944
Pilot, Wing and a Prayer, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1944
(Uncredited) Second officer, Thirty Seconds over Tokyo, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1944
(Uncredited) Field operator, See Here, Private Hargrove, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1944
Lee, Marshal of Reno, Republic, 1944
(Uncredited) A Guy, a Gal and a Pal, 1945
(Uncredited) Gangs of the Waterfront, 1945
Christian Sanders, Jr., Strangler of the Swamp, Producers Releasing Corporation, 1945
(Uncredited) Gunner, They Were Expendable, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1945
(Uncredited) Flier, This Man's Navy, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1945
Joe Bridger, Tokyo Rose, Paramount, 1945
(Uncredited) Foreman, Till the End of Time, RKO, 1946
(Uncredited) Corporal, Best Years of Our Lives, 1946
(Uncredited) Sailor, The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, Paramount,1946
(Uncredited) C.I.C. man, The Beginning or the End, 1947
Vince Reedy, Leather Gloves (also known as Loser Take All),Columbia, 1948
Floyd Schofield, Panhandle, Allied Artists, 1948
(Uncredited) The Moviemakers, 1971
I Remember Me, Zeitgeist, 2001
Film Director
Bring Your Smile Along, Columbia, 1955
He Laughed Last, Columbia, 1956
Mister Cory, Universal, 1958
This Happy Feeling, Universal, 1958
The Perfect Furlough (also known as Strictly for Pleasure),Universal, 1958
Operation Petticoat, Universal, 1959
High Time, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1960
Breakfast at Tiffany's, Paramount, 1961
(And producer), Experiment in Terror (also known as The Grip ofFear), Columbia, 1962
Days of Wine and Roses, Warner Bros., 1963
The Pink Panther, United Artists, 1964
(And producer) A Shot in the Dark, United Artists, 1964
The Great Race (also known as Blake Edwards' The Great Race), Warner Bros., 1966
(And producer) What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?, United Artists,1966
Gunn, Paramount, 1967
(And producer) The Party, United Artists, 1968
(And producer) Darling Lili, Paramount, 1970
(And producer) Wild Rovers, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1971
The Carey Treatment (also known as Emergency Ward), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1972
The Tamarind Seed, AVCO-Embassy, 1974
(And producer) The Return of the Pink Panther, United Artists, 1975
(And producer) The Pink Panther Strikes Again, United Artists, 1976
(And producer) Revenge of the Pink Panther, United Artists, 1978
(And producer; with Tony Adams) 10, Warner Bros., 1979
(And executive producer; with Adams) S.O.B., Paramount, 1981
(And producer; with Adams) Victor/Victoria, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1982
(And producer; with Adams) Trail of the Pink Panther, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1982
(And producer) The Man Who Loved Women, Columbia, 1983
(And coproducer) Curse of the Pink Panther, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1983
Micki & Maude, Columbia, 1984
A Fine Mess (also known as Blake Edwards' A Fine Mess), Columbia, 1986
That's Life! (also known as Blake Edwards' That's Life!), Columbia, 1986
Blind Date (also known as Blake Edwards' Blind Date), TriStar, 1987
Sunset, TriStar, 1988
Skin Deep, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1989
Switch (also known as Blake Edwards' Switch), Warner Bros.,1991
Son of the Pink Panther (also known as Blake Edwards' Son of the Pink Panther and Il figlio della pantera rosa), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1993
Film Producer
(With John C. Champion), Panhandle, Allied Artists, 1948
(With Champion and Scott R. Dunlap), Stampede, Allied Artists/Monogram, 1949
Soldier in the Rain, 1963
Also produced Waterhole No. Three, 1967.
Television Appearances
Specials
Mancini and Friends, PBS, 1987

The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood's Stuntmen, ABC, 1988
The 2nd Annual American Comedy Awards, ABC, 1988
William Holden: The Golden Boy (also known as Crazy about the Movies), Cinemax, 1989
Alan King: Inside the Comedy Mind, Comedy Central, 1991
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys, The Disney Channel, 1992
Audrey Hepburn Remembered, PBS, 1993
"Dudley Moore," A&E Stage, Arts and Entertainment, 1994
Julie Andrews: Back on Broadway, PBS, 1995
Jack Lemmon, PBS, 1996
Interviewee, Bruce Lee: The Immortal Dragon, Arts and Entertainment, 1997
Interviewee, Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady, Arts and Entertainment, 1997
Interviewee, Monica Mancini ... On Record, PBS, 1998
Interviewee, Bo Derek: The E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment Television, 1999
Interviewee, James Garner: A Maverick Spirit, Arts and Entertainment, 2000
"John Ritter: In Good Company," Biography, 2002
Movies
Paul Rothstein, Stompin' at the Savoy, CBS, 1992
Y usted ... De que se rie? (also known as El gag ... y como conseguirlo), Canal + Espana, 2000
Television Work
Series
Producer, City Detective, syndicated, 1953
Creator, producer, and director, Peter Gunn, NBC, 1958-1960 then ABC, 1960-1961
Director and producer, Mr. Lucky, 1959
Director, The Dick Powell Show (also known as The Dick Powell Theatre), 1961-1963
Executive producer, Julie, ABC, 1992
Pilots
Producer, "The Boston Terrier" (also known as "Salem Witch Hunt"; broadcast as an episode of The Dick Powell Show), NBC, 1962
Director and Producer, The Monk, ABC, 1969
Director, Julie, ABC, 1992
Movies
Executive producer and director, "Justin Case," Disney Sunday Movie, ABC, 1988
Director and producer, Peter Gunn, 1989
Also creative consultant, Casino.
Specials
Producer and director, Julie! (documentary), ABC, 1972
Executive producer, Julie on Sesame Street, ABC, 1973
Executive producer and director, Julie and Dick in Covent Garden,ABC, 1974
Director, Julie--My Favorite Things, ABC, 1975
Stage director and producer, Victor/Victoria, Bravo, 2000
Radio Work
Creator and director, Richard Diamond, Private Detective, NBC, 1949, then ABC, 1950-1952
Stage Work
Producer, Minor Demons, Century Center for the Performing Arts, 1997
WRITINGS
Screenplays
(With John C. Champion) Panhandle, Allied Artists, 1948
(With Champion) Stampede (based on a novel by Edward Beverly Mann), Allied Artists/Monogram, 1949
(With Richard Quine) Sound Off, Columbia, 1952
(With Quine) Rainbow 'round My Shoulder, Columbia, 1952
(With Quine and Robert Welles) All Ashore, Columbia, 1953
(With Quine) Cruisin' Down the River, Columbia, 1953
Drive A Crooked Road, Columbia, 1954
(Author of screen story) The Atomic Kid, Republic, 1954
(With Quine) My Sister Eileen, Columbia, 1955
(With Quine) Bring Your Smile Along, Columbia, 1955
(With Quine) He Laughed Last, Columbia, 1956
(With Arthur Carter and Jed Harris) Operation Mad Ball (adapted from the play by Carter), Columbia, 1957
Mister Cory (adapted from a story by Leo Rosten), Universal, 1957
The Perfect Furlough, Universal, 1958
This Happy Feeling (adapted from the play For Love or Moneyby F. Hugh Herbert), Universal, 1958
(Author of story with Owen Crump) The Couch, Warner Bros., 1962
(With Larry Gelbart) The Notorious Landlady (adapted from the short story "Notorious Tenant" by Margery Sharp), Columbia, 1962
(With Maurice Richlin) The Pink Panther, United Artists, 1964
(With William Peter Blatty) A Shot in the Dark, United Artists, 1964
(With Richlin) Soldier in the Rain (adapted from the novel by William Golden), Allied Artists, 1964
(Author of story with Arthur Ross) The Great Race (also known as Blake Edwards' The Great Race), Warner Bros., 1965
(Story with Richlin) What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?, United Artists, 1966
(With Blatty) Gunn, Paramount, 1967
(With Tom Waldman and Frank Waldman) The Party, United Artists, 1968
(Uncredited) Inspector Clouseau, 1968
(With Blatty) Darling Lili, Paramount, 1969
Wild Rovers, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1972
The Tamarind Seed (based on a novel by Evelyn Anthony), AVCO-Embassy, 1974
(With Frank Waldman) The Return of the Pink Panther, United Artists, 1975
(With F. Waldman) The Pink Panther Strikes Again, United Artists,1976
(With F. Waldman and Ron Clark) Revenge of the Pink Panther, United Artists, 1978
10, Warner Bros., 1979
S.O.B., Paramount, 1981
(With F. Waldman, Tom Waldman, and Geoffrey Edwards) Trail of the PinkPanther (based on a story by B. Edwards), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1982
Victor/Victoria, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1982
(With G. Edwards) Curse of the Pink Panther, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1983
(With G. Edwards and Milton Wexler) The Man Who Loved Women (basedon a work by Francois Truffaut), Columbia, 1983
(Coauthor; as Sam O. Brown) City Heat, Warner Bros., 1984
A Fine Mess (also known as Blake Edwards' A Fine Mess), Columbia, 1986
(With Wexler) That's Life! (also known as Blake Edwards' That'sLife!), Columbia, 1986
Sunset, 1988
Skin Deep, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1989
Switch (also known as Blake Edwards' Switch), Warner Bros.,1991
(With Madeline Sunshine and Steve Sunshine) Son of the Pink Panther (based on characters created by B. Edwards and Maurice Richlin; also knownas Blake Edwards' Son of the Pink Panther and Il figlio della pantera rosa), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1993
Television Episodes
(From story) Four Star Playhouse (also known as Star Performance), 1952
(With Richard Quine) Hey Mulligan (also known as The Mickey Rooney Show), NBC, 1954-1955
Peter Gunn (includes "The Kill"), NBC, 1958-1960, then ABC, 1960-1961
(And creator) Mr. Lucky, CBS, 1959-1960
(And creator) Dante's Inferno, NBC, 1960-1961
Operation Petticoat, 1977
(Uncredited) The Pink Panther, 1993
Television Pilots
(With Tony Barrett) The Monk, ABC, 1969
Television Specials
Julie--My Favorite Things, ABC, 1975
Victor/Victoria, Bravo, 1995
Television Movies
Casino, 1980
"Justin Case," Disney Sunday Movie, ABC, 1988
Peter Gunn, 1989
For Radio
Richard Diamond, Private Detective, NBC, 1946, then ABC, 1950-1952
The Lineup, CBS, 1950-1953
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, CBS, 1949-1962

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Lehman, Peter, and William Luhr, Blake Edwards, Ohio University Press (Athens, OH), 1981
Starr, Michael, Peter Sellers: A Film History, McFarland (Jefferson, NC), 1991

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