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Blake Edwards (born William Blake Crump; July 26, 1922 – December 15, 2010) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. Edwards began his career in the 1940s as an actor, but he soon began writing screenplays and radio scripts before turning to producing and directing in television and films.
Jun 21, 2024 · Blake Edwards, American film director, producer, and screenwriter who was best known for the classic romantic comedy Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) as well as the comedy The Pink Panther (1963) and its sequels.
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).
Blake Edwards. Writer: The Pink Panther Strikes Again. 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.
Dec 16, 2010 · Blake Edwards, the director and writer known for clever dialogue and poignance in "Breakfast at Tiffany's," "10" and the "Pink Panther" farces, is dead at age 88.
Dec 17, 2010 · Blake Edwards, a writer and director who was hailed as a Hollywood master of screwball farces and rude comedies like “Victor/Victoria” and the “Pink Panther” movies, died Wednesday night in Santa...
Dec 16, 2010 · The American film-maker Blake Edwards has died in southern California at the age of 88. Edwards died of complications from pneumonia on Wednesday at St John's Health Centre in Santa Monica,...
Dec 17, 2010 · Blake Edwards, a writer-director who battled depression in his personal life yet was known as a modern master of slapstick and sophisticated wit with hit films such as the “Pink Panther”...
Dec 16, 2010 · Blake Edwards, the prolific writer-helmer behind the enduring “ Pink Panther ” series as well as such notable pics as “Days of Wine and Roses,” “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” “10,” “S.O.B.” and...
Dec 16, 2010 · From the chocolate-box sweetness of Breakfast at Tiffany's to the slapstick sleuthing of the Pink Panther films, Blake Edwards' light touch made him one of Hollywood's most successful directors.
