- Date of Birth: July 26, 1922
- Place of Birth: Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Blake Edwards Biography
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Blake Edwards mini-bio: His stepfather's father J. Gordon Edwards was a silent screen director, and his stepfather Jack McEdwards was a stage director and movie production manager. He acted in a number films, beginning with Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942) and wrote for a number of others, beginning with Panhandle (1948), six for director Richard Quine. He created the popular TV series "Peter Gunn" (1958), "Mr. Lucky" (1959), and "Dante" (1960). Nearly simultaneously he directed a diverse body of films: Operation Petticoat (1959), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), Experiment in Terror (1962), Days of Wine and Roses (1962), The Pink Panther (1963) and A Shot in the Dark (1964). After The Great Race (1965) he began fighting with studios. In England, UK he surfaced again with The Return of the Pink Panther (1975), then back to Hollywood and a real hit, 10 (1979). _Victor/Victoria (1982)_ won him French and Italian awards for Best Foreign Film.
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