Blake Edwards was the stepson of Jack McEdward, a stage director and movie production manager, and the grandson of J. Gordon Edwards, a silent screen director. He had a long career in the film industry, beginning with acting in Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942) and writing Panhandle (1948). He wrote six films for director Richard Quine.
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Age, Biography and Wiki
💰 Net worth
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The Great Race (1965)
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$125,000 |
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. 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). He directed a diverse body of films, from comedies to dramas to war films to westerns, including such pictures as 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 he surfaced again with The Return of the Pink Panther (1975), then went back to Hollywood and a real hit, 10 (1979). Victor Victoria (1982) won him French and Italian awards for Best Foreign Film.
