Biography
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 d...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames
2024
as Self (archive footage)
While known for cinema classics such as Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Days of Wine and Roses and the Pink Panther series, the iconic director, screenwriter ...

And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
as Self (archive footage)
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy ...

Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
2009
as Self
Commemorating the centennial of Mercer's birth, this documentary is part biography, part archive, and part recontextualization, taking Mercer's tunes ...

The Pink Panther 2
2009
Characters
When legendary treasures from around the world are stolen, including the priceless Pink Panther Diamond, Chief Inspector Dreyfus is forced to assign I...

The Pink Panther
2006
Characters
When the coach of the France soccer team is killed by a poisoned dart in the stadium in the end of a game, and his expensive and huge ring with the di...

Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Making of a Classic
2006
as Self
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of "Breakfast at Tiffany's".

Behind The Feline: 'The Cartoon Phenomenon'
2004
as Self
In depth look at the creation of the main title sequence and the subesquence animated shorts series

The Pink Panther Story
2003
as Himself
Documentary about the creation of the Pink Panther movies including interviews with the crew and cast.

Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
1997
as Self
The story of how Audrey Hepburn survived World War II, became an award winning actress, and gave back to the world as a humanitarian.

Victor/Victoria
1995
Musical, Producer, Original Film Writer
Out-of-work singer Victoria Grant meets a just-fired, flamboyant gay man in a club in 1920s Paris. He convinces her to pretend to be a man who is a fe...

Bruce Lee: The Immortal Dragon
1994
as Self
A video tribute to a martial arts legend, Bruce Lee. Examined are his early years in Hong Kong and his journey to Hollywood, his role of Kato on the T...

Son of the Pink Panther
1993
Story, Director, Characters
The illegitimate son of Inspector Clouseau is on the case of the kidnapped Princess Yasmin.

Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993
as Self
Audrey Hepburn was one of the movies' best-loved stars, blessed with beauty, talent, an elegant sophistication and an enduring aura of youthful innoce...

Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
1992
as Self
Modern comedians share their thoughts about Laurel and Hardy. Also includes archival footage of contemporary comedians. Hosted by Dom DeLuise.

Switch
1991
Screenplay, Director
Steve Brooks, a sexist womanizer, is killed by a group of his angry former lovers. In heaven, he makes a bargain with God for redemption and agrees to...

William Holden: The Golden Boy
1989
as Self
It was said of him that in more than 70 films, he never once gave a bad performance.

Peter Gunn
1989
Writer, Director, Executive Producer
Peter Gunn, a connoisseur of beautiful women and cool jazz, is an ex-cop turned private eye who's caught in the middle of a dangerous gang war.

Skin Deep
1989
Director, Writer
Hard-drinking novelist Zach Hutton spirals out of control after his wife and mistress both leave him. Alone and crippled by a bad case of writer's blo...

Justin Case
1988
Executive Producer, Director, Writer
A crime comedy directed by Blake Edwards.

Sunset
1988
Screenplay, Director
Tom Mix and Wyatt Earp team up to solve a murder at the Academy Awards in 1929 Hollywood.
The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen
1988
as Self
A follow-up special to ABC's 1987 "The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson." The program includes clips of great stunts, interviews with cele...

Blind Date
1987
Director
When bachelor Walter Davis is set up with his sister-in-law's pretty cousin, Nadia Gates, a seemingly average blind date turns into a chaotic night on...

That's Life!
1986
Director, Writer
A wealthy architect struggles with a severe case of male menopause at the approach of his 60th birthday.

A Fine Mess
1986
Writer, Director
Two friends an actor and a chef discover a plot to fix a horse race and try to capitalize on it. But also have to deal with the two men who fixed it w...

Micki & Maude
1984
Director
TV reporter Rob Salinger longs for a baby. But his career-minded wife, Micki, is too busy for motherhood. A romantic fling with a seductive cellist, M...

City Heat
1984
Screenplay
Set in Kansas City in 1933, Eastwood plays a police lieutenant known simply by his last name, Speer. Reynolds plays a former cop turned private eye na...

The Man Who Loved Women
1983
Screenplay, Director, Producer
A womanizing sculptor seeks help from a psychiatrist to cure him of his obsession with women.

Curse of the Pink Panther
1983
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Inspector Clouseau disappears, and the Surete wants the world's second best detective to look for him. However, Clouseau's enemy, Dreyfus, rigs the Su...

Trail of the Pink Panther
1982
Producer, Director, Story
The Pink Panther diamond is stolen once again from Lugash and the authorities call in Chief Inspector Clouseau from France. His plane disappears en-ro...

Victor/Victoria
1982
Producer, Director, Screenplay
A struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life.

S.O.B.
1981
Screenplay, Director, Producer
A movie producer who made a huge flop tries to salvage his career by revamping his film as an erotic production, where its family-friendly star takes ...

Casino
1980
Executive Consultant
Mike Connors is a suave gambler who owns a floating hotel/casino which takes a turn when the passengers are stalked by a saboteur during the casino sh...

10
1979
Director, Producer, Screenplay
A Hollywood songwriter goes through a mid-life crisis and becomes infatuated with a sexy blonde newlywed.

Revenge of the Pink Panther
1978
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau is dead. At least that is what the world—and Charles Dreyfus—believe when a dead body is discovered in Clouseau's car...

The Pink Panther Strikes Again
1976
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Charles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau's antics, escapes from a mental institution and launches an elaborate plan to get rid...
Die Titelmacher
1976
as Self

The Return of the Pink Panther
1975
Screenplay, Producer, Director
The famous Pink Panther jewel has once again been stolen and Inspector Clouseau is called in to catch the thief. The Inspector is convinced that 'The ...

Julie: My Favourite Things
1975
Director
A Julie Andrews special with The Muppets and Peter Sellers.

The Tamarind Seed
1974
Screenplay, Director
During a Caribbean holiday, a British civil servant finds herself falling in love with a Russian agent.

Julie and Dick at Covent Garden
1974
Producer
The program, deftly taped on a studio sountstage simulating the cobbled streets, stately, facadest colorful produce and quaint shops of the Drury Lane...

Julie on Sesame Street
1973
Executive Producer
Julie on Sesame Street was one of a series of Julie Andrews TV specials, produced by ATV and distributed by ITC. It was broadcast on ABC on November 2...

Julie
1972
Director
Writer/director Blake Edwards chronicles his wife Julie Andrews' decision to star in a TV variety show while balancing her home and family life.

The Carey Treatment
1972
Director
A doctor uncovers a hotbed of corruption when he tries to clear a colleague of a murder charge.

Wild Rovers
1971
Director, Screenplay
Ross Bodine and Frank Post are cowhands on Walt Buckman's R-Bar-R ranch. Bodine is older and broods a bit about how he will get along when he's too ol...

Darling Lili
1970
Director, Writer, Producer
World War I. Lili Smith is a beloved British music hall singer, often providing inspiration for the British and French troops and general populace sin...

The Monk
1969
Story
Underworld attorney Leo Barnes hires Gus Monk to safeguard a valuable envelope containing information on a mobster. Monk refuses — until he meets Mrs....

Inspector Clouseau
1968
Characters
Detective Inspector Jacques Clouseau is borrowed from the Surete on special assignment for Scotland Yard in hopes that a fresh outlook will help the g...

The Party
1968
Screenplay, Director, Producer
Hrundi V. Bakshi, an accident-prone actor from India, is accidentally put on the guest list for an upcoming party at the home of a Hollywood film prod...

Waterhole #3
1967
Producer
After a professional gambler kills a Confederate soldier, he finds a map pinpointing the location in the desert where stolen army gold bullion is buri...

Gunn
1967
Director, Writer
The madam of a floating bordello hires private eye Peter Gunn to prove a gangster killed a crime boss.

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
1966
Director, Story, Producer
A by-the-book Captain is ordered to capture a strategic village in Italy. The Italian soldiers are willing to surrender, if they can have a festival f...

The Great Race
1965
Director, Original Story
Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward...

A Shot in the Dark
1964
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Inspector Jacques Clouseau, smitten with the accused maid Maria Gambrelli, unwittingly turns a straightforward murder investigation into a comedic ser...

The Pink Panther
1963
Director, Screenplay
The trademark of The Phantom, a renowned jewel thief, is a glove left at the scene of the crime. Inspector Clouseau, an expert on The Phantom's exploi...

Soldier in the Rain
1963
Screenplay, Producer
Maxwell Slaughter is a kind, heavyset guy who has reached the rank of master sergeant in the army. Admired by handsome young Sgt. Eustis Clay, Slaught...

Days of Wine and Roses
1963
Director
An alcoholic falls in love with and gets married to a young woman, whom he systematically addicts to booze so they can share his "passion" together.

The Notorious Landlady
1962
Screenplay
An American junior diplomat in London rents a house from, and falls in love with, a woman suspected of murder.

Experiment in Terror
1962
Producer, Director
A man with an asthmatic voice telephones and assaults clerk Kelly Sherwood at home and coerces her into helping him steal a large sum from her bank.

Walk on the Wild Side
1962
Co-Director
At a 1930s New Orleans bordello, Hallie is the main attraction for both clients and the shrewd madam. The arrival of Dove Linkhorn, her lovesick sweet...

The Couch
1962
Story
A psychopath calls the police before he kills, in between sessions with his father-figure analyst.

Breakfast at Tiffany's
1961
Director
Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. But when young writer Paul Varjak moves into her a...

High Time
1960
Director
Despite the dissapproval of his grown son and daughter, 51-year-old widdower and wealthy restauranteur Harvey Howard decides it's 'high time' to he ge...

Operation Petticoat
1959
Director
A World War II submarine commander finds himself stuck with a damaged sub, a con-man executive officer, and a group of army nurses.

The Perfect Furlough
1958
Director
A love-starved soldier stationed at an Arctic base wins a furlough in Paris, but a pretty, no-nonsense military psychologist is ordered to accompany h...

This Happy Feeling
1958
Director, Screenplay
Janet Blake leaves a party when her boss drunkenly makes passes at her and is offered a ride to the subway with Bill Tremaine. When she thinks Bill is...

Operation Mad Ball
1957
Screenplay
In this wacky military spoof, Lemmon plays a terminally bored Army private waging a war of wits as he tries to throw a party under the nose of his obn...

Mister Cory
1957
Director, Screenplay
An opportunistic young man from the slums gambles his way to wealth, power and high society.

He Laughed Last
1956
Story, Director, Screenplay
A 1920s chorus girl inherits a slain gangster's empire.

My Sister Eileen
1955
Screenplay
Ruth and her beautiful sister Eileen come to New York's Greenwich Village looking for "fame, fortune and a 'For Rent' sign on Barrow Street". They fin...

Bring Your Smile Along
1955
Director, Story, Screenplay
Nancy Willows (Constance Towers), pretty blonde high school teacher, writes song lyrics which spark the careers of struggling young pianist-composer M...

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer!
1954
Writer, Director
In this half-hour unsold pilot, private eye Mike Hammer embarks on a righteous quest for vengeance over the death of his newsboy pal in a mob hit.

The Atomic Kid
1954
Story
A uranium prospector is eating a peanut butter sandwich in the desert where atom bomb tests are being done. He becomes radioactive, and helps the FBI ...

Drive a Crooked Road
1954
Screenplay
A mechanic gets caught up with the mob when he falls for a gangster's girlfriend.

Cruisin' Down the River
1953
Writer
A New Yorker inherits an old river boat and decides to turn it into a night club while falling in love with Sally Jane, the granddaughter of his worse...

All Ashore
1953
Screenplay, Story
Three sailors finally get some shore leave, and go in search of fun and girls.

Sound Off
1952
Writer
An obnoxious nightclub comedian at Ciro's is drafted into the U.S. Army during the Korean War. At his arrival at his basic training he meets a WAC Lie...

Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
1952
Writer
Two singers step in to help an aspiring actress whose grandmother opposes her bid to launch a show-business career

Stampede
1949
Screenplay, Co-Producer
In 1887 Arizona, in the context of the settler-vs-cattleman struggle, two rancher brothers fall in-love with the same settler girl while crooked busin...

Leather Gloves
1948
as Vince Reedy
A fallen prizefighter must choose between two women from vastly different walks of life.

Panhandle
1948
as Floyd Schofield
An ex-gunfighter woos two women while avenging his brother, victim of a crooked gambler.

Panhandle
1948
Writer, Producer
An ex-gunfighter woos two women while avenging his brother, victim of a crooked gambler.

Big Town
1946
as Nixon-Reporter (uncredited)
A newspaper editor goes on an anti-crime crusade, but gets carried away.

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
1946
as Sleeping Sailor (uncredited)
Three childhood friends, Martha, Walter and Sam, share a terrible secret. Over time, the ambitious Martha and the pusillanimous Walter have married. S...

From This Day Forward
1946
as Night Club Patron
A young American soldier, with an honorable discharge, returns home from World War II to his bride, whom he married after a short courtship and has no...

Tokyo Rose
1946
as Joe Bridger
Lotus Long plays the title role, an American-educated Japanese woman broadcasting enemy propaganda to American troops. Captured GI Pete Sherman is one...

Strangler of the Swamp
1946
as Christian Sanders Jr.
A number of swamp land men have died by strangulation and the inhabitants believe that an innocent man they hanged is seeking revenge on all of the ma...

They Were Expendable
1945
as Boat Crewman (uncredited)
After a demonstration of new PT boats, navy brass are still unconvinced of their viability in combat, leaving Lt. "Rusty" Ryan frustrated. After the a...

A Guy, a Gal and a Pal
1945
as Solider (uncredited)
A young woman devises a clever scheme to secure a train reservation by pretending to be married to a stranger.

She's a Sweetheart
1944
as Soldier
In this musical drama, a woman turns her mansion into a boarding house for soldiers on furlough, providing them with room, board, and musical entertai...

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944
as Lt. Smith's Crewman (uncredited)
In the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret bombing mission which will take the war to the Jap...

The Unwritten Code
1944
as Swede (uncredited)
A Nazi spy sneaks into the U.S., hoping to release hundreds of German prisoners. He fails, but not until plenty of bullets have been spent.

Marshal of Reno
1944
as Lee
One of two towns will be selected to be the County Seat and Editor Palmer has a gang working to make sure his town is chosen. Investigating the lawles...

A Guy Named Joe
1943
as Flyer (uncredited)
A cocky Air Force pilot stationed in England during World War II falls for a daring female flier. After he's killed on a mission, he is sent back to ...

Lucky Legs
1942
as Red Arrow Messenger
Chorus girl Gloria Carroll inherits one million dollars from Broadway playboy Herbert Dinwiddle. Producer Ned McLane persuades her to advance him the ...

Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942
as Cadet (uncredited)
This historical drama tells the story of the first class to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. In the early 19th Century, Congress...
The Pink Panther
N/A
Characters
A live-action/CGI hybrid feature film centered on the iconic cat. Will focus on a smooth operating inspector who, thanks to a traumatic event, now has...