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
Der Rächer von Texas (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
Unternehmen Petticoat (1959),
Frühstück bei Tiffany (1961),
Der letzte Zug (1962),
Die Tage des Weines und der Rosen (1962),
Der rosarote Panther (1963) and
Ein Schuß im Dunkeln (1964).
After Das große Rennen rund um die Welt (1965) he
began fighting with studios. In England he surfaced again with
Der rosarote Panther kehrt zurück (1975),
then went back to Hollywood and a real hit,
10 - Die Traumfrau (1979).
Victor/Victoria (1982) won him
French and Italian awards for Best Foreign Film.
