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Blake Edwards
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Actor Born: July 26, 1922 in Tulsa, OK Biography:American filmmaker "Blake Edwards" was the grandson of "J. Gordon Edwards", director of such silent film epics as "The Queen of Sheba" (1922). Blake started his own film career as an actor in 1943; he played bits in A-movies and leads in B-movies, paying his dues in such trivialities as "Gangs of the Waterfront" and "Strangler of the Swamp" (both 1945). He turned to writing radio scripts, distinguishing himself on the above-average "Dick Powell" detective series Richard Diamond. As a screenwriter and staff producer at Columbia, Edwards was frequently teamed with director "Richard Quine" for such lightweight entertainment as "Sound Off" (1952), "Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder" (1953), and "Cruisin' Down the River" (1953). He also served as associate producer on the popular syndicated "Rod Cameron" TV vehicle City Detective the same year. Given his first chance to direct a movie in 1955, Edwards... Full Biography
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