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 divers ...[Read Story]
