Was he Blake Edwards' lover?

[Quote] small roles in Blake Edwards' The Perfect Furlough (1958), Operation Petticoat (1959) and High Time (1960), then two appearances on Edwards' Peter Gunn television series. On the third season of the show Lanphier became a regular where he played Leslie, a former mobster and gourmet. He played a landlord in Edwards' Experiment in Terror (1962) then acted as a dialogue coach on Edwards' Days of Wine and Roses (1962) and The Pink Panther (1963) where he played Saloud, one of his many roles where he played a Middle Eastern or Indian gentleman. He made minor appearances in more of Edwards' films, including What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966) as an Italian villager, The Party (1968) as Harry, and his final role in Darling Lili (1970) as a Hungarian maître d'hôtel, released after his death.

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June 23, 2022 2:37 PM

Wikipedia doesn't note the cause of death.

Do you know something about that, OP?

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June 23, 2022 1:51 PM

Someone here claims that he died of a stroke on February 11, 1969.

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June 23, 2022 2:07 PM

He was quite striking. He looked absolutely nothing like his military father or brother.

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June 23, 2022 2:08 PM

Could he look more like family?

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June 23, 2022 2:30 PM

He looks like Tim Curry in black face.

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June 23, 2022 2:35 PM

He started as a dancer on the Broad Way.

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June 23, 2022 2:37 PM