When I Need Me? (1971), a humorous overview of the Hollywood scene. Death On June 21, 2003, at the age of 81, Axelrod died quietly at his Los Angeles home. He was under hospice care after a lingering illness. His body was cremated. Filmography Film adaptations The Seven Year Itch, directed by Billy Wilder (1955, based on the play The Seven Year Itch) Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, directed by Frank Tashlin (1957, based on the play Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?) Goodbye Charlie, directed by Vincente Minnelli (1964, based on the play Goodbye Charlie) Screenwriter Phffft!, directed by Mark Robson (1954) Bus Stop, directed by Joshua Logan (1956) Breakfast at Tiffany's, directed by Blake Edwards (1961) The Manchurian Candidate, directed by John Frankenheimer (1962) Paris When It Sizzles, directed by Richard Quine (1964) How to Murder Your Wife, directed by Richard Quine (1965) Lord Love a Duck, directed by George Axelrod (1966) The Secret Life of an American Wife, directed by George Axelrod (1968) The Lady Vanishes, directed by Anthony Page (1979) The Holcroft Covenant, directed by John Frankenheimer (1985) The Fourth Protocol, directed by John Mackenzie (1987) The Manchurian Candidate, directed by Jonathan Demme (2004); remake of the 1962 film and adapted in part from Axelrod's script Director Lord Love a Duck (1966) The Secret Life of an American Wife (1968) Producer The Manchurian Candidate, directed by John Frankenheimer (1962) Paris When It Sizzles, directed by Richard Quine (1964) How to Murder Your Wife, directed by Richard Quine (1965) Lord Love a Duck, directed by George Axelrod (1966) The Secret Life of an American Wife, directed by George Axelrod (1968) References External links Confessions of a Nervous Man at IMDb 1922 births 2003 deaths 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights American people of Russian-Jewish descent American people of Scottish descent American people of English descent American male screenwriters Film directors from New York City American male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century American male writers Screenwriters from New York (state) 20th-century American screenwriters United States Army personnel of World War II