Cliff Edwards
Born in Hannibal, Missouri, USA — Jun 13 1895• Died Jul 17 1971
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Biography
Clifton Avon "Cliff" Edwards (June 14, 1895 – July 17, 1971), nicknamed "Ukulele Ike", was an American musician, singer, actor and voice actor, who enjoyed considerable popularity in the 1920s and early 1930s, specializing in jazzy renditions of pop standards and novelty tunes. He had a number-one hit with "Singin' in the Rain" in 1929. He also did voices for animated cartoons later in his career, and is best known as the voice of Jiminy Cricket in Walt Disney's Pinocchio (1940) and Fun and Fancy Free (1947). His rendition of "When You Wish Upon a Star"…
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Cliff Edwards's Credits
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Bat Masterson
A.J. Mulcaney
Gone with the Wind
Reminiscent Soldier
Playhouse 90
Webber's Manager
Pinocchio
Jiminy Cricket (voice) (uncredited)
Once Upon a Studio
Jiminy Cricket (voice) (archive sound)
Dumbo
Dandy Crow (voice) (uncredited)
The Wonderful World of Disney
His Girl Friday
Endicott
Fun and Fancy Free
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
American Empire
Runty
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage)
Flowing Gold
'Hot Rocks' Harris
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
The Falcon Strikes Back
Goldie Locke
Fast Life
Bumpy
Marianne
Soapy
Saratoga
Tip
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
The Bad Man of Brimstone
Buzz McCreedy
High School
"Jeff" Jefferson
Maisie
Shorty Miller, Ranch Hand
Power Dive
Squid Watkins
The Ghost Ship
Unnamed Officer
Dance, Fools, Dance
Bert Scranton
No Time at All
Webber's Manager
The Monster and the Girl
Leon Beecher 'Tips' Stokes
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Victor Lebeau
The New Spirit
(voice) (uncredited)
Red Salute
P.J. Rooney
Bandit Ranger
Ike
Way Out West
Trilby
Shipmates
Bilge
The Romance of Celluloid
Self
Bad Guy
'Hi-Line'
So This Is College
Windy
Doughboys
Nescopeck
Cinema Circus
Himself
Hell Divers
Baldy
Lord Byron of Broadway
Joe Lundeen
Breakdowns of 1941
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sundown Jim
Stable Proprietor
Sagebrush Law
Ike
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
Bell Hop
Take a Chance
Louie Webb
Seven Miles from Alcatraz
Stormy
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Self
The Women Men Marry
Jerry Little
Children of Pleasure
Radio Performer Cliff (uncredited)
Flying Devils
'Screwy' Edwards
Ride, Cowboy, Ride
Hogie
Lawless Plainsmen
Harmony Stubbs
Montana Moon
Froggy
Knockout
Sleepy
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
Self (singing voice)
The Girl of the Golden West
Minstrel Joe
This Is Your Life Donald Duck
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
The Avenging Rider
Ike
Laughing Sinners
Mike
From All of Us, To All of You
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
Riders of the Badlands
Bones Malloy
The Great Lover
Finny
International Squadron
Omaha McGrath
Overland to Deadwood
Harmony Hobbs
The Prodigal
Snipe
Pirates of the Prairie
Ike
Those Three French Girls
Owly
They Gave Him a Gun
Laro
The Christmas Party
Himself
Modern Inventions
Robot Barber Chair (voice) (uncredited)
Riders of the Northland
Harmony Bumpas
Between Two Women
Snoopy
Starlit Days at the Lido
Self
The Man I Marry
Jerry Ridgeway
George White's 1935 Scandals
Dude
Stepping Out
Paul Perkins
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3
Robot Barber Chair (segment "Modern Inventions") (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Millionaires in Prison
Happy
Good News
Kearney
Disney Sing-Along Songs: Colors of the Wind
(voice) (archive footage)
Thunder Over the Prairie
Bones Malloy
The Voice of Hollywood
Pacific Paradise
Himself
Sidewalks of New York
Poggle
She Couldn't Say No
Banjo Page
Red River Robin Hood
Ike
Smuggled Cargo
Professor
On Vacation with Mickey Mouse and Friends
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
Crazy House
Writer
Prairie Stranger
'Bones' Mallory
Young Bride
Pete
Just a Cute Kid
Speed
Hollywood Wonderland
Saloon Singer (clip from "Ride, Cowboy, Ride", 1939) (uncredited)
Bad Men of the Hills
Harmony Haines
Fighting Frontier
Ike
Friendly Neighbors
Notes
Cliff Edwards and His Buckaroos
Cliff the Ranch Foreman
Salute for Three
Foggy, photographer
George White's Scandals
Stew Hart
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1
Self - Vocalist
The Cliff Edwards Show
West of Tombstone
Harmony Haines
The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'
Self (archive footage)
You and Your Food
Jiminy Cricket
The Little Adventuress
Handy
I'm No Fool in Water
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
Hollywood on Parade No. A-12
Self (Host)
I'm No Fool with Fire
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
I'm No Fool with Electricity
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
You the Human Animal
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
Strange Case of Hennessy
Silo Dance
I'm No Fool with a Bicycle
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
You and Your Ears
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
You and Your Eyes
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
The Royal Rodeo
Shorty
You and Your Five Senses
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
You and Your Senses of Smell and Taste
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
I'm No Fool as a Pedestrian
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
I'm No Fool Having Fun
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
You and Your Sense of Touch
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
You and the Living Machine
Jiminy Cricket (voice)