Cliff Edwards
Acting
Born: 1895-06-13 in Hannibal, Missouri, USA
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" in Pinocchio is probably his most familiar recorded legacy.
Known For
Gone with the Wind
Reminiscent Soldier
Bat Masterson
A.J. Mulcaney
Pinocchio
Jiminy Cricket (voice) (uncredited)
Playhouse 90
Webber's Manager
Dumbo
Dandy Crow (voice) (uncredited)
The Wonderful World of Disney
Once Upon a Studio
Jiminy Cricket (voice) (archive sound)
Fun and Fancy Free
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
His Girl Friday
Endicott
Vaudeville
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Knockout
Sleepy
Modern Inventions
Robot Barber Chair (voice) (uncredited)
Crazy House
Writer
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage) (uncredited)
American Empire
Runty
Sundown Jim
Stable Proprietor
Saratoga
Tip
Monsters of the Deep
Jiminy Cricket (voice) (uncredited)
Pacific Paradise
Himself
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3
Robot Barber Chair (segment "Modern Inventions") (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Self
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
The Romance of Celluloid
Self
They Gave Him a Gun
Laro
From All of Us, To All of You
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
This Is Your Life Donald Duck
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
Marianne
Soapy
High School
"Jeff" Jefferson
The Ghost Ship
Unnamed Officer
Dance, Fools, Dance
Bert Scranton
The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'
Self (archive footage)
The Girl of the Golden West
Minstrel Joe
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
Bell Hop
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
Self (singing voice)
Between Two Women
Snoopy
Seven Miles from Alcatraz
Stormy
Maisie
Shorty Miller, Ranch Hand
The Monster and the Girl
Leon Beecher 'Tips' Stokes
Good News
Kearney