Acting
Cliff Edwards
Also Known As: Clifton Avon Edwards, Cliff 'Ukulele Ike' Edwards, Cliff 'Ukelele Ike' Edwards
Birth Date
June 13, 1895
Death Date
July 17, 1971
(passed away at 76)
Place of Birth
Hannibal, Missouri, USA
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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" in Pinocchio is probably his most familiar recorded legacy.
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Bat Masterson
A.J. Mulcaney
1958 • 1 episode
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 • 1 episode
Gone with the Wind
Reminiscent Soldier
1939
Pinocchio
Jiminy Cricket (voice) (uncredited)
1940
Playhouse 90
Webber's Manager
1956 • 1 episode
Dumbo
Dandy Crow (voice) (uncredited)
1941
Once Upon a Studio
Jiminy Cricket (voice) (archive sound)
2023
His Girl Friday
Endicott
1940
Fun and Fancy Free
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
1947
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1994
Vaudeville
Self (archive footage)
1997
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3
Robot Barber Chair (segment "Modern Inventions") (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
2003
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1975
The Girl of the Golden West
Minstrel Joe
1938
Modern Inventions
Robot Barber Chair (voice) (uncredited)
1937
They Gave Him a Gun
Laro
1937
From All of Us, To All of You
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
1958
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Self
1929
Knockout
Sleepy
1941