Cliff Edwards
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
Reminiscent Soldier
Gone with the Wind
Endicott
His Girl Friday
Jiminy Cricket (voice) (uncredited)
Pinocchio
Dandy Crow (voice) (uncredited)
Dumbo
Runty
American Empire
Self
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Unnamed Officer
The Ghost Ship
The Voice of Hollywood
Minstrel Joe
The Girl of the Golden West
Goldie Locke
The Falcon Strikes Back
Tip
Saratoga
(voice) (uncredited)
The New Spirit
Bell Hop
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
Fun and Fancy Free
Shorty Miller, Ranch Hand
Maisie
Self
Hollywood on Parade No. A-12
Poggle
Sidewalks of New York
Victor Lebeau
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Robot Barber Chair (voice) (uncredited)
Modern Inventions
(voice) (archive footage)
Disney Sing-Along Songs: Colors of the Wind
Mike
Laughing Sinners
Nescopeck
Doughboys
Froggy
Montana Moon
Joe Lundeen
Lord Byron of Broadway
Ike
Red River Robin Hood
Stormy
Seven Miles from Alcatraz
Laro
They Gave Him a Gun
Himself
Cinema Circus
Bert Scranton
Dance, Fools, Dance
Stew Hart
George White's Scandals
'Hot Rocks' Harris
Flowing Gold
Finny
The Great Lover
'Screwy' Edwards
Flying Devils
Trilby
Way Out West
Ike
Fighting Frontier
Sleepy
Knockout
P.J. Rooney
Red Salute
Baldy
Hell Divers
Jerry Little
The Women Men Marry
Banjo Page
She Couldn't Say No
Dude
George White's 1935 Scandals
Windy
So This Is College
Paul Perkins
Stepping Out
Self (singing voice)
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
Snoopy
Between Two Women
Jiminy Cricket (voice) (archive sound)
Once Upon a Studio
'Hi-Line'
Bad Guy
Pete
Young Bride
"Jeff" Jefferson
High School
Bumpy
Fast Life
Kearney
Good News
Happy
Millionaires in Prison
Buzz McCreedy
The Bad Man of Brimstone
Writer
Crazy House
Himself
The Christmas Party
Shorty
The Royal Rodeo
Jerry Ridgeway
The Man I Marry
Self (archive footage)
The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'
Owly
Those Three French Girls
Webber's Manager
No Time at All
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
Squid Watkins
Power Dive
Snipe
The Prodigal
Harmony Hobbs
Overland to Deadwood
Foggy, photographer
Salute for Three
Professor
Smuggled Cargo
Bones Malloy
Riders of the Badlands
Ike
Pirates of the Prairie
Bones Malloy
Thunder Over the Prairie
'Bones' Mallory
Prairie Stranger
Harmony Bumpas
Riders of the Northland
Soapy
Marianne
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
I'm No Fool Having Fun
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
I'm No Fool with Fire
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
I'm No Fool with Electricity
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
I'm No Fool with a Bicycle
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
You and Your Sense of Touch
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
I'm No Fool as a Pedestrian
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
You and the Living Machine
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
You and Your Ears
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
You the Human Animal
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
I'm No Fool in Water
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
You and Your Senses of Smell and Taste
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
You and Your Five Senses
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
You and Your Eyes
Jiminy Cricket
You and Your Food
Speed
Just a Cute Kid
Ike
Bandit Ranger
Ike
Sagebrush Law
Harmony Haines
West of Tombstone
Ike
The Avenging Rider
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Breakdowns of 1941
Notes
Friendly Neighbors
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
This Is Your Life Donald Duck
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
Louie Webb
Take a Chance
Harmony Haines
Bad Men of the Hills
Stable Proprietor
Sundown Jim
Harmony Stubbs
Lawless Plainsmen
Self
The Romance of Celluloid
Saloon Singer (clip from "Ride, Cowboy, Ride", 1939) (uncredited)
Hollywood Wonderland
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
From All of Us to All of You
Hogie
Ride, Cowboy, Ride
Radio Performer Cliff (uncredited)
Children of Pleasure
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Bilge
Shipmates
Self
Starlit Days at the Lido
Omaha McGrath
International Squadron
Cliff the Ranch Foreman
Cliff Edwards and His Buckaroos
Leon Beecher 'Tips' Stokes
The Monster and the Girl
Robot Barber Chair (segment "Modern Inventions") (archive sound)
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
On Vacation with Mickey Mouse and Friends
Silo Dance
Strange Case of Hennessy
Himself
Pacific Paradise
Self - Vocalist
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
115
Gender
Male
Birthday
1895-06-13
Place of Birth
Hannibal, Missouri, USA
Also Known As
Clifton Avon Edwards