- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- June 13, 1895
- Place of Birth
- Hannibal, Missouri, USA
- Died
- July 17, 1971
Cliff Edwards
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.
Filmography
movieOnce Upon a Studio
2023 · Jiminy Cricket (voice) (archive sound)
movieWalt Disney's Fables - Vol.3
2003 · Robot Barber Chair (segment "Modern Inventions") (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
movieVaudeville
1997 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'
1997 · Self (archive footage)
movieDisney Sing-Along Songs: Colors of the Wind
1995 · (voice) (archive footage)
movieBetty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
1995 · Self (singing voice)
movieThat's Entertainment! III
1994 · (archive footage)
movieBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 · Self (archive footage)
movieThat's Entertainment!
1974 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieI'm No Fool with Electricity
1973 · Jiminy Cricket (voice)
movieThis Is Your Life Donald Duck
1960 · Jiminy Cricket (voice)
movieFrom All of Us, To All of You
1958 · Jiminy Cricket (voice)
tvBat Masterson
1958 · A.J. Mulcaney
movieNo Time at All
1958 · Webber's Manager
movieYou and Your Ears
1957 · Jiminy Cricket (voice)
movieYou and Your Food
1957 · Jiminy Cricket
movieYou and the Living Machine
1957 · Jiminy Cricket (voice)
movieI'm No Fool Having Fun
1956 · Jiminy Cricket (voice)
movieYou and Your Senses of Smell and Taste
1956 · Jiminy Cricket (voice)
movieI'm No Fool in Water
1956 · Jiminy Cricket (voice)
movieYou and Your Eyes
1956 · Jiminy Cricket (voice)
tvPlayhouse 90
1956 · Webber's Manager
movieI'm No Fool as a Pedestrian
1956 · Jiminy Cricket (voice)
movieI'm No Fool with a Bicycle
1956 · Jiminy Cricket (voice)
movieOn Vacation with Mickey Mouse and Friends
1956 · Jiminy Cricket (voice)
movieYou and Your Five Senses
1955 · Jiminy Cricket (voice)
movieI'm No Fool with Fire
1955 · Jiminy Cricket (voice)
movieYou the Human Animal
1955 · Jiminy Cricket (voice)
movieYou and Your Sense of Touch
1955 · Jiminy Cricket (voice)
tvThe Wonderful World of Disney
1954
The Cliff Edwards Show
tvThe Cliff Edwards Show
1949
movieFun and Fancy Free
1947 · Jiminy Cricket (voice)
movieHollywood Wonderland
1947 · Saloon Singer (clip from "Ride, Cowboy, Ride", 1939) (uncredited)
movieThe Ghost Ship
1943 · Unnamed Officer
movieThe Avenging Rider
1943 · Ike
movieSagebrush Law
1943 · Ike
movieThe Falcon Strikes Back
1943 · Goldie Locke
movieSalute for Three
1943 · Foggy, photographer
movieFighting Frontier
1943 · Ike
movieAmerican Empire
1942 · Runty
moviePirates of the Prairie
1942 · Ike
movieSeven Miles from Alcatraz
1942 · Stormy
movieRed River Robin Hood
1942 · Ike
movieBandit Ranger
1942 · Ike
movieOverland to Deadwood
1942 · Harmony Hobbs
movieBad Men of the Hills
1942 · Harmony Haines
movieRiders of the Northland
1942 · Harmony Bumpas
movieSundown Jim
1942 · Stable Proprietor
movieLawless Plainsmen
1942 · Harmony Stubbs
movieThe New Spirit
1942 · (voice) (uncredited)
movieWest of Tombstone
1942 · Harmony Haines
movieRiders of the Badlands
1941 · Bones Malloy
movieBreakdowns of 1941
1941 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieDumbo
1941 · Dandy Crow (voice) (uncredited)
moviePrairie Stranger
1941 · 'Bones' Mallory
movieInternational Squadron
1941 · Omaha McGrath
movieThunder Over the Prairie
1941 · Bones Malloy
moviePower Dive
1941 · Squid Watkins
movieKnockout
1941 · Sleepy
movieCliff Edwards and His Buckaroos
1941 · Cliff the Ranch Foreman
movieThe Monster and the Girl
1941 · Leon Beecher 'Tips' Stokes
movieShe Couldn't Say No
1940 · Banjo Page
movieFriendly Neighbors
1940 · Notes
movieJust a Cute Kid
1940 · Speed
movieFlowing Gold
1940 · 'Hot Rocks' Harris
movieMillionaires in Prison
1940 · Happy
moviePinocchio
1940 · Jiminy Cricket (voice) (uncredited)
movieHigh School
1940 · "Jeff" Jefferson
movieHis Girl Friday
1940 · Endicott
movieGone with the Wind
1939 · Reminiscent Soldier
movieThe Royal Rodeo
1939 · Shorty
movieRide, Cowboy, Ride
1939 · Hogie
movieSmuggled Cargo
1939 · Professor
movieMaisie
1939 · Shorty Miller, Ranch Hand
movieThe Little Adventuress
1938 · Handy
movieThe Girl of the Golden West
1938 · Minstrel Joe
movieThe Bad Man of Brimstone
1937 · Buzz McCreedy
movieThe Women Men Marry
1937 · Jerry Little
moviePacific Paradise
1937 · Himself
movieBad Guy
1937 · 'Hi-Line'
movieThe Romance of Celluloid
1937 · Self
movieSaratoga
1937 · Tip
movieBetween Two Women
1937 · Snoopy
movieModern Inventions
1937 · Robot Barber Chair (voice) (uncredited)
movieThey Gave Him a Gun
1937 · Laro
Cinema Circus
movieCinema Circus
1937 · Himself
The Man I Marry
movieThe Man I Marry
1936 · Jerry Ridgeway
movieStarlit Days at the Lido
1935 · Self
movieRed Salute
1935 · P.J. Rooney
movieGeorge White's 1935 Scandals
1935 · Dude
movieGeorge White's Scandals
1934 · Stew Hart
Strange Case of Hennessy
movieStrange Case of Hennessy
1933 · Silo Dance
Take a Chance
movieTake a Chance
1933 · Louie Webb
movieFlying Devils
1933 · 'Screwy' Edwards
movieHollywood on Parade No. A-12
1933 · Self (Host)
movieFast Life
1932 · Bumpy
movieYoung Bride
1932 · Pete
movieHell Divers
1932 · Baldy
movieThe Christmas Party
1931 · Himself
movieThe Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931 · Victor Lebeau
movieSidewalks of New York
1931 · Poggle
movieThe Great Lover
1931 · Finny
movieLaughing Sinners
1931 · Mike
movieShipmates
1931 · Bilge
movieStepping Out
1931 · Paul Perkins
movieParlor, Bedroom and Bath
1931 · Bell Hop
movieThe Prodigal
1931 · Snipe
movieDance, Fools, Dance
1931 · Bert Scranton
movieCrazy House
1930 · Writer
movieThose Three French Girls
1930 · Owly
movieScreen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1
1930 · Self - Vocalist
movieDoughboys
1930 · Nescopeck
movieGood News
1930 · Kearney
movieWay Out West
1930 · Trilby
The Voice of Hollywood
movieThe Voice of Hollywood
1930
movieChildren of Pleasure
1930 · Radio Performer Cliff (uncredited)
movieMontana Moon
1930 · Froggy
movieLord Byron of Broadway
1930 · Joe Lundeen
movieThe Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929 · Self
movieSo This Is College
1929 · Windy
movieMarianne
1929 · Soapy
movieMonsters of the Deep
— · Jiminy Cricket (voice) (uncredited)