Cliff Edwards

Cliff Edwards

Known for
Acting
Born
June 13, 1895
Died
July 17, 1971 (aged 76)
Birthplace
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

Photos

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Filmography

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Monsters of the Deep poster

Monsters of the Deep

Movie · as Jiminy Cricket (voice) (uncredited)

2023
Once Upon a Studio poster

Once Upon a Studio

Movie · as Jiminy Cricket (voice) (archive sound)

2003
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3 poster

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3

Movie · as Robot Barber Chair (segment "Modern Inventions") (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

1997
The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free' poster

The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1997
Vaudeville poster

Vaudeville

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1995
Disney Sing-Along Songs: Colors of the Wind poster

Disney Sing-Along Songs: Colors of the Wind

Movie · as (voice) (archive footage)

1995
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons poster

Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons

Movie · as Self (singing voice)

1994
That's Entertainment! III poster

That's Entertainment! III

Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? poster

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1974
That's Entertainment! poster

That's Entertainment!

Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1973
I'm No Fool with Electricity poster

I'm No Fool with Electricity

Movie · as Jiminy Cricket (voice)

1960
This Is Your Life Donald Duck poster

This Is Your Life Donald Duck

Movie · as Jiminy Cricket (voice)

1958
No Time at All poster

No Time at All

Movie · as Webber's Manager

1958
From All of Us, To All of You poster

From All of Us, To All of You

Movie · as Jiminy Cricket (voice)

1958
Bat Masterson poster

Bat Masterson

TV · as A.J. Mulcaney · 1 ep

1957
You and the Living Machine poster

You and the Living Machine

Movie · as Jiminy Cricket (voice)

1957
You and Your Ears poster

You and Your Ears

Movie · as Jiminy Cricket (voice)

1957
You and Your Food poster

You and Your Food

Movie · as Jiminy Cricket

1956
I'm No Fool Having Fun poster

I'm No Fool Having Fun

Movie · as Jiminy Cricket (voice)

1956
I'm No Fool with a Bicycle poster

I'm No Fool with a Bicycle

Movie · as Jiminy Cricket (voice)

1956
I'm No Fool as a Pedestrian poster

I'm No Fool as a Pedestrian

Movie · as Jiminy Cricket (voice)

1956
You and Your Eyes poster

You and Your Eyes

Movie · as Jiminy Cricket (voice)

1956
I'm No Fool in Water poster

I'm No Fool in Water

Movie · as Jiminy Cricket (voice)

1956
You and Your Senses of Smell and Taste poster

You and Your Senses of Smell and Taste

Movie · as Jiminy Cricket (voice)

1956
On Vacation with Mickey Mouse and Friends poster

On Vacation with Mickey Mouse and Friends

Movie · as Jiminy Cricket (voice)

1956
Playhouse 90 poster

Playhouse 90

TV · as Webber's Manager · 1 ep

1955
I'm No Fool with Fire poster

I'm No Fool with Fire

Movie · as Jiminy Cricket (voice)

1955
You the Human Animal poster

You the Human Animal

Movie · as Jiminy Cricket (voice)

1955
You and Your Sense of Touch poster

You and Your Sense of Touch

Movie · as Jiminy Cricket (voice)

1955
You and Your Five Senses poster

You and Your Five Senses

Movie · as Jiminy Cricket (voice)

1954
The Wonderful World of Disney poster

The Wonderful World of Disney

TV · 1 ep

1949
The Cliff Edwards Show

The Cliff Edwards Show

TV · 1 ep

1947
Fun and Fancy Free poster

Fun and Fancy Free

Movie · as Jiminy Cricket (voice)

1947
Hollywood Wonderland poster

Hollywood Wonderland

Movie · as Saloon Singer (clip from "Ride, Cowboy, Ride", 1939) (uncredited)

1943
The Ghost Ship poster

The Ghost Ship

Movie · as Unnamed Officer

1943
The Falcon Strikes Back poster

The Falcon Strikes Back

Movie · as Goldie Locke

1943
Fighting Frontier poster

Fighting Frontier

Movie · as Ike

1943
Salute for Three poster

Salute for Three

Movie · as Foggy, photographer

1943
Sagebrush Law poster

Sagebrush Law

Movie · as Ike

1943
The Avenging Rider poster

The Avenging Rider

Movie · as Ike

1942
American Empire poster

American Empire

Movie · as Runty

1942
The New Spirit poster

The New Spirit

Movie · as (voice) (uncredited)

1942
Red River Robin Hood poster

Red River Robin Hood

Movie · as Ike

1942
Seven Miles from Alcatraz poster

Seven Miles from Alcatraz

Movie · as Stormy

1942
Overland to Deadwood poster

Overland to Deadwood

Movie · as Harmony Hobbs

1942
Pirates of the Prairie poster

Pirates of the Prairie

Movie · as Ike

1942
Riders of the Northland poster

Riders of the Northland

Movie · as Harmony Bumpas

1942
Bandit Ranger poster

Bandit Ranger

Movie · as Ike

1942
West of Tombstone poster

West of Tombstone

Movie · as Harmony Haines

1942
Bad Men of the Hills poster

Bad Men of the Hills

Movie · as Harmony Haines

1942
Sundown Jim poster

Sundown Jim

Movie · as Stable Proprietor

1942
Lawless Plainsmen poster

Lawless Plainsmen

Movie · as Harmony Stubbs

1941
Dumbo poster

Dumbo

Movie · as Dandy Crow (voice) (uncredited)

1941
Knockout poster

Knockout

Movie · as Sleepy

1941
Power Dive poster

Power Dive

Movie · as Squid Watkins

1941
Riders of the Badlands poster

Riders of the Badlands

Movie · as Bones Malloy

1941
Thunder Over the Prairie poster

Thunder Over the Prairie

Movie · as Bones Malloy

1941
Prairie Stranger poster

Prairie Stranger

Movie · as 'Bones' Mallory

1941
Breakdowns of 1941 poster

Breakdowns of 1941

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1941
International Squadron poster

International Squadron

Movie · as Omaha McGrath

1941
Cliff Edwards and His Buckaroos poster

Cliff Edwards and His Buckaroos

Movie · as Cliff the Ranch Foreman

1941
The Monster and the Girl poster

The Monster and the Girl

Movie · as Leon Beecher 'Tips' Stokes

1940
His Girl Friday poster

His Girl Friday

Movie · as Endicott

1940
Pinocchio poster

Pinocchio

Movie · as Jiminy Cricket (voice) (uncredited)

1940
Flowing Gold poster

Flowing Gold

Movie · as 'Hot Rocks' Harris

1940
She Couldn't Say No poster

She Couldn't Say No

Movie · as Banjo Page

1940
High School poster

High School

Movie · as "Jeff" Jefferson

1940
Millionaires in Prison poster

Millionaires in Prison

Movie · as Happy

1940
Just a Cute Kid poster

Just a Cute Kid

Movie · as Speed

1940
Friendly Neighbors poster

Friendly Neighbors

Movie · as Notes

1939
Gone with the Wind poster

Gone with the Wind

Movie · as Reminiscent Soldier

1939
Maisie poster

Maisie

Movie · as Shorty Miller, Ranch Hand

1939
The Royal Rodeo poster

The Royal Rodeo

Movie · as Shorty

1939
Smuggled Cargo poster

Smuggled Cargo

Movie · as Professor

1939
Ride, Cowboy, Ride poster

Ride, Cowboy, Ride

Movie · as Hogie

1938
The Girl of the Golden West poster

The Girl of the Golden West

Movie · as Minstrel Joe

1938
The Little Adventuress poster

The Little Adventuress

Movie · as Handy

1937
Saratoga poster

Saratoga

Movie · as Tip

1937
Modern Inventions poster

Modern Inventions

Movie · as Robot Barber Chair (voice) (uncredited)

1937
They Gave Him a Gun poster

They Gave Him a Gun

Movie · as Laro

1937
Cinema Circus

Cinema Circus

Movie · as Himself

1937
The Women Men Marry poster

The Women Men Marry

Movie · as Jerry Little

1937
Between Two Women poster

Between Two Women

Movie · as Snoopy

1937
Bad Guy poster

Bad Guy

Movie · as 'Hi-Line'

1937
The Bad Man of Brimstone poster

The Bad Man of Brimstone

Movie · as Buzz McCreedy

1937
The Romance of Celluloid poster

The Romance of Celluloid

Movie · as Self

1937
Pacific Paradise poster

Pacific Paradise

Movie · as Himself

1936
The Man I Marry

The Man I Marry

Movie · as Jerry Ridgeway

1935
Red Salute poster

Red Salute

Movie · as P.J. Rooney

1935
George White's 1935 Scandals poster

George White's 1935 Scandals

Movie · as Dude

1935
Starlit Days at the Lido poster

Starlit Days at the Lido

Movie · as Self

1934
George White's Scandals poster

George White's Scandals

Movie · as Stew Hart

1933
Hollywood on Parade No. A-12 poster

Hollywood on Parade No. A-12

Movie · as Self - Host

1933
Flying Devils poster

Flying Devils

Movie · as 'Screwy' Edwards

1933
Take a Chance

Take a Chance

Movie · as Louie Webb

1933
Strange Case of Hennessy

Strange Case of Hennessy

Movie · as Silo Dance

1932
Hell Divers poster

Hell Divers

Movie · as Baldy

1932
Young Bride poster

Young Bride

Movie · as Pete

1932
Fast Life poster

Fast Life

Movie · as Bumpy

1931
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath poster

Parlor, Bedroom and Bath

Movie · as Bell Hop

1931
Sidewalks of New York poster

Sidewalks of New York

Movie · as Poggle

1931
The Sin of Madelon Claudet poster

The Sin of Madelon Claudet

Movie · as Victor Lebeau

1931
Laughing Sinners poster

Laughing Sinners

Movie · as Mike

1931
Dance, Fools, Dance poster

Dance, Fools, Dance

Movie · as Bert Scranton

1931
The Great Lover poster

The Great Lover

Movie · as Finny

1931
Stepping Out poster

Stepping Out

Movie · as Paul Perkins

1931
The Christmas Party poster

The Christmas Party

Movie · as Himself

1931
The Prodigal poster

The Prodigal

Movie · as Snipe

1931
Shipmates poster

Shipmates

Movie · as Bilge

1930
The Voice of Hollywood

The Voice of Hollywood

Movie

1930
Doughboys poster

Doughboys

Movie · as Nescopeck

1930
Montana Moon poster

Montana Moon

Movie · as Froggy

1930
Lord Byron of Broadway poster

Lord Byron of Broadway

Movie · as Joe Lundeen

1930
Way Out West poster

Way Out West

Movie · as Trilby

1930
Good News poster

Good News

Movie · as Kearney

1930
Crazy House poster

Crazy House

Movie · as Writer

1930
Those Three French Girls poster

Those Three French Girls

Movie · as Owly

1930
Children of Pleasure poster

Children of Pleasure

Movie · as Radio Performer Cliff (uncredited)

1930
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1 poster

Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1

Movie · as Self - Vocalist

1929
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 poster

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

Movie · as Self

1929
So This Is College poster

So This Is College

Movie · as Windy

1929
Marianne poster

Marianne

Movie · as Soapy