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
Popularity
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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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TV Show
Bat Masterson
A.J. Mulcaney
1958 • 1 episode
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Movie
Gone with the Wind
Reminiscent Soldier
1939
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Movie
Pinocchio
Jiminy Cricket (voice) (uncredited)
1940
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TV Show
Playhouse 90
Webber's Manager
1956 • 1 episode
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Movie
Once Upon a Studio
Jiminy Cricket (voice) (archive sound)
2023
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Movie
Dumbo
Dandy Crow (voice) (uncredited)
1941
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TV Show
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 • 1 episode
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Movie
His Girl Friday
Endicott
1940
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Movie
Fun and Fancy Free
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
1947
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Movie
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
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Movie
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
1994
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Movie
Pacific Paradise
Himself
1937
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Movie
Vaudeville
Self (archive footage)
1997
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Movie
Crazy House
Writer
1930
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Movie
Knockout
Sleepy
1941
Movie
Monsters of the Deep
Jiminy Cricket (voice) (uncredited)
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Movie
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
Bell Hop
1931
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Movie
Breakdowns of 1941
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1941
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Movie
They Gave Him a Gun
Laro
1937
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Movie
Sundown Jim
Stable Proprietor
1942