Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
June 13, 1895
Place of Birth:
Hannibal, Missouri, USA
Social Media
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Once Upon a Studio | Jiminy Cricket (voice) (archive footage) |
| 2003 | Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3 | Robot Barber Chair (segment "Modern Inventions") (archive sound) |
| 1997 | The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free' | Self (archive footage) |
| 1995 | Disney Sing-Along Songs: Colors of the Wind | (voice) (archive footage) |
| 1995 | Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons | Self (singing voice) |
| 1994 | That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) |
| 1975 | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) |
| 1974 | That's Entertainment! | (archive footage) |
| 1973 | I'm No Fool with Electricity | Jiminy Cricket (voice) |
| 1960 | This Is Your Life Donald Duck | Jiminy Cricket (voice) |
| 1958 | No Time at All | Webber's Manager |
| 1958 | From All of Us to All of You | Jiminy Cricket (voice) |
| 1957 | You and the Living Machine | Jiminy Cricket (voice) |
| 1957 | You and Your Ears | Jiminy Cricket (voice) |
| 1957 | You and Your Food | Jiminy Cricket |
| 1956 | I'm No Fool Having Fun | Jiminy Cricket (voice) |
| 1956 | I'm No Fool with a Bicycle | Jiminy Cricket (voice) |
| 1956 | I'm No Fool as a Pedestrian | Jiminy Cricket (voice) |
| 1956 | You and Your Eyes | Jiminy Cricket (voice) |
| 1956 | I'm No Fool in Water | Jiminy Cricket (voice) |
| 1956 | You and Your Senses of Smell and Taste | Jiminy Cricket (voice) |
| 1956 | On Vacation with Mickey Mouse and Friends | Jiminy Cricket (voice) |
| 1955 | I'm No Fool with Fire | Jiminy Cricket (voice) |
| 1955 | You and Your Sense of Touch | Jiminy Cricket (voice) |
| 1955 | You and Your Five Senses | Jiminy Cricket (voice) |
| 1955 | You the Human Animal | Jiminy Cricket (voice) |
| 1947 | Fun and Fancy Free | Jiminy Cricket (voice) |
| 1947 | Hollywood Wonderland | Saloon Singer (clip from "Ride, Cowboy, Ride", 1939) (uncredited) |
| 1943 | The Ghost Ship | Unnamed Officer |
| 1943 | The Falcon Strikes Back | Goldie Locke |
| 1943 | Fighting Frontier | Ike |
| 1943 | Salute for Three | Foggy, photographer |
| 1943 | Sagebrush Law | Ike |
| 1943 | The Avenging Rider | Ike |
| 1942 | American Empire | Runty |
| 1942 | The New Spirit | (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Red River Robin Hood | Ike |
| 1942 | Seven Miles from Alcatraz | Stormy |
| 1942 | Overland to Deadwood | Harmony Hobbs |
| 1942 | Pirates of the Prairie | Ike |
| 1942 | Riders of the Northland | Harmony Bumpas |
| 1942 | Bandit Ranger | Ike |
| 1942 | West of Tombstone | Harmony Haines |
| 1942 | Bad Men of the Hills | Harmony Haines |
| 1942 | Sundown Jim | Stable Proprietor |
| 1942 | Lawless Plainsmen | Harmony Stubbs |
| 1941 | Dumbo | Dandy Crow (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Knockout | Sleepy |
| 1941 | Power Dive | Squid Watkins |
| 1941 | Riders of the Badlands | Bones Malloy |
| 1941 | Thunder Over the Prairie | Bones Malloy |
| 1941 | Prairie Stranger | 'Bones' Mallory |
| 1941 | Breakdowns of 1941 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1941 | International Squadron | Omaha McGrath |
| 1941 | Cliff Edwards and His Buckaroos | Cliff the Ranch Foreman |
| 1941 | The Monster and the Girl | Leon Beecher 'Tips' Stokes |
| 1940 | His Girl Friday | Endicott |
| 1940 | Pinocchio | Jiminy Cricket (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Flowing Gold | 'Hot Rocks' Harris |
| 1940 | She Couldn't Say No | Banjo Page |
| 1940 | High School | "Jeff" Jefferson |
| 1940 | Millionaires in Prison | Happy |
| 1940 | Just a Cute Kid | Speed |
| 1940 | Friendly Neighbors | Notes |
| 1939 | Gone with the Wind | Reminiscent Soldier |
| 1939 | Maisie | Shorty Miller, Ranch Hand |
| 1939 | The Royal Rodeo | Shorty |
| 1939 | Smuggled Cargo | Professor |
| 1939 | Ride, Cowboy, Ride | Hogie |
| 1938 | The Girl of the Golden West | Minstrel Joe |
| 1937 | Saratoga | Tip |
| 1937 | Modern Inventions | Robot Barber Chair (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1937 | They Gave Him a Gun | Laro |
| 1937 | Cinema Circus | Himself |
| 1937 | The Women Men Marry | Jerry Little |
| 1937 | Between Two Women | Snoopy |
| 1937 | Bad Guy | 'Hi-Line' |
| 1937 | The Bad Man of Brimstone | Buzz McCreedy |
| 1937 | The Romance of Celluloid | Self |
| 1937 | Pacific Paradise | Himself |
| 1936 | The Man I Marry | Jerry Ridgeway |
| 1935 | Red Salute | P.J. Rooney |
| 1935 | George White's 1935 Scandals | Dude |
| 1935 | Starlit Days at the Lido | Self |
| 1934 | George White's Scandals | Stew Hart |
| 1933 | Hollywood on Parade No. A-12 | Self |
| 1933 | Flying Devils | 'Screwy' Edwards |
| 1933 | Take a Chance | Louie Webb |
| 1933 | Strange Case of Hennessy | Silo Dance |
| 1932 | Hell Divers | Baldy |
| 1932 | Young Bride | Pete |
| 1932 | Fast Life | Bumpy |
| 1931 | Parlor, Bedroom and Bath | Bell Hop |
| 1931 | Sidewalks of New York | Poggle |
| 1931 | The Sin of Madelon Claudet | Victor Lebeau |
| 1931 | Laughing Sinners | Mike |
| 1931 | Dance, Fools, Dance | Bert Scranton |
| 1931 | The Great Lover | Finny |
| 1931 | Stepping Out | Paul Perkins |
| 1931 | The Christmas Party | Himself |
| 1931 | The Prodigal | Snipe |
| 1931 | Shipmates | Bilge |
| 1930 | The Voice of Hollywood | |
| 1930 | Doughboys | Nescopeck |
| 1930 | Montana Moon | Froggy |
| 1930 | Lord Byron of Broadway | Joe Lundeen |
| 1930 | Way Out West | Trilby |
| 1930 | Good News | Kearney |
| 1930 | Crazy House | Writer |
| 1930 | Those Three French Girls | Owly |
| 1930 | Children of Pleasure | Radio Performer Cliff (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1 | Self - Vocalist |
| 1929 | The Hollywood Revue of 1929 | Self |
| 1929 | So This Is College | Windy |
| 1929 | Marianne | Soapy |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Bat Masterson | A.J. Mulcaney |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 | Webber's Manager |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | |
| 1949 | The Cliff Edwards Show |