Cliff Edwards

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
June 13, 1895 (76 years old)
Died
July 17, 1971
Place of Birth
Hannibal, Missouri, USA
Popular Genres
Comedy Drama Romance
Career Span
1929 – 2023

Cliff Edwards

11 wins
20 nominations
11 Oscars
115 credits

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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Personal Info

Born
Jun 13, 1895
From
Hannibal, Missouri, USA
Known For
Acting
Career
1929 – 2023

Award Recognition

11
Wins
20
Nominations
11
Oscars

Complete Filmography

2023

Once Upon a Studio as Jiminy Cricket (voice) (archive footage) Award

2003

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3 as Robot Barber Chair (segment "Modern Inventions") (archive sound)

1997

The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free' as Self (archive footage)

1995

Disney Sing-Along Songs: Colors of the Wind as (voice) (archive footage)
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons as Self (singing voice)

1994

That's Entertainment! III as (archive footage) Award

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage) Award

1974

That's Entertainment! as (archive footage) Award

1973

I'm No Fool with Electricity as Jiminy Cricket (voice)

1960

This Is Your Life Donald Duck as Jiminy Cricket (voice)

1958

No Time at All as Webber's Manager
From All of Us to All of You as Jiminy Cricket (voice)

1957

You and Your Food as Jiminy Cricket
You and the Living Machine as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
You and Your Ears as Jiminy Cricket (voice)

1956

On Vacation with Mickey Mouse and Friends as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
You and Your Senses of Smell and Taste as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
You and Your Eyes as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
I'm No Fool with a Bicycle as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
I'm No Fool in Water as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
I'm No Fool as a Pedestrian as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
I'm No Fool Having Fun as Jiminy Cricket (voice)

1955

You and Your Five Senses as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
I'm No Fool with Fire as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
You the Human Animal as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
You and Your Sense of Touch as Jiminy Cricket (voice)

1947

Fun and Fancy Free as Jiminy Cricket (voice) Award
Hollywood Wonderland as Saloon Singer (clip from "Ride, Cowboy, Ride", 1939) (uncredited)

1943

The Ghost Ship as Unnamed Officer Award
The Falcon Strikes Back as Goldie Locke
Fighting Frontier as Ike
Sagebrush Law as Ike
The Avenging Rider as Ike
Salute for Three as Foggy, photographer

1942

American Empire as Runty Award
The New Spirit as (voice) (uncredited) Award
Red River Robin Hood as Ike Award
Seven Miles from Alcatraz as Stormy
Bandit Ranger as Ike
Sundown Jim as Stable Proprietor
Lawless Plainsmen as Harmony Stubbs
West of Tombstone as Harmony Haines
Overland to Deadwood as Harmony Hobbs
Riders of the Northland as Harmony Bumpas
Pirates of the Prairie as Ike
Bad Men of the Hills as Harmony Haines

1941

Dumbo as Dandy Crow (voice) (uncredited) Award
The Monster and the Girl as Leon Beecher 'Tips' Stokes Award
Power Dive as Squid Watkins
Breakdowns of 1941 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Knockout as Sleepy
Riders of the Badlands as Bones Malloy
Prairie Stranger as 'Bones' Mallory
Thunder Over the Prairie as Bones Malloy
International Squadron as Omaha McGrath
Cliff Edwards and His Buckaroos as Cliff the Ranch Foreman

1940

Pinocchio as Jiminy Cricket (voice) (uncredited) Award
His Girl Friday as Endicott Award
Millionaires in Prison as Happy
High School as "Jeff" Jefferson
Flowing Gold as 'Hot Rocks' Harris
Friendly Neighbors as Notes
She Couldn't Say No as Banjo Page
Just a Cute Kid as Speed

1939

Gone with the Wind as Reminiscent Soldier Award
Maisie as Shorty Miller, Ranch Hand
Smuggled Cargo as Professor
Ride, Cowboy, Ride as Hogie
The Royal Rodeo as Shorty

1938

The Girl of the Golden West as Minstrel Joe

1937

Saratoga as Tip Award
The Romance of Celluloid as Self
Pacific Paradise as Himself
Modern Inventions as Robot Barber Chair (voice) (uncredited)
The Women Men Marry as Jerry Little
The Bad Man of Brimstone as Buzz McCreedy
Cinema Circus as Himself
Between Two Women as Snoopy
Bad Guy as 'Hi-Line'
They Gave Him a Gun as Laro

1936

The Man I Marry as Jerry Ridgeway

1935

Red Salute as P.J. Rooney
George White's 1935 Scandals as Dude
Starlit Days at the Lido as Self

1934

George White's Scandals as Stew Hart

1933

Take a Chance as Louie Webb
Flying Devils as 'Screwy' Edwards
Hollywood on Parade No. A-12 as Self
Strange Case of Hennessy as Silo Dance

1932

Hell Divers as Baldy
Fast Life as Bumpy
Young Bride as Pete

1931

Dance, Fools, Dance as Bert Scranton Award
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath as Bell Hop Award
The Sin of Madelon Claudet as Victor Lebeau
The Christmas Party as Himself
Laughing Sinners as Mike
Stepping Out as Paul Perkins
The Prodigal as Snipe
The Great Lover as Finny
Shipmates as Bilge
Sidewalks of New York as Poggle

1930

Good News as Kearney
Montana Moon as Froggy
Those Three French Girls as Owly
Children of Pleasure as Radio Performer Cliff (uncredited)
Lord Byron of Broadway as Joe Lundeen
Way Out West as Trilby
Doughboys as Nescopeck
Crazy House as Writer
The Voice of Hollywood
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1 as Self - Vocalist

1929

The Hollywood Revue of 1929 as Self Award
Marianne as Soapy Award
So This Is College as Windy

Photos & Videos

Featured in Trailers

Gone with the Wind
Dumbo
Pinocchio
His Girl Friday
Fun and Fancy Free
Once Upon a Studio
That's Entertainment!
That's Entertainment! III

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