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