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