Cliff Edwards

Actor · 1895–1971 · Hannibal, Missouri, USA

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.

Acted in 104

2020s

2023
Once Upon a Studio
Jiminy Cricket (voice) (archive sound)
83

2000s

2003
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3
Robot Barber Chair (segment "Modern Inventions") (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

1990s

1995
Disney Sing-Along Songs: Colors of the Wind
(voice) (archive footage)
1994
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage) (uncredited)

1970s

1974
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1973
I'm No Fool with Electricity
Jiminy Cricket (voice)

1960s

1960
This Is Your Life Donald Duck
Jiminy Cricket (voice)

1950s

1958
From All of Us, To All of You
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
Bat Masterson
A.J. Mulcaney · 1 episode
71
No Time at All
Webber's Manager
1957
You and Your Ears
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
You and Your Food
Jiminy Cricket
You and the Living Machine
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
1956
I'm No Fool Having Fun
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
You and Your Senses of Smell and Taste
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
I'm No Fool in Water
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
You and Your Eyes
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
Playhouse 90
Webber's Manager · 1 episode
81
I'm No Fool as a Pedestrian
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
I'm No Fool with a Bicycle
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
On Vacation with Mickey Mouse and Friends
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
1955
You and Your Five Senses
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
I'm No Fool with Fire
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
You the Human Animal
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
You and Your Sense of Touch
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · 34 Seasons · Action · Adventure
83

1940s

1947
Fun and Fancy Free
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
66
Hollywood Wonderland
Saloon Singer (clip from "Ride, Cowboy, Ride", 1939) (uncredited)
1943
The Ghost Ship
Unnamed Officer
The Avenging Rider
Ike
Sagebrush Law
Ike
The Falcon Strikes Back
Goldie Locke
Salute for Three
Foggy, photographer
Fighting Frontier
Ike
1942
American Empire
Runty
Pirates of the Prairie
Ike
Seven Miles from Alcatraz
Stormy
Red River Robin Hood
Ike
Bandit Ranger
Ike
Overland to Deadwood
Harmony Hobbs
Bad Men of the Hills
Harmony Haines
Riders of the Northland
Harmony Bumpas
Sundown Jim
Stable Proprietor
Lawless Plainsmen
Harmony Stubbs
The New Spirit
(voice) (uncredited)
West of Tombstone
Harmony Haines
1941
Riders of the Badlands
Bones Malloy
Dumbo
Dandy Crow (voice) (uncredited)
81
Prairie Stranger
'Bones' Mallory
International Squadron
Omaha McGrath
Thunder Over the Prairie
Bones Malloy
Power Dive
Squid Watkins
Knockout
Sleepy
Cliff Edwards and His Buckaroos
Cliff the Ranch Foreman
The Monster and the Girl
Leon Beecher 'Tips' Stokes
1940
She Couldn't Say No
Banjo Page
Friendly Neighbors
Notes
Just a Cute Kid
Speed
Flowing Gold
'Hot Rocks' Harris
Millionaires in Prison
Happy
Pinocchio
Jiminy Cricket (voice) (uncredited)
84
High School
"Jeff" Jefferson
His Girl Friday
Endicott
85