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

Bat Masterson

Pinocchio

Gone with the Wind

Playhouse 90

Dumbo

Once Upon a Studio

The Wonderful World of Disney

His Girl Friday

All Movies (117)

• Once Upon a Studio2023 · as Jiminy Cricket (voice) (archive sound)
• Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.32003 · as Robot Barber Chair (segment "Modern Inventions") (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
• Vaudeville1997 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'1997 · as Self (archive footage)
• Disney Sing-Along Songs: Colors of the Wind1995 · as (voice) (archive footage)
• Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons1995 · as Self (singing voice)
• That's Entertainment! III1994 · as (archive footage)
• Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?1975 · as Self (archive footage)
• That's Entertainment!1974 · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
• I'm No Fool with Electricity1973 · as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
• This Is Your Life Donald Duck1960 · as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
• From All of Us, To All of You1958 · as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
• No Time at All1958 · as Webber's Manager
• You and Your Ears1957 · as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
• You and Your Food1957 · as Jiminy Cricket
• You and the Living Machine1957 · as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
• I'm No Fool Having Fun1956 · as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
• You and Your Senses of Smell and Taste1956 · as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
• I'm No Fool in Water1956 · as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
• You and Your Eyes1956 · as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
• I'm No Fool as a Pedestrian1956 · as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
• I'm No Fool with a Bicycle1956 · as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
• On Vacation with Mickey Mouse and Friends1956 · as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
• You and Your Five Senses1955 · as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
• I'm No Fool with Fire1955 · as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
• You the Human Animal1955 · as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
• You and Your Sense of Touch1955 · as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
• Fun and Fancy Free1947 · as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
• Hollywood Wonderland1947 · as Saloon Singer (clip from "Ride, Cowboy, Ride", 1939) (uncredited)
• The Ghost Ship1943 · as Unnamed Officer
• The Avenging Rider1943 · as Ike
• Sagebrush Law1943 · as Ike
• The Falcon Strikes Back1943 · as Goldie Locke
• Salute for Three1943 · as Foggy, photographer
• Fighting Frontier1943 · as Ike
• American Empire1942 · as Runty
• Pirates of the Prairie1942 · as Ike
• Seven Miles from Alcatraz1942 · as Stormy
• Red River Robin Hood1942 · as Ike
• Bandit Ranger1942 · as Ike
• Overland to Deadwood1942 · as Harmony Hobbs
• Bad Men of the Hills1942 · as Harmony Haines
• Riders of the Northland1942 · as Harmony Bumpas
• Sundown Jim1942 · as Stable Proprietor
• Lawless Plainsmen1942 · as Harmony Stubbs
• The New Spirit1942 · as (voice) (uncredited)
• West of Tombstone1942 · as Harmony Haines
• Riders of the Badlands1941 · as Bones Malloy
• Breakdowns of 19411941 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Dumbo1941 · as Dandy Crow (voice) (uncredited)
• Prairie Stranger1941 · as 'Bones' Mallory
• International Squadron1941 · as Omaha McGrath
• Thunder Over the Prairie1941 · as Bones Malloy
• Power Dive1941 · as Squid Watkins
• Knockout1941 · as Sleepy
• Cliff Edwards and His Buckaroos1941 · as Cliff the Ranch Foreman
• The Monster and the Girl1941 · as Leon Beecher 'Tips' Stokes
• She Couldn't Say No1940 · as Banjo Page
• Friendly Neighbors1940 · as Notes
• Just a Cute Kid1940 · as Speed
• Flowing Gold1940 · as 'Hot Rocks' Harris
• Millionaires in Prison1940 · as Happy
• Pinocchio1940 · as Jiminy Cricket (voice) (uncredited)
• High School1940 · as "Jeff" Jefferson
• His Girl Friday1940 · as Endicott
• Gone with the Wind1939 · as Reminiscent Soldier
• The Royal Rodeo1939 · as Shorty
• Ride, Cowboy, Ride1939 · as Hogie
• Smuggled Cargo1939 · as Professor
• Maisie1939 · as Shorty Miller, Ranch Hand
• The Little Adventuress1938 · as Handy
• The Girl of the Golden West1938 · as Minstrel Joe
• The Bad Man of Brimstone1937 · as Buzz McCreedy
• The Women Men Marry1937 · as Jerry Little
• Pacific Paradise1937 · as Himself
• Bad Guy1937 · as 'Hi-Line'
• The Romance of Celluloid1937 · as Self
• Saratoga1937 · as Tip
• Between Two Women1937 · as Snoopy
• Modern Inventions1937 · as Robot Barber Chair (voice) (uncredited)
• They Gave Him a Gun1937 · as Laro
• Cinema Circus1937 · as Himself
• The Man I Marry1936 · as Jerry Ridgeway
• Starlit Days at the Lido1935 · as Self
• Red Salute1935 · as P.J. Rooney
• George White's 1935 Scandals1935 · as Dude
• George White's Scandals1934 · as Stew Hart
• Strange Case of Hennessy1933 · as Silo Dance
• Take a Chance1933 · as Louie Webb
• Flying Devils1933 · as 'Screwy' Edwards
• Hollywood on Parade No. A-121933 · as Self (Host)
• Fast Life1932 · as Bumpy
• Young Bride1932 · as Pete
• Hell Divers1932 · as Baldy
• The Christmas Party1931 · as Himself
• The Sin of Madelon Claudet1931 · as Victor Lebeau
• Sidewalks of New York1931 · as Poggle
• The Great Lover1931 · as Finny
• Laughing Sinners1931 · as Mike
• Shipmates1931 · as Bilge
• Stepping Out1931 · as Paul Perkins
• Parlor, Bedroom and Bath1931 · as Bell Hop
• The Prodigal1931 · as Snipe
• Dance, Fools, Dance1931 · as Bert Scranton
• Crazy House1930 · as Writer
• Those Three French Girls1930 · as Owly
• Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 11930 · as Self - Vocalist
• Doughboys1930 · as Nescopeck
• Good News1930 · as Kearney
• Way Out West1930 · as Trilby
• The Voice of Hollywood1930
• Children of Pleasure1930 · as Radio Performer Cliff (uncredited)
• Montana Moon1930 · as Froggy
• Lord Byron of Broadway1930 · as Joe Lundeen
• The Hollywood Revue of 19291929 · as Self
• So This Is College1929 · as Windy
• Marianne1929 · as Soapy

All TV Shows (4)

• Bat Masterson1958 · as A.J. Mulcaney
• Playhouse 901956 · as Webber's Manager
• The Wonderful World of Disney1954
• The Cliff Edwards Show1949