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Cliff Edwards

Acting

Born June 13, 1895 · Hannibal, Missouri, USA

Died July 17, 1971

Also known as Clifton Avon Edwards · Cliff 'Ukulele Ike' Edwards · Cliff 'Ukelele Ike' Edwards

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Biography

Cliff Edwards, nicknamed "Ukulele Ike", was an American pop singer, musician and actor. He enjoyed considerable popularity in the 1920s and early 1930s, specializing in jazzy renditions of pop standards and novelty tunes, including "Singin' in the Rain" in 1929. Later in his career, he appeared in films and did voices for animated cartoons, and is well-remembered as the voice of Jiminy Cricket in Walt Disney's Pinocchio (1940) and Fun and Fancy Free (1947), and Dandy Crow in Walt Disney's Dumbo (1941).

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Awards & recognition

  • Grammy Hall of Fame · 2002
  • Disney Legends · 2000

Filmography26 titles

Once Upon a Studio

2023as Jiminy Cricket (voice) (archive sound)

Gone with the Wind

1939as Reminiscent Soldier

That's Entertainment!

1974as (archive footage) (uncredited)

His Girl Friday

1940as Endicott

Pinocchio

1940as Jiminy Cricket (voice) (uncredited)

That's Entertainment! III

1994as (archive footage)

Dumbo

1941as Dandy Crow (voice) (uncredited)

Stepping Out

1931as Paul Perkins

Saratoga

1937as Tip

Dance, Fools, Dance

1931as Bert Scranton

Marianne

1929as Soapy

Bat Masterson

1958as A.J. Mulcaney

Fun and Fancy Free

1947as Jiminy Cricket (voice)

The Ghost Ship

1943as Unnamed Officer

Sidewalks of New York

1931as Poggle

Way Out West

1930as Trilby

Doughboys

1930as Nescopeck

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

1929as Self

The Monster and the Girl

1941as Leon Beecher 'Tips' Stokes

Parlor, Bedroom and Bath

1931as Bell Hop

Seven Miles from Alcatraz

1942as Stormy

The Girl of the Golden West

1938as Minstrel Joe

Laughing Sinners

1931as Mike

American Empire

1942as Runty

Montana Moon

1930as Froggy

Power Dive

1941as Squid Watkins