Cliff Edwards
Acting1895Hannibal, 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.
Known For
Pinocchio
Jiminy Cricket (voice) (uncredited)
Dumbo
Dandy Crow (voice) (uncredited)
Gone with the Wind
Reminiscent Soldier
His Girl Friday
Endicott
Fun and Fancy Free
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
Once Upon a Studio
Jiminy Cricket (voice) (archive sound)
The Ghost Ship
Unnamed Officer
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage)
Acting History
2023
Once Upon a Studio
as Jiminy Cricket (voice) (archive sound)
2003
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3
as Robot Barber Chair (segment "Modern Inventions") (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
1997
The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'
as Self (archive footage)
1995
Disney Sing-Along Songs: Colors of the Wind
as (voice) (archive footage)
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
as Self (singing voice)
1994
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1974
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage)
1973
I'm No Fool with Electricity
as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
1960
This Is Your Life Donald Duck
as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
1959
Bat Masterson
TVas A.J. Mulcaney• 1 eps
1958
No Time at All
as Webber's Manager
From All of Us, To All of You
as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
Playhouse 90
TVas Webber's Manager• 1 eps
1957
You and the Living Machine
as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
You and Your Ears
as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
You and Your Food
as Jiminy Cricket
1956
I'm No Fool Having Fun
as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
I'm No Fool in Water
as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
I'm No Fool as a Pedestrian
as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
I'm No Fool with a Bicycle
as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
You and Your Eyes
as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
You and Your Senses of Smell and Taste
as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
On Vacation with Mickey Mouse and Friends
as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
1955
I'm No Fool with Fire
as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
You the Human Animal
as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
You and Your Five Senses
as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
You and Your Sense of Touch
as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
1947
Hollywood Wonderland
as Saloon Singer (clip from "Ride, Cowboy, Ride", 1939) (uncredited)
Fun and Fancy Free
as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
1943
The Falcon Strikes Back
as Goldie Locke
Salute for Three
as Foggy, photographer
Fighting Frontier
as Ike
The Ghost Ship
as Unnamed Officer
The Avenging Rider
as Ike
Sagebrush Law
as Ike
1942
Pirates of the Prairie
as Ike
Seven Miles from Alcatraz
as Stormy
Bandit Ranger
as Ike
Lawless Plainsmen
as Harmony Stubbs
American Empire
as Runty
Bad Men of the Hills
as Harmony Haines
West of Tombstone
as Harmony Haines
The New Spirit
as (voice) (uncredited)
Riders of the Northland
as Harmony Bumpas
Red River Robin Hood
as Ike
Overland to Deadwood
as Harmony Hobbs
Sundown Jim
as Stable Proprietor
1941
The Monster and the Girl
as Leon Beecher 'Tips' Stokes
International Squadron
as Omaha McGrath
Cliff Edwards and His Buckaroos
as Cliff the Ranch Foreman
Dumbo
as Dandy Crow (voice) (uncredited)
Knockout
as Sleepy
Breakdowns of 1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Power Dive
as Squid Watkins
Riders of the Badlands
as Bones Malloy
Thunder Over the Prairie
as Bones Malloy
Prairie Stranger
as 'Bones' Mallory
1940
Flowing Gold
as 'Hot Rocks' Harris
Just a Cute Kid
as Speed
Pinocchio
as Jiminy Cricket (voice) (uncredited)
High School
as "Jeff" Jefferson
Millionaires in Prison
as Happy
She Couldn't Say No
as Banjo Page
Friendly Neighbors
as Notes
His Girl Friday
as Endicott
1939
Maisie
as Shorty Miller, Ranch Hand
The Royal Rodeo
as Shorty
Smuggled Cargo
as Professor
Ride, Cowboy, Ride
as Hogie
Gone with the Wind
as Reminiscent Soldier
1938
The Girl of the Golden West
as Minstrel Joe
1937
Modern Inventions
as Robot Barber Chair (voice) (uncredited)
Bad Guy
as 'Hi-Line'
Saratoga
as Tip
Between Two Women
as Snoopy
Cinema Circus
as Himself
They Gave Him a Gun
as Laro
The Women Men Marry
as Jerry Little
The Bad Man of Brimstone
as Buzz McCreedy
The Romance of Celluloid
as Self
Pacific Paradise
as Himself
1936
The Man I Marry
as Jerry Ridgeway
1935
1934
George White's Scandals
as Stew Hart
1933
Flying Devils
as 'Screwy' Edwards
Take a Chance
as Louie Webb
Hollywood on Parade No. A-12
as Self (Host)
Strange Case of Hennessy
as Silo Dance
1932
1931
Stepping Out
as Paul Perkins
Sidewalks of New York
as Poggle
Laughing Sinners
as Mike
The Christmas Party
as Himself
The Prodigal
as Snipe
Shipmates
as Bilge
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
as Victor Lebeau
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
as Bell Hop
Dance, Fools, Dance
as Bert Scranton
The Great Lover
as Finny
1930
Good News
as Kearney
Way Out West
as Trilby
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1
as Self - Vocalist
Children of Pleasure
as Radio Performer Cliff (uncredited)
Doughboys
as Nescopeck
Lord Byron of Broadway
as Joe Lundeen
Montana Moon
as Froggy
Crazy House
as Writer
Those Three French Girls
as Owly
1929