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Cliff Edwards

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Cliff Edwards

Born June 13, 1895 in Hannibal, Missouri, USADied July 17, 1971101 films

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.

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Gone with the Wind posterFirst watchGone with the Wind19397.9as Reminiscent SoldierThe spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Pinocchio poster7.1Pinocchio1940Dumbo poster7.0Dumbo1941His Girl Friday poster7.4His Girl Friday1940Once Upon a Studio poster8.3Once Upon a Studio2023Fun and Fancy Free poster6.3Fun and Fancy Free1947Modern Inventions poster6.8Modern Inventions1937The Ghost Ship poster6.3The Ghost Ship1943

Filmography

101 films as actor
  1. 2023Once Upon a StudioJiminy Cricket (voice) (archive sound)
  2. 2003Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3Robot Barber Chair (segment "Modern Inventions") (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
  3. 1973I'm No Fool with ElectricityJiminy Cricket (voice)
  4. 1960This Is Your Life Donald DuckJiminy Cricket (voice)
  5. 1958From All of Us, To All of YouJiminy Cricket (voice)
  6. 1958No Time at AllWebber's Manager
  7. 1957You and Your EarsJiminy Cricket (voice)
  8. 1957You and Your FoodJiminy Cricket
  9. 1957You and the Living MachineJiminy Cricket (voice)
  10. 1956I'm No Fool Having FunJiminy Cricket (voice)
  11. 1956You and Your Senses of Smell and TasteJiminy Cricket (voice)
  12. 1956I'm No Fool in WaterJiminy Cricket (voice)
  13. 1956You and Your EyesJiminy Cricket (voice)
  14. 1956I'm No Fool as a PedestrianJiminy Cricket (voice)
  15. 1956I'm No Fool with a BicycleJiminy Cricket (voice)
  16. 1956On Vacation with Mickey Mouse and FriendsJiminy Cricket (voice)
  17. 1955You and Your Five SensesJiminy Cricket (voice)
  18. 1955I'm No Fool with FireJiminy Cricket (voice)
  19. 1955You the Human AnimalJiminy Cricket (voice)
  20. 1955You and Your Sense of TouchJiminy Cricket (voice)
  21. 1947Fun and Fancy FreeJiminy Cricket (voice)
  22. 1947Hollywood WonderlandSaloon Singer (clip from "Ride, Cowboy, Ride", 1939) (uncredited)
  23. 1943The Ghost ShipUnnamed Officer
  24. 1943The Avenging RiderIke
  25. 1943Sagebrush LawIke
  26. 1943The Falcon Strikes BackGoldie Locke
  27. 1943Salute for ThreeFoggy, photographer
  28. 1943Fighting FrontierIke
  29. 1942American EmpireRunty
  30. 1942Pirates of the PrairieIke
  31. 1942Seven Miles from AlcatrazStormy
  32. 1942Red River Robin HoodIke
  33. 1942Bandit RangerIke
  34. 1942Overland to DeadwoodHarmony Hobbs
  35. 1942Bad Men of the HillsHarmony Haines
  36. 1942Riders of the NorthlandHarmony Bumpas
  37. 1942Sundown JimStable Proprietor
  38. 1942Lawless PlainsmenHarmony Stubbs
  39. 1942The New Spirit(voice) (uncredited)
  40. 1942West of TombstoneHarmony Haines
  41. 1941Riders of the BadlandsBones Malloy
  42. 1941DumboDandy Crow (voice) (uncredited)
  43. 1941Prairie Stranger'Bones' Mallory
  44. 1941International SquadronOmaha McGrath
  45. 1941Thunder Over the PrairieBones Malloy
  46. 1941Power DiveSquid Watkins
  47. 1941KnockoutSleepy
  48. 1941Cliff Edwards and His BuckaroosCliff the Ranch Foreman
  49. 1941The Monster and the GirlLeon Beecher 'Tips' Stokes
  50. 1940She Couldn't Say NoBanjo Page
  51. 1940Friendly NeighborsNotes
  52. 1940Just a Cute KidSpeed
  53. 1940Flowing Gold'Hot Rocks' Harris
  54. 1940Millionaires in PrisonHappy
  55. 1940PinocchioJiminy Cricket (voice) (uncredited)
  56. 1940High School"Jeff" Jefferson
  57. 1940His Girl FridayEndicott
  58. 1939Gone with the WindReminiscent Soldier
  59. 1939The Royal RodeoShorty
  60. 1939Ride, Cowboy, RideHogie
  61. 1939Smuggled CargoProfessor
  62. 1939MaisieShorty Miller, Ranch Hand
  63. 1938The Little AdventuressHandy
  64. 1938The Girl of the Golden WestMinstrel Joe
  65. 1937The Bad Man of BrimstoneBuzz McCreedy
  66. 1937The Women Men MarryJerry Little
  67. 1937Bad Guy'Hi-Line'
  68. 1937SaratogaTip
  69. 1937Between Two WomenSnoopy
  70. 1937Modern InventionsRobot Barber Chair (voice) (uncredited)
  71. 1937They Gave Him a GunLaro
  72. 1936The Man I MarryJerry Ridgeway
  73. 1935Red SaluteP.J. Rooney
  74. 1935George White's 1935 ScandalsDude
  75. 1934George White's ScandalsStew Hart
  76. 1933Strange Case of HennessySilo Dance
  77. 1933Take a ChanceLouie Webb
  78. 1933Flying Devils'Screwy' Edwards
  79. 1932Fast LifeBumpy
  80. 1932Young BridePete
  81. 1932Hell DiversBaldy
  82. 1931The Sin of Madelon ClaudetVictor Lebeau
  83. 1931Sidewalks of New YorkPoggle
  84. 1931The Great LoverFinny
  85. 1931Laughing SinnersMike
  86. 1931ShipmatesBilge
  87. 1931Stepping OutPaul Perkins
  88. 1931Parlor, Bedroom and BathBell Hop
  89. 1931The ProdigalSnipe
  90. 1931Dance, Fools, DanceBert Scranton
  91. 1930Crazy HouseWriter
  92. 1930Those Three French GirlsOwly
  93. 1930DoughboysNescopeck
  94. 1930Good NewsKearney
  95. 1930Way Out WestTrilby
  96. 1930The Voice of Hollywood
  97. 1930Children of PleasureRadio Performer Cliff (uncredited)
  98. 1930Montana MoonFroggy
  99. 1930Lord Byron of BroadwayJoe Lundeen
  100. 1929So This Is CollegeWindy
  101. 1929MarianneSoapy