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.
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Acting History
2023
Once Upon a Studio as Jiminy Cricket (voice) (archive sound)
2003Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3 as Robot Barber Chair (segment "Modern Inventions") (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
1997The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free' as Self (archive footage)
1995Disney Sing-Along Songs: Colors of the Wind as (voice) (archive footage)
1995Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons as Self (singing voice)
1994That's Entertainment! III as (archive footage)
1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
1974That's Entertainment! as (archive footage)
1973I'm No Fool with Electricity as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
1960This Is Your Life Donald Duck as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
1958From All of Us to All of You as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
1958Bat Masterson as A.J. Mulcaney
1958No Time at All as Webber's Manager
1957You and Your Ears as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
1957You and Your Food as Jiminy Cricket
1957You and the Living Machine as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
1956I'm No Fool Having Fun as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
1956You and Your Senses of Smell and Taste as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
1956I'm No Fool in Water as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
1956You and Your Eyes as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
1956Playhouse 90 as Webber's Manager
1956I'm No Fool as a Pedestrian as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
1956I'm No Fool with a Bicycle as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
1956On Vacation with Mickey Mouse and Friends as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
1955You and Your Five Senses as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
1955I'm No Fool with Fire as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
1955You the Human Animal as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
1955You and Your Sense of Touch as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
1954The Wonderful World of Disney
1949The Cliff Edwards Show
1947Fun and Fancy Free as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
1947Hollywood Wonderland as Saloon Singer (clip from "Ride, Cowboy, Ride", 1939) (uncredited)
1943The Ghost Ship as Unnamed Officer
1943The Avenging Rider as Ike
1943Sagebrush Law as Ike
1943The Falcon Strikes Back as Goldie Locke
1943Salute for Three as Foggy, photographer
1943Fighting Frontier as Ike
1942American Empire as Runty
1942Pirates of the Prairie as Ike
1942Seven Miles from Alcatraz as Stormy
1942Red River Robin Hood as Ike
1942Bandit Ranger as Ike
1942Overland to Deadwood as Harmony Hobbs
1942Bad Men of the Hills as Harmony Haines
1942Riders of the Northland as Harmony Bumpas
1942Sundown Jim as Stable Proprietor
1942Lawless Plainsmen as Harmony Stubbs
1942The New Spirit as (voice) (uncredited)
1942West of Tombstone as Harmony Haines
1941Riders of the Badlands as Bones Malloy
1941Breakdowns of 1941 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1941Dumbo as Dandy Crow (voice) (uncredited)
1941Prairie Stranger as 'Bones' Mallory
1941International Squadron as Omaha McGrath
1941Thunder Over the Prairie as Bones Malloy
1941Power Dive as Squid Watkins
1941Knockout as Sleepy
1941Cliff Edwards and His Buckaroos as Cliff the Ranch Foreman
1941The Monster and the Girl as Leon Beecher 'Tips' Stokes
1940She Couldn't Say No as Banjo Page
1940Friendly Neighbors as Notes
1940Just a Cute Kid as Speed
1940Flowing Gold as 'Hot Rocks' Harris
1940Millionaires in Prison as Happy
1940Pinocchio as Jiminy Cricket (voice) (uncredited)
1940High School as "Jeff" Jefferson
1940His Girl Friday as Endicott
1939Gone with the Wind as Reminiscent Soldier
1939The Royal Rodeo as Shorty
1939Ride, Cowboy, Ride as Hogie
1939Smuggled Cargo as Professor
1939Maisie as Shorty Miller, Ranch Hand
1938The Girl of the Golden West as Minstrel Joe
1937The Bad Man of Brimstone as Buzz McCreedy
1937The Women Men Marry as Jerry Little
1937Pacific Paradise as Himself
1937Bad Guy as 'Hi-Line'
1937The Romance of Celluloid as Self
1937Saratoga as Tip
1937Between Two Women as Snoopy
1937Modern Inventions as Robot Barber Chair (voice) (uncredited)
1937They Gave Him a Gun as Laro
1937Cinema Circus as Himself
1936The Man I Marry as Jerry Ridgeway
1935Starlit Days at the Lido as Self
1935Red Salute as P.J. Rooney
1935George White's 1935 Scandals as Dude
1934George White's Scandals as Stew Hart
1933Strange Case of Hennessy as Silo Dance
1933Take a Chance as Louie Webb
1933Flying Devils as 'Screwy' Edwards
1933Hollywood on Parade No. A-12 as Self
1932Fast Life as Bumpy
1932Young Bride as Pete
1932Hell Divers as Baldy
1931The Christmas Party as Himself
1931The Sin of Madelon Claudet as Victor Lebeau
1931Sidewalks of New York as Poggle
1931The Great Lover as Finny
1931Laughing Sinners as Mike
1931Shipmates as Bilge
1931Stepping Out as Paul Perkins
1931Parlor, Bedroom and Bath as Bell Hop
1931The Prodigal as Snipe
1931Dance, Fools, Dance as Bert Scranton
1930Crazy House as Writer
1930Those Three French Girls as Owly
1930Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1 as Self - Vocalist
1930Doughboys as Nescopeck
1930Good News as Kearney
1930Way Out West as Trilby
1930The Voice of Hollywood
1930Children of Pleasure as Radio Performer Cliff (uncredited)
1930Montana Moon as Froggy
1930Lord Byron of Broadway as Joe Lundeen
1929The Hollywood Revue of 1929 as Self
1929So This Is College as Windy
1929Marianne as Soapy