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