Cliff Edwards
Actor
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.
Filmography
Dumbo
as Dandy Crow (voice) (uncredited) 1941
Gone with the Wind
as Reminiscent Soldier 1939
His Girl Friday
as Endicott 1940
Fun and Fancy Free
as Jiminy Cricket (voice) 1947
Once Upon a Studio
as Jiminy Cricket (voice) (archive sound) 2023
The Ghost Ship
as Unnamed Officer 1943
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) 1974
Modern Inventions
as Robot Barber Chair (voice) (uncredited) 1937
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage) 1994
The Monster and the Girl
as Leon Beecher 'Tips' Stokes 1941
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
as Bell Hop 1931
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
as Self 1929
The New Spirit
as (voice) (uncredited) 1942
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
as Victor Lebeau 1931
Dance, Fools, Dance
as Bert Scranton 1931
Saratoga
as Tip 1937