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Cliff Edwards

Acting · Born June 13, 1895 · Hannibal, Missouri, USA

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.

Movies with Cliff Edwards

• Gone with the Wind (1939) — Reminiscent Soldier
• Pinocchio (1940) — Jiminy Cricket (voice) (uncredited)
• Once Upon a Studio (2023) — Jiminy Cricket (voice) (archive sound)
• Dumbo (1941) — Dandy Crow (voice) (uncredited)
• Fun and Fancy Free (1947) — Jiminy Cricket (voice)
• His Girl Friday (1940) — Endicott
• Friendly Neighbors (1940) — Notes
• That's Entertainment! (1974) — (archive footage) (uncredited)
• That's Entertainment! III (1994) — (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975) — Self (archive footage)
• The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929) — Self
• So This Is College (1929) — Windy