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Clifton Avon "Cliff" Edwards, 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), and Dandy (Jim) Crow in Walt Disney's Dumbo (1941).
Born
Friday, 14 June 1895
Died
Saturday, 17 July 1971
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Once Upon a Studio | Jiminy Cricket | 2023 |
| That Fellow in the Coat | Jiminy Cricket | 2008 |
| Cafe Society | Actor in Opening Scenes | 1996 |
| Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons | Self | 1995 |
| That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) / Performer in Clip from 'The Hollywood Revue of 1929' | 1994 |
| American Masters | Self | 1986 |
| Brother Can You Spare a Dime | Self / Self (archive footage) | 1975 |
| That's Entertainment! | Clip from 'Hollywood Revue' / (archive footage) | 1974 |
| The Man from Button Willow | Doc / The Whip | 1965 |
| Platinum High School | Frank | 1960 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Once Upon a Studio | Jiminy Cricket | 2023 |
| That Fellow in the Coat | Jiminy Cricket | 2008 |
| Cafe Society | Actor in Opening Scenes | 1996 |
| Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons | Self | 1995 |
| That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) / Performer in Clip from 'The Hollywood Revue of 1929' | 1994 |
| American Masters | Self | 1986 |
| Brother Can You Spare a Dime | Self / Self (archive footage) | 1975 |
| That's Entertainment! | Clip from 'Hollywood Revue' / (archive footage) | 1974 |
| The Man from Button Willow | Doc / The Whip | 1965 |
| Platinum High School | Frank | 1960 |
| Bat Masterson | A.J. Mulcaney | 1958 |
| Playhouse 90 | Webber's Manager | 1956 |
| The Mickey Mouse Club | Self / Jiminy Cricket | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Jiminy Cricket / Self - voice of Jiminy Cricket / Dandy Crow | 1954 |
| Your Chevrolet Showroom | Self | 1953 |
| Showtime, U.S.A. | Self | 1950 |
| Penthouse Party | Self | 1950 |
| College of Musical Knowledge | Self - Guest Cameo | 1949 |
| The Fifty-Fourth Street Revue | Self - Singer | 1949 |
| We, the People | Self - Voice Talent | 1948 |
| Fun and Fancy Free | Jiminy Cricket (voice) / Jiminy Cricket | 1947 |
| Bongo | Jiminy Cricket | 1947 |
| The Ghost Ship | Unnamed officer | 1943 |
| The Avenging Rider | Ike | 1943 |
| Sagebrush Law | Ike | 1943 |
| The Falcon Strikes Back | Goldie Locke | 1943 |
| Salute for Three | Foggy / Foggy, photographer | 1943 |
| Fighting Frontier | Ike | 1943 |
| Seven Miles from Alcatraz | Stormy | 1943 |
| American Empire | Runty | 1942 |
| Pirates of the Prairie | Ike | 1942 |
| Red River Robin Hood | Ike | 1942 |
| Bandit Ranger | Ike | 1942 |
| Overland to Deadwood | Harmony Hobbs | 1942 |
| Bad Men of the Hills | Harmony Haines | 1942 |
| Riders of the Northland | Harmony Bumpas | 1942 |
| Sundown Jim | Stable Proprietor | 1942 |
| Lawless Plainsmen | Harmony Stubbs | 1942 |
| The New Spirit | Singing Voice | 1942 |
| West of Tombstone | Harmony Haines | 1942 |
| Riders of the Badlands | Bones Mallory / Bones Malloy | 1941 |
| Breakdowns of 1941 | Self | 1941 |
| Dumbo | Dandy Crow / Jim Crow (voice) | 1941 |
| Prairie Stranger | 'Bones' Mallory | 1941 |
| International Squadron | Omaha McGrath | 1941 |
| Thunder Over the Prairie | Bones Malloy / 'Bones' Malloy | 1941 |
| Power Dive | Squid Watkins | 1941 |
| Knockout | Pinky (credits) / Sleepy | 1941 |
| Cliff Edwards and His Buckaroos | Cliff - Ranch Foreman / Cliff the Ranch Foreman | 1941 |
| The Monster and the Girl | Leon Beecher 'Tips' Stokes | 1941 |
| She Couldn't Say No | Banjo Page | 1940 |
| Friendly Neighbors | Notes | 1940 |
| Flowing Gold | 'Hot Rocks' Harris / Hot Rocks Harris | 1940 |
| Millionaires in Prison | Happy | 1940 |
| Pinocchio | Jiminy Cricket | 1940 |
| High School | Jeff Jefferson / "Jeff" Jefferson | 1940 |
| His Girl Friday | Endicott | 1940 |
| Gone with the Wind | Reminiscent Soldier | 1940 |
| The Royal Rodeo | Shorty | 1939 |
| Ride, Cowboy, Ride | Hogie | 1939 |
| Smuggled Cargo | Professor | 1939 |
| Maisie | 'Shorty' Miller / Shorty Miller, Ranch Hand | 1939 |
| The Little Adventuress | Handy | 1938 |
| Out Where the Stars Begin | Singer in squaredance number | 1938 |
| The Girl of the Golden West | Minstrel Joe / 'Minstrel Joe' | 1938 |
| The Bad Man of Brimstone | 'Buzz' McCreedy / Buzz McCreedy | 1937 |
| The Women Men Marry | Jerry Little | 1937 |
| The Romance of Celluloid | Self | 1937 |
| Bad Guy | 'Hi-Line' | 1937 |
| Saratoga | Tip | 1937 |
| Between Two Women | Snoopy | 1937 |
| Modern Inventions | Robot Barber Chair | 1937 |
| They Gave Him a Gun | Laro | 1937 |
| Cinema Circus | Ike / Himself | 1937 |
| The Man I Marry | Jerry Ridgeway | 1936 |
| Starlit Days at the Lido | Self | 1935 |
| Red Salute | P.J. Rooney | 1935 |
| George White's 1935 Scandals | Dude | 1935 |
| George White's Scandals | Stew Hart | 1934 |
| Take a Chance | Louie Webb | 1933 |
| Flying Devils | 'Screwy' Edwards | 1933 |
| Hollywood on Parade No. A-12 | Self | 1933 |
| Fast Life | Bumpy / Franz 'Bumpy' Jurgens | 1932 |
| Young Bride | Pete | 1932 |
| Hell Divers | Baldy | 1932 |
| The Christmas Party | Cliff Edwards / Himself | 1931 |
| The Sin of Madelon Claudet | Victor / Victor Lebeau | 1931 |
| Sidewalks of New York | Poggle | 1931 |
| The Great Lover | Finny | 1931 |
| Laughing Sinners | Mike | 1931 |
| Shipmates | Bilge | 1931 |
| Stepping Out | Paul Perkins | 1931 |
| Parlor, Bedroom and Bath | Bell Hop | 1931 |
| The Prodigal | Snipe, a Tramp / Snipe | 1931 |
| Dance, Fools, Dance | Bert Scranton | 1931 |
| Remote Control | Hog Caller | 1930 |
| Crazy House | Writer | 1930 |
| Those Three French Girls | Owly | 1930 |
| Doughboys | Nescopeck | 1930 |
| Good News | Kearney / 'Pooch' Kearney | 1930 |
| Way Out West | Trilby | 1930 |
| Children of Pleasure | Cliff - Radio Performer | 1930 |
| Montana Moon | Froggy | 1930 |
| Lord Byron of Broadway | Joe / Joe Lundeen | 1930 |
| They Learned About Women | Singer in Harlem Madness number | 1930 |
| So This Is College | Windy | 1929 |
| Marianne | Soapy | 1929 |
| The Hollywood Revue of 1929 | Self / Ukelele Ike | 1929 |
