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
Cast Credits
Once Upon a Studio
Character: Jiminy Cricket (voice) (archive sound)
MOVIE • 2023
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3
Character: Robot Barber Chair (segment "Modern Inventions") (archive sound)
MOVIE • 2003
The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 1997
Disney Sing-Along Songs: Colors of the Wind
Character: (voice) (archive footage)
MOVIE • 1995
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
Character: Self (singing voice)
MOVIE • 1995
That's Entertainment! III
Character: (archive footage)
MOVIE • 1994
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 1975
That's Entertainment!
Character: (archive footage)
MOVIE • 1974
I'm No Fool with Electricity
Character: Jiminy Cricket (voice)
MOVIE • 1973
This Is Your Life Donald Duck
Character: Jiminy Cricket (voice)
MOVIE • 1960
From All of Us to All of You
Character: Jiminy Cricket (voice)
MOVIE • 1958
Bat Masterson
Character: A.J. Mulcaney
TV • 1958
No Time at All
Character: Webber's Manager
MOVIE • 1958
You and Your Ears
Character: Jiminy Cricket (voice)
MOVIE • 1957
You and Your Food
Character: Jiminy Cricket
MOVIE • 1957
You and the Living Machine
Character: Jiminy Cricket (voice)
MOVIE • 1957
I'm No Fool Having Fun
Character: Jiminy Cricket (voice)
MOVIE • 1956
You and Your Senses of Smell and Taste
Character: Jiminy Cricket (voice)
MOVIE • 1956
I'm No Fool in Water
Character: Jiminy Cricket (voice)
MOVIE • 1956
You and Your Eyes
Character: Jiminy Cricket (voice)
MOVIE • 1956