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Cliff Edwards (I) (1895–1971)


Becoming popular with playing the ukulele, his unique singing and supplying the voice of animated movies, Cliff Edwards was one of the most popular singers in America. Born in Hannibal, Missouri, Edwards left school at the age of 14, moved to St. Louis, and started to work as a singer in saloons. Edwards then taught himself to play the ukulele... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideActor (98 titles)
1965 The Man from Button Willow
Doc/The Whip (voice) (uncredited)
 
1960 Platinum High School
Frank (uncredited)
 
1955-1960 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Jiminy Cricket
Donald's Award (1957) … Jiminy Cricket (voice)
On Vacation (1956) … Jiminy Cricket (voice)
Monsters of the Deep (1955) … Jiminy Cricket (voice) (uncredited)
 
1959 Bat Masterson (TV series)
A.J. Mulcaney, Undertaker
The Death of Bat Masterson (1959) … A.J. Mulcaney, Undertaker
 
1958 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Webber's Manager
No Time at All (1958) … Webber's Manager
 
1957 I'm No Fool in Water (short)
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
 
1956 I'm No Fool with a Bicycle (short)
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
 
1956 You and Your Ears (short)
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
 
1956 I'm No Fool Having Fun (short)
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
 
1955 The Mickey Mouse Club (TV series)
Jiminy Cricket
Episode #1.4 (1955) … Jiminy Cricket (voice)
 
1955 You and Your Food (short)
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
 
1955 I'm No Fool with Fire (short)
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
 
1955 You the Human Animal (short)
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
 
1955 You and Your Five Senses (short)
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
 
1949 The Cliff Edwards Show (TV series)
Host
 
1943 The Avenging Rider
Ike aka Aloysius Fingers (as Cliff 'Ukelele Ike' Edwards)
 
1943 Sagebrush Law
Ike (as Cliff 'Ukulele Ike' Edwards)
 
1943 Salute for Three
Foggy, photographer
 
1943 Fighting Frontier
Ike (as Cliff 'Ukelele Ike' Edwards)
 
1942 American Empire
Runty
 
1942 Red River Robin Hood
Ike (as Cliff 'Ukulele Ike' Edwards)
 
1942 Pirates of the Prairie
Ike (as Cliff 'Ukulele Ike' Edwards)
 
1942 Seven Miles from Alcatraz
Stormy
 
1942 Overland to Deadwood
Harmony Hobbs (as Cliff 'Ukulele Ike' Edwards)
 
1942 Bandit Ranger
Ike (as Cliff 'Ukulele Ike' Edwards)
 
1942 Bad Men of the Hills
Harmony Haines
 
1942 Sundown Jim
Stable proprietor
 
1942 Lawless Plainsmen
Harmony Stubbs
 
1942 West of Tombstone
Harmony Boggs (as Ciff 'Ukulele Ike' Edwards)
 
1941 Riders of the Badlands
Bones Malloy
 
1941 Dumbo
Jim Crow (voice) (uncredited)
 
1941 Prairie Stranger
'Bones' Mallory
 
1941 International Squadron
Omaha McGrath
 
1941 Thunder Over the Prairie
Bones Malloy
 
1941 Power Dive
Squid Watkins
 
1941 Knockout
Pinky (credits)/Sleepy
 
1941 Cliff Edwards and His Buckaroos (short)
Cliff - Ranch Hand
 
1941 The Monster and the Girl
Leon Beecher 'Tips' Stokes
 
1940/II She Couldn't Say No
Banjo Page
 
1940 Friendly Neighbors
Notes
 
1940 Flowing Gold
'Hot Rocks' Harris
 
1940 Millionaires in Prison
Happy
 
1940 Pinocchio
Jiminy Cricket (voice) (uncredited)
 
1940 High School
Jeff
 
1940 Just a Cute Kid (short)
Speed
 
1939 Gone with the Wind
Reminiscent Soldier
 
1939 The Royal Rodeo (short)
Shorty
 
1939 Ride, Cowboy, Ride (short)
Hogie
 
1939 Smuggled Cargo
Professor
 
1939 Maisie
Shorty Miller, Ranch Hand
 
1938 The Little Adventuress
Handy
 
1938 The Girl of the Golden West
Minstrel Joe
 
1937 The Bad Man of Brimstone
'Buzz' McCreedy
 
1937 The Women Men Marry
Jerry Little
 
1937 Bad Guy
'Hi-Line'
 
1937 Saratoga
Tip
 
1937 Between Two Women
Snoopy
 
1937 Modern Inventions (short)
Robot Barber Chair (voice) (uncredited)
 
1937 They Gave Him a Gun
Laro
 
1936 The Man I Marry
Jerry Ridgeway
 
1935 Red Salute
P.J. Rooney
 
1935 George White's 1935 Scandals
Dude Holloway
 
1934 George White's Scandals
Stew Hart
 
1933 Take a Chance
Louie Webb
 
1933 Flying Devils
'Screwy' Edwards
 
1933 Stop, Sadie, Stop (short)
Ukelele Ike
 
1932 Fast Life
Bumpy
 
1932 Young Bride
Pete
 
1931 Hell Divers
Baldy
 
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
 
1931 Dance, Fools, Dance
Bert Scranton
 
1931 The Strange Case of Hennessy (short)
Silo Dance
 
1930 Remote Control
Hog Caller (uncredited)
 
1930 Crazy House (short)
Writer
 
1930 Doughboys
Nescopeck
 
1930 Good News
Kearney
 
1930 Children of Pleasure
Radio Performer (uncredited)
 
1930 Montana Moon
Froggy
 
1929 So This Is College
Windy
 
1929/I Marianne
Soapy
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (53 titles)
2012 Killing Them Softly (performer: "It's Only A Paper Moon")
 
2008 Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (performer: "It's Only a Paper Moon")
 
1997 RocketMan (performer: "When You Wish Upon A Star" 1939 - uncredited)
 
1995 Operation Dumbo Drop (performer: "WHEN I SEE AN ELEPHANT FLY")
 
1992 The Music of Disney: A Legacy in Song (video documentary) (performer: "When You Wish Upon a Star", "Give a Little Whistle")
 
1988 Totally Minnie (TV movie) (performer: "When You Wish Upon A Star")
 
1985 The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue (video short) (performer: "When You Wish Upon a Star")
 
1974 That's Entertainment! (documentary) (performer: "Singin' in the Rain" 1929 - uncredited)
 
1947 Fun & Fancy Free (performer: "I'm A Happy-Go-Lucky Fellow" 1947 - uncredited, "Fun and Fancy Free" 1947 - uncredited)
 
1947 Hollywood Wonderland (short) (performer: "Dancing Is the Darndest Fun" - uncredited)
 
1946 Movieland Magic (short) (performer: "The Good Old American Way" - uncredited)
 
1944 Songs of the Range (short) (performer: "I Gotta Get Back to My Gal" - uncredited)
 
1943 The Avenging Rider (writer: "Minnie: My Mountain Moocher" / performer: "Minnie: My Mountain Moocher")
 
1943 Sagebrush Law (performer: "Down the Cherokee Trail", "Crazy Old Trails")
 
1943 Salute for Three (performer: "My Wife's a WAAC")
 
1943 Fighting Frontier (performer: "The Edwards and the Drews", "The Outlaw Trail")
 
1942 Bandit Ranger (performer: "Move Along Little Dogie" 1942, "I'm Musical Ike" 1942)
 
1942 American Empire (performer: "Little Pal")
 
1942 Red River Robin Hood (performer: "Twilight on the Prairie" 1940)
 
1942 Pirates of the Prairie (performer: "Where The Mountains Meet The Moonlight", "Grandpop")
 
1942 Bad Men of the Hills (performer: "Where Oh Where Is My Blue Eyes", "Ladybug", "Cherokee Joe")
 
1942 Riders of the Northland (writer: "We'll Carry the Torch for Miss Liberty" / performer: "We'll Carry the Torch for Miss Liberty", "Silver Sage in the Twilight")
 
1942 Lawless Plainsmen (performer: "Lady Luck", "Ridin' On")
 
1942 West of Tombstone (performer: "Git Along, Little Dogies", "By and By", "Midnight Blues")
 
1941 Dumbo (performer: "When I See an Elephant Fly" 1941 - uncredited)
 
1941 Prairie Stranger (performer: "I'll Be A Cowboy 'till I Die", "Scallywag")
 
1941 Cliff Edwards and His Buckaroos (short) (performer: "I Can't Get Along, Little Dogie" - uncredited, "My Little Buckaroo" - uncredited, "Sing 'Home on the Range'" - uncredited, "Give Me a Song of the Plains" - uncredited)
 
1940 Millionaires in Prison (performer: "Wishing Will Make It So" 1939)
 
1940 Pinocchio (performer: "When You Wish Upon A Star" 1939 - uncredited, "Give A Little Whistle" 1939 - uncredited)
 
1939 The Royal Rodeo (short) (performer: "Sons of the Plains Are We" - uncredited, "The Good Old American Way" - uncredited)
 
1939 Babes in Arms (performer: "Singin' in the Rain" 1929 - uncredited)
 
1939 Ride, Cowboy, Ride (short) (performer: "Dancing Is the Darndest Fun")
 
1939 Maisie (performer: "Little Joe the Wrangler", "The Last Round-Up Git Along, Little Dogie, Git Along" 1933)
 
1938 The Girl of the Golden West (performer: "The Wedding March" 1842 - uncredited)
 
1937 Saratoga (performer: "The Horse with the Dreamy Eyes" 1937 - uncredited)
 
1937 The Bad Man of Brimstone (performer: "Save That Last Grave For Me" 1937 - uncredited)
 
1937 Pacific Paradise (short) (performer: "The Original Oni Oni The Wiggle Dance")
 
1935 George White's 1935 Scandals (performer: "It's an Old Southern Custom" 1935 - uncredited, "I Got Shoes, You Got Shoesies" 1935 - uncredited, "Hunkadola" 1935 - uncredited, "I Was Born Too Late" 1935 - uncredited, "O Sole Mio" 1898 - uncredited, "Funiculi Funicula" 1880 - uncredited, "A Vision of Salome" 1908 - uncredited, "Minuet in G" 1796 - uncredited / "It's an Old Southern Custom" 1935 - uncredited)
 
1935 Starlit Days at the Lido (short) (performer: "Oh! Honey, It's So Funny" - uncredited)
 
1934 George White's Scandals (performer: "Six Women", "So Nice", "Every Day Is Father's Day With Baby")
 
1933 Flying Devils ("You've Got What Gets Me")
 
1932 Red-Headed Woman (performer: "Frankie and Johnnie" - uncredited)
 
1932 Young Bride (performer: "Whispering" 1920)
 
1930 Doughboys (performer: "Sing" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1930 Good News (performer: "I Feel Pessimistic" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1930 Lord Byron of Broadway (performer: "A Bundle of Love Letters" 1930 - uncredited, "The Japanese Sandman" 1920 - uncredited, "Only Love Is Real" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1930 Montana Moon (performer: "The Moon is Low" 1930 - uncredited, "Trailin' in Old Montana" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1930 Those Three French Girls (performer: "You're Simply Delish" 1930 - uncredited, "Six Poor Mortals" 1930 - uncredited, "The Prisoner's Song If I Had the Wings of an Angel" 1924 - uncredited)
 
1930 Way Out West (performer: "Singing a Song to the Stars")
 
1930 They Learned About Women (performer: "Harlem Madness" 1929 - uncredited)
 
1929/I Marianne (performer: "When I See My Sugar" 1929 - uncredited, "Hang On to Me" 1929 - uncredited / "Just You, Just Me" 1929 - uncredited)
 
1929 So This Is College (performer: "College Days" 1929 - uncredited, "Campus Capers" 1929 - uncredited, "Sophomore Prom" 1929 - uncredited)
 
1929 The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (performer: "Singin' in the Rain" 1929 - uncredited, "Bones and Tambourines" 1929 - uncredited, "Nobody But You" 1929 - uncredited, "Charlie, Ike and Gus" 1929 - uncredited, "The Italian Trio" 1929 - uncredited, "The Fountain in the Park" 1884 - uncredited, "Orange Blossom Time" 1929 - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (12 titles)
1995 Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons (documentary)
Himself (singing voice)
 
1951 Van Camp's Little Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 7 June 1951 (1951) … Himself
 
1950 Penthouse Party (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.2 (1950) … Himself
 
1942 The New Spirit (documentary short) (singing voice - uncredited)
 
1937 Pacific Paradise (short)
Himself
 
1937 Cinema Circus (short)
Himself - Singer
 
1935 Starlit Days at the Lido (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1933 Hollywood on Parade No. A-12 (short)
Himself
 
1931 The Christmas Party (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1930 Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1 (short)
Himself, Vocalist
 
1930 The March of Time
Himself
 
1929 The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Himself (as Ukulele Ike)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (15 titles)
2009 Animation Lookback (TV series documentary)
 
2008 That Fellow in the Coat (TV series)
 
1997 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
1997 The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1995 Cafe Society
Actor in Opening Scenes (uncredited)
 
1994 That's Entertainment! III (documentary)
Performer in Clip from 'The Hollywood Revue of 1929' (uncredited)
 
1992 The Music of Disney: A Legacy in Song (video documentary)
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
 
1988 Disney Sing-Along-Songs: You Can Fly (video short)
Jim Crow (voice)
 
1985 The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue (video short)
Jiminy Cricket
 
1975 Brother Can You Spare a Dime (documentary)
Himself
 
1974 That's Entertainment! (documentary)
Clip from 'Hollywood Revue'
 
1947 Hollywood Wonderland (short)
Saloon Singer (clip from "Ride, Cowboy, Ride" (1939)) (uncredited)
 
1944 Songs of the Range (short)
From Cliff Edwards and His Buckaroos, 1942
 
1941 Breakdowns of 1941 (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Stage: Appeared (as "Jeff") in the original Broadway production of "Lady Be Good". Written by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin.

Alternate Names:

Ciff 'Ukulele Ike' Edwards | Cliff 'Ukelele Ike' Edwards | Cliff 'Ukulele Ike' Edwards | Clifton A. Edwards | Ukulele Ike

Height:

5' 5½" (1.66 m)
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Did You Know?

Trivia:

Named a Disney Legend. [2000] See more »

Trademark:

The voice of Jiminy Cricket See more »

Nickname:

Ukulele Ike See more »

Star Sign:

Gemini