Cliff Edwards

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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.

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