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Cliff Edwards
Sign in to saveAlso known as Clifton A. Edwards, Ukelele Ike, Clifton Avon Edwards, Ukulele Ike
American recording artist; musician, singer, actor and voice actor (1895-1971)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 9
Top works
- Van Gogh's Ghost Paintings
- Van Gogh's Second Gift
- The Manxman
- The raft on the river
- Raft on the River, Remedial Readers
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Film & TV
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…
Known for
- Once Upon a Studio — Jiminy Cricket (voice) (archive sound)2023
- Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3 — Robot Barber Chair (segment "Modern Inventions") (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)2003
- The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free' — Self (archive footage)1997
- Vaudeville — Self (archive footage)1997
- Disney Sing-Along Songs: Colors of the Wind — (voice) (archive footage)1995
- Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons — Self (singing voice)1995
- That's Entertainment! III — (archive footage) (uncredited)1994
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? — Self (archive footage)1975
- That's Entertainment! — (archive footage) (uncredited)1974
- I'm No Fool with Electricity — Jiminy Cricket (voice)1973
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1895-06-14
- Active to
- 1971-07-17
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 171,199
- Total plays
- 644,445
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Cliff Edwards (14 June 1895 - 17 July 1971), also known as "Ukulele Ike", was an American singer and musician who enjoyed considerable popularity in the 1920s and early 1930s, specializing in jazzy renditions of pop standards and novelty tunes. He also did voices for animated cartoons later in his career, and is fondly remembered as the voice of Jiminy Cricket in Walt Disney's Pinocchio (1940). He also voiced one of the crows in Walt Disney's Dumbo. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Cliff+Edwa
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Edwards
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Montreal
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Spouse
- Judith Barrett
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- Grammy Hall of Fame
- Genre
- vaudeville
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- RCA Victor
- Image
- Cliff Edwards 1947.jpg
- Work location
- Hollywood
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- Commons category
- Cliff Edwards
- place of burial
- Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery
- date of birth
- 1895-06-13
- date of death
- 1971-07-16
- cause of death
- cardiac arrest
- manner of death
- natural causes
- pseudonym
- Ukelele Ike
- birth name
- Clifton Avon Edwards
- name in native language
- Cliff Edwards
- start of work period
- 1915-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- has works in the collection
- Internet Archive
- number of viewers/listeners
- 5498625
Sources (13)
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