Cliff Edwards

Cliff Edwards

June 13, 1895 (131 years old) in 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 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.

Known For

Bat Masterson Bat Masterson
Pinocchio Pinocchio
Gone with the Wind Gone with the Wind
Playhouse 90 Playhouse 90
Dumbo Dumbo

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