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Cliff Edwards is a Actor American born on 13 june 1895 at Hannibal (USA)

Cliff Edwards

Cliff Edwards
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Birth name Clifton Avon Edwards
Nationality USA
Birth 13 june 1895 at Hannibal (USA)
Death 17 july 1971 (at 76 years) at Hollywood (USA)

Clifton Avon Edwards (June 14, 1895 – July 17, 1971) — known as "Ukulele Ike" — was an American singer and voice actor who enjoyed considerable popularity in the 1920s and early '30s, 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).

Biography

Edwards was careless with the money he made in the 1920s, always trying to sustain his expensive habits and lifestyle. He continued working during the Great Depression, but he would never again enjoy his former prosperity. Most of his income went to alimony for his three former wives and paying debts. He declared bankruptcy four times during the 1930s and early 1940s. Edwards married his first wife Gertrude Ryrholm in 1919, but they divorced four years later. He married Irene Wylie in 1923; they divorced in 1931. In 1932, he married his third and final wife, actress Judith Barrett. They divorced in 1936.



Edwards suffered from alcoholism and drug addiction in his later years, and was also a heavy smoker for most of his life. Living in a home for indigent actors, Edwards often spent his time at the Walt Disney Studios to be available any time he could get voice work. He was sometimes taken to lunch by animators whom he told stories of his days in vaudeville. He had nearly disappeared from the public eye at the time of his death in 1971 from a cardiac arrest brought on by arteriosclerosis. Now penniless, Edwards was a charity patient at the Virgil Convalescent Hospital in Hollywood, California. His body was unclaimed and was donated to the University of California, Los Angeles medical school. When Walt Disney Productions, who had been quietly paying many of his medical expenses, discovered this, they offered to purchase his remains and pay for the burial. Instead, it was done by the Actors' Fund of America (which had also aided Edwards) and the Motion Picture and Television Relief Fund. Disney paid for his grave marker.

Best films

Pinocchio (1940)
(Actor)
Dumbo (1941)
(Actor)
The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931)
(Actor)

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Cliff Edwards (72 films)

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Actor

That's Entertainment! III, 1h53
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about cities, Musical films, Documentary films about films
Actors Gene Kelly, June Allyson, Cyd Charisse, Lena Horne, Howard Keel, Esther Williams
Roles (archive footage)
Rating74% 3.7388153.7388153.7388153.7388153.738815
Troisième volet de "Il était une fois Hollywood", "That's Entertainment III" nous propose un nouveau panorama de l'age d'or de la MGM mais aussi des chutes rarissimes, des séquences coupées lors de la sortie des films et des essais d'autres stars que celles qui furent finalement choisies.
That's Entertainment!, 2h15
Directed by Jack Haley Jr.
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about films, Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about cities, Musical films, Documentary films about films
Actors Frank Sinatra, Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly, Peter Lawford, Liza Minnelli
Roles (archive footage)
Rating77% 3.89473.89473.89473.89473.8947
Cette nostalgique leçon d'histoire recèle les trésors cachés des plus grandes comédies musicales de la MGM ainsi que de nombreux autres extraits merveilleux mais moins célèbres, avec Esther Williams, Jimmy Durante, Eleanor Powell et même Clark Gable chantant et dansant. « Il était une fois Hollywood » est une véritable gourmandise pour cinéphiles et amateurs de comédies musicales.
The Man from Button Willow, 1h21
Origin USA
Genres Animation, Western
Actors Dale Robertson, Edgar Buchanan, Howard Keel, Barbara Jean Wong, Herschel Bernardi, Pinto Colvig
Roles Doc,The Whip
Rating54% 2.724642.724642.724642.724642.72464
En 1869, Justin Eagle vit dans son ranch appelé «The Eagle’s Nest», près de la ville de Button Willow, en Californie. En plus d'être éleveur, Justin est un agent secret du gouvernement américain. Il agit pour contrecarrer les voyous qui commencent à pulluler dans l'Ouest. Il est envoyé à San Francisco pour retrouver le sénateur Freeman, qui a disparu alors qu'il combattait Montgomery Blaine et ses hommes de main. Ceux-ci forcent les colons à leur vendre leurs terres à bas prix, en sachant que ces terres sont de grande valeur, car elles doivent être traversées par des chemins de fer...
Fun and Fancy Free, 29minutes
Directed by Hamilton Luske, William Morgan, Jack Kinney, Bill Roberts
Origin USA
Genres Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Films about birds, Mise en scène d'un rongeur, Musical films, Mise en scène d'une souris, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Mise en scène d'une plante
Actors Cliff Edwards, Edgar Bergen, Luana Patten, Walt Disney, Clarence Nash, Jimmy MacDonald
Roles Jiminy Cricket (voice)
Rating74% 3.736883.736883.736883.736883.73688
La harpe chantante possède le don d'offrir la joie, la beauté et le bonheur autour d'elle, protégeant la Vallée enchantée. Par un beau matin de printemps, d'une fenêtre du château, la harpe entame une chanson et entraîne les moutons, une vache et un taureau, des corbeaux dans une farandole de joie. Mais une sombre nuit, elle est enlevée par un inconnu. La vallée n'étant plus protégée par un charme, elle périclite. Trois fermiers de la vallée, Mickey, Donald et Dingo, tentent de survivre en se partageant des tranches de pain transparentes et un unique haricot. Mais Donald n'en peut plus : il envisage de tuer la vache à coup de hache tellement la faim le rend fou.
The Falcon Strikes Back, 1h6
Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Tom Conway, Harriet Nelson, Jane Randolph, Edgar Kennedy, Cliff Edwards, Rita Corday
Roles Goldie Locke
Rating63% 3.193293.193293.193293.193293.19329
Framed for the theft of valuable war bonds, Tom Lawrence (Tom Conway) hides out at a country resort. Here he discovers that Mia Bruger (Rita Corday), who engineered the frame, has been murdered by persons unknown. Snooping around a bit, Lawrence uncovers an insidious and widespread war-bond racket.
Fighting Frontier
Directed by Lambert Hillyer
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Tim Holt, Cliff Edwards, William Gould, Slim Whitaker, Tom London, Monte Montague
Roles Ike
Rating62% 3.138673.138673.138673.138673.13867
A detective goes undercover as a bandit.
The Ghost Ship, 1h9
Directed by Mark Robson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Seafaring films, Monde imaginaire, Psychologie, Transport films
Actors Richard Dix, Edith Barrett, Russell Wade, Ben Bard, Skelton Knaggs, Robert Bice
Roles Unnamed Officer
Rating65% 3.296183.296183.296183.296183.29618
Tom Merriam (Russell Wade), a young merchant marine officer, joins the crew of the ship Altair. At first, all seems well and Merriam bonds with the captain, Will Stone (Richard Dix). The ship, already shorthanded due to the death of a crew member before it left port, loses another ("the Greek") when he develops appendicitis. (Taking direction over the ship's radio, the captain is to perform the appendectomy, but he is unable to make the incision. Instead, Merriam successfully removes the sailor's appendix, but – feeling he should be loyal to the captain and spare him embarrassment – swears the radio operator to secrecy. Afterward, the captain has a self-serving explanation for his failure.
The Avenging Rider
Directed by Sam Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Tim Holt, Cliff Edwards, Karl Hackett, Earle Hodgins, Kenne Duncan, Bud Osborne
Roles Ike
Rating60% 3.048623.048623.048623.048623.04862
A cowboy tries to clear himself of murder.
American Empire, 1h22
Directed by William C. McGann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Actors Richard Dix, Leo Carrillo, Preston Foster, Frances Gifford, Richard Webb, Robert Barrat
Roles Runty
Rating57% 2.8539452.8539452.8539452.8539452.853945
Two men join forces to build a cattle empire, and battle rustlers, bad weather and each other.