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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)

Usually with

Cedric Gibbons
Cedric Gibbons
(25 films)
Arthur Freed
Arthur Freed
(8 films)
Ann Dvorak
Ann Dvorak
(9 films)
Clark Gable
Clark Gable
(10 films)
Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton
(7 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Cliff Edwards (72 films)

Display filmography as detailed form
YearNameJobRoles
1994That's Entertainment! IIIActor(archive footage)
1976That's Entertainment, Part IIActor
1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?ActorSelf (archive footage)
1974That's Entertainment!Actor(archive footage)
1965The Man from Button WillowActorDoc,The Whip
1947Fun and Fancy FreeActorJiminy Cricket (voice)
1943The Falcon Strikes BackActorGoldie Locke
1943The Ghost ShipActorUnnamed Officer
1943Fighting FrontierActorIke
1943The Avenging RiderActorIke
1943Sagebrush LawActorIke
1942American EmpireActorRunty
1942Red River Robin HoodActorIke
1942Seven Miles from AlcatrazActorStormy
1942The New SpiritActor(voice) (uncredited)
1942Bandit RangerActorIke
1942Pirates of the PrairieActorIke
1942West of TombstoneActorHarmony Haines
1942Sundown JimActorStable Proprietor
1941DumboActorDandy Crow (voice)
1941International SquadronActorOmaha McGrath
1941The Monster and the GirlActorLeon Beecher 'Tips' Stokes
1941Power DiveActorSquid Watkins
1941KnockoutActorSleepy
1940Gone with the WindActorReminiscent Soldier
1940His Girl FridayActorEndicott
1940PinocchioActorJiminy Cricket (voice) (uncredited)
1940Flowing GoldActor'Hot Rocks' Harris
1940High SchoolActor"Jeff" Jefferson
1940Millionaires in PrisonActorHappy
1940High SchoolActor"Jeff" Jefferson
1940She Couldn't Say NoActorBanjo Page
1939Babes in ArmsActor
1939MaisieActorShorty Miller, Ranch Hand
1939Smuggled CargoActorProfessor
1938The Girl of the Golden WestActorMinstrel Joe
1937The Bad Man of BrimstoneActorBuzz McCreedy
1937The Romance of CelluloidActorSelf
1937SaratogaActorTip
1937They Gave Him a GunActorLaro
1937Modern InventionsActorRobot Barber Chair (voice) (uncredited)
1937The Women Men MarryActorJerry Little
1937Bad GuyActor'Hi-Line'
1935Red SaluteActorP.J. Rooney
1935George White's 1935 ScandalsActorDude
1934George White's ScandalsActorStew Hart
1933Flying DevilsActor'Screwy' Edwards
1933Take a ChanceActorLouie Webb
1932Hell DiversActorBaldy
1932Fast LifeActorBumpy
1932Young BrideActorPete
1931Parlor, Bedroom and BathActorBell Hop
1931The Sin of Madelon ClaudetActorVictor Lebeau
1931Laughing SinnersActorMike
1931Dance, Fools, DanceActorBert Scranton
1931The Great LoverActorFinny
1931Sidewalks of New YorkActorPoggle
1931Stepping OutActorPaul Perkins
1931The Great LoverActorFinny
1931ShipmatesActorBilge
1930Montana MoonActorFroggy
1930Children of PleasureActorRadio Performer Cliff (uncredited)
1930DoughboysActorNescopeck
1930Good NewsActorKearney
1930Lord Byron of BroadwayActorJoe Lundeen
1930Way Out WestActorTrilby
1930Those Three French GirlsActorOwly
1930Good NewsActorKearney
1929The Hollywood Revue of 1929ActorSelf
1929MarianneActor"Soapy" Soapstone
1929So This Is CollegeActorWindy
1929MarianneActor