- Born
- Died
- Nickname
- Ukulele Ike
- Height5′ 5¼″ (1.66 m)
- Becoming popular playing the ukulele, his unique singing and supplying the voice of animated movies, Cliff Edwards was one of the most popular singers in America.
Born in Hannibal, Missouri, Edwards left school at the age of 14, moved to St. Louis, and started to work as a singer in saloons. He then taught himself to play the ukulele. He got his nickname, "Ukelele Ike", from a club owner who couldn't remember his name.
Entering the vaudeville circuit, he finally made it big. After going into movies, one of his first movies he made was his most noticeable: The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929). Eleven years later, he was immortalized in Disney's Pinocchio (1940).
- IMDb mini biography by: rocknrollunderdawg
- SpousesJudith Barrett(August 31, 1932 - 1936) (divorced)Irene Wylie(1923 - June 22, 1931) (divorced)Gertrude Ryrholm(1919 - 1923) (divorced)
- High yet melodiously calm voice
- The voice of Jiminy Cricket
- After Edwards died in 1971, nearly broke and alone, Walt Disney Productions, remembering his many contributions to their films over the years, paid for his funeral.
- First person to perform the song "Singin' in the Rain", in the film The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929).
- Also plays the voice of Dandy Crow (also known as Jim Crow) and sings "When I See an Elephant Fly" in Walt Disney's Dumbo (1941).
- Supplied the voice of Jiminy Cricket in Disney's animated classic Pinocchio (1940), also singing "When You Wish upon a Star" (BS:AA) therein. He also reprised the role in Fun and Fancy Free (1947) and many other features for Disney. After Edwards' death in 1971 the role was taken over by Eddie Carroll.
- He has appeared in four films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Gone with the Wind (1939), His Girl Friday (1940), Pinocchio (1940) and Dumbo (1941).
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