- 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).
- His voice can be heard in Gone with the Wind (1939) as the voice of the soldier who tells Scarlett O'Hara about his brother Jeff.
- Vaudeville headliner, who also appeared on Broadway
- Named a Disney Legend. (2000)
- Inducted into the Ukulele Hall of Fame Museum in 2000.
- Cliff Edwards does not appear in the film, but his singing voice is heard during the "Harlem Madness" number in the 1930 MGM picture "They Learned About Women".
- His first wife Gertrude Ryrholm passed away just 2 months after him.
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