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name: "Cliff Edwards"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "13 June 1895"
died: "17 July 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T11:50:29.178564+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Cliff Edwards

Actor. Born 13 June 1895 in Hannibal, Missouri, USA. Died 17 July 1971.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 13 June 1895, Hannibal, Missouri, USA
- **Died:** 17 July 1971
- **Also known as:** Clifton Avon Edwards, Cliff 'Ukulele Ike' Edwards, Cliff 'Ukelele Ike' Edwards, Ukulele Ike, Ukelele Ike, Clifton Avon "Cliff" Edwards, 克里夫·爱德华兹

## Biography

Cliff Edwards, also credited as Clifton Avon Edwards and nicknamed Ukulele Ike, was an American actor, singer and musician. Born in Hannibal, Missouri, he began performing in vaudeville in the 1910s after teaching himself the ukulele, and achieved popularity in the 1920s with novelty songs and standards.

He appeared in numerous films from the late 1920s onwards, including a role as Endicott in *His Girl Friday* (1940). Edwards is best known for providing the voice of Jiminy Cricket in Walt Disney's *Pinocchio* (1940) and *Fun and Fancy Free* (1947), and for voicing a crow in *Dumbo* (1941). He died in Hollywood, California, in 1971.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *His Girl Friday* (1940), Fi1m 90, as Endicott — [page](https://film.one/film/his-girl-friday.md)

## Also known for

- *Pinocchio* (1940), Jiminy Cricket (voice) (uncredited)
- *Dumbo* (1941), Dandy Crow (voice) (uncredited)
- *Gone with the Wind* (1939), Reminiscent Soldier — [page](https://film.one/film/gone-with-the-wind.md)
- *Fun and Fancy Free* (1947), Jiminy Cricket (voice)
- *Once Upon a Studio* (2023), Jiminy Cricket (voice) (archive sound)
- *The Ghost Ship* (1943), Unnamed Officer
- *That's Entertainment!* (1974), (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *Modern Inventions* (1937), Robot Barber Chair (voice) (uncredited)

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