Cliff Edwards
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"Cliff Edwards (disambiguation)" redirects here. For the English footballer, see Cliff Edwards (footballer).
Clifton Avon "Cliff" Edwards (June 14, 1895 – July 17, 1971), nicknamed "Ukulele Ike", was an American musician and actor. He enjoyed considerable popularity in the 1920s and early 1930s, 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 he is best known as the voice of Jiminy Cricket in Walt Disney's Pinocchio (1940)[1] and Fun and Fancy Free (1947), and Dandy (Jim) Crow in Walt Disney's Dumbo (1941).[2]
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Born | Clifton Avon Edwards (1895-06-14)June 14, 1895 Hannibal, Missouri, U.S. |
Died | July 17, 1971(1971-07-17) (aged 76) Hollywood, California, U.S. |
Resting place | Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery |
Other names | Ukulele Ike |
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Years active | 1918–1971 |
Spouses | Gertrude Ryrholm
(m. 1919; div. 1923)Irene Wylie
(m. 1923; div. 1931) |
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