Cliff Edwards
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| Born | Clifton Avon Edwards June 14, 1895 Hannibal, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | July 17, 1971 (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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Clifton Avon "Cliff" Edwards (June 14, 1895 – July 17, 1971), nicknamed "Ukulele Ike", was an American pop singer, musician and actor. He enjoyed considerable popularity in the 1920s and early 1930s, specializing in jazzy renditions of pop standards and novelty tunes, including a number one hit with "Singin' in the Rain" in 1929. Later in his career, he appeared in films and did voices for animated cartoons, and is well-remembered as the voice of Jiminy Cricket in Walt Disney's Pinocchio (1940) (introducing the standard "When You Wish Upon a Star") and Fun and Fancy Free (1947), and Dandy Crow in Walt Disney's Dumbo (1941).