Also plays the voice of Jim Crow and sings "When I See An Elephant Fly" in Walt Disney's Dumbo (1941).
First person to perform the song "Singing In The Rain", in the film The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929).
Inducted into the Ukulele Hall of Fame Museum in 2000.
Named a Disney Legend. [2000]
Supplied the voice of Jiminy Cricket in Disney's animated classic Pinocchio (1940), also singing "When You Wish upon a Star" (BS:AA) therein.
Vaudeville headliner, who also appeared on Broadway
When 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.