Posted on 04/11/2010 6:17:25 PM PDT by Beaten Valve
Eddie Carroll, an actor who for decades gave voice to Jiminy Cricket in Disney projects and impersonated Jack Benny in a noted one-man stage show, has died. He was 76.
Carroll died Tuesday from a brain tumor at the Motion Picture and Television Fund Hospital in Woodland Hills, said his wife, Carolyn.
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RIP. I just got back from reading that story to my daugther before bed. Wierd.
Give a Little Whistle!
RIP.
“Always let your conscience be your guide” is a lesson sadly too often ignored in our society.
If I’m not mistaken, isn’t he the second one to play Jiminey Cricket?
He came to voice the role of Jiminy Cricket in 1973, replacing voice actor Cliff Edward, who died two years earlier.For nearly four decades, Carroll was the voice of Jiminy Cricket in Walt Disney productions including Mickey’s Christmas Carol (1983) and Jiminy Cricket’s Christmas (1986).
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Cliff Edwards, was the singer of the song and the original voice of Mr. Cricket
You are SO correct - Eddie Carroll did the voice starting in 1975. It was Cliff Edwards from 1940 to 1971.
May the star you wished upon been true for you. Yes, RIP.
This is how I best remember Jiminy Cricket(Cliff Edwards)
From the Mickey Mouse Club:
“In the En-Cyclopedia
E-N-C-Y-C-L-O-P-E-D-I-A
In the En-Cyclopedia
If you want to know the answer, Here is the way:
Just look inside this book and you will see
Everything from “A” clear down to “Z”
In the En-Cyclopedia
E-N-C-Y-C-L-O-P-E-D-I-A”
I have a Cliff Edwards album. He was a good singer.
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