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===Film=== Edwards' first major screen role was as Chuck Ramsey in the movie serial version of ''[[Captain Midnight (serial)|Captain Midnight]]'' (1942). From 1949 to 1981, he made several film appearances, with significant roles in ''[[Twelve O'Clock High]]'' (1949), ''[[Operation Pacific]]'' (1951), ''[[Gangbusters]]'' (1954), and supporting roles in ''[[The Beatniks (film)|The Beatniks]]'' (1960) and ''[[Suppose They Gave A War and Nobody Came]]'' (1969). He was also seen in ''[[The Absent-Minded Professor]]'' (1961), ''[[Hello, Dolly! (film)|Hello, Dolly!]]'' (1969) and ''[[The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981 film)|The Postman Always Rings Twice]]'' (1981). Edwards was also often heard behind animated characters both on film and records. In 1942, he voiced the adult [[Thumper (Bambi)|Thumper]] in the animated classic ''[[Bambi]]''. Later work for [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] was largely on LP Records, including the voices of the [[Cowardly Lion]] and [[Tin Woodman]] on their [[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz|Oz]] series, and as [[Tigger]], [[Owl (Winnie-the-Pooh)|Owl]], and the [[Heffalump]]s on the [[Winnie the Pooh]] records. He voiced the title character of [[Rod Rocket]]<ref name="etvs">{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010|date=2011|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers|location=Jefferson, N.C.|isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7|page=925|edition=2nd}}</ref> in an early 1960s educational series, and did some episodes of the cult classic ''[[Jonny Quest (TV series)|Jonny Quest]]''. His last work for Disney was as Ollie Owl opposite singer [[Burl Ives]] as Sam the Eagle on their long-running [[America Sings]] attraction at [[Disneyland]]. There were numerous TV and radio commercials as well, both in front of and behind the camera.
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