- John Fiedler
Infobox actor
name = John Fiedler
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birthname = John Donald Fiedler
birthdate = birth date|1925|02|3
birthplace =Platteville, Wisconsin ,U.S.
deathdate = death date and age|2005|06|25|1925|02|3
deathplace =Englewood, New Jersey ,U.S.
occupation = voice actor, character actor
spouse =John Donald Fiedler (
February 3 ,1925 –June 25 ,2005 ) was an Americanvoice actor andcharacter actor in stage,film ,television and radio. Slight, balding, and bespectacled, with a piping voice his career stretched forty years but he is perhaps best remembered for two roles: the voice of Piglet in Disney's manyWinnie the Pooh productions and the role of Mr. Peterson, nervous patient on "The Bob Newhart Show ".Early life
Born in
Platteville, Wisconsin , Fiedler moved with his family toShorewood, Wisconsin at the age of 5, where he attended Shorewood High School. [O'Donnell, Michelle. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/27/movies/27fiedler.html "John Fiedler, 80, Stage Actor and Film Voice of Pooh's Piglet, Dies"] ,New York Times ,June 27 ,2005 . AccessedDecember 15 ,2007 . "He graduated from Shorewood High School in 1943 and enlisted in the United States Navy, serving stateside until World War II's end."]He began his career in
New York City , working on theradio comedy "The Aldrich Family" as sidekick Homer Brown, and making his film debut in "12 Angry Men " (1957), as the nervous Juror #2. Most of his subsequent roles were as gentle or nervous types, though occasionally he broke out of the mold, notably in the original "" episode "Wolf in the Fold ," as an official possessed byJack the Ripper .Career
On Broadway, Fiedler was in the original casts of "
A Raisin in the Sun " (as housing committee representative Lindner, a part he would recreate in both the 1961 film version and the 1988 TV version) and "The Odd Couple " (aspoker player Vinnie), reprising both roles for the film versions. Other on-camera work included roles in the films "True Grit " and "The Cannonball Run ", plus many guest spots on TV series, from "Bewitched " and "Get Smart " to "The Rockford Files ", "The Twilight Zone" and "Cheers ". He had a recurring guest role on "" asmorgue attendant Gordy "The Ghoul" Spangler. He also played Mr. Peterson, one of Bob's regular patients, on the TV seriesThe Bob Newhart Show .He was heard in the Disney features "
The Rescuers ", "The Fox and the Hound", "Robin Hood", "The Emperor's New Groove ", "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh ", "The Tigger Movie ", "Piglet's Big Movie ", "Pooh's Heffalump Movie ", and his last film "Kronk's New Groove ".Death
Fiedler died of
cancer onJune 25 ,2005 inEnglewood, New Jersey at the Lillian Booth Actors' Home, a residence for retired entertainers sponsored by theActors' Fund . Fiedler was never married, and was survived by a sister and a brother. [Bernstein, Adam. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/27/AR2005062701569.html "Actor John Fiedler Dies; Was Piglet's Voice in 'Pooh' Films"] , "The Washington Post ",June 28 ,2005 . AccessedDecember 15 ,2007 . "John Fiedler, 80, a stage, film and television actor who excelled at meek or nervous roles and was personally chosen by Walt Disney to play the voice of Piglet in Winnie the Pooh films, died June 25 at the Lillian Booth Actors' Home in Englewood, N.J."]Coincidentally,
Paul Winchell , the voice ofTigger in someWinnie-the-Pooh projects from 1968 to 1998, diedJune 24 ,2005 , the day before Fiedler's death.References
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