John Fiedler

John Fiedler was a voice actor best known for being the voice of Piglet in Winnie the Pooh. He was also on Star Trek, Golden Girls and Cheers.
== Early life ==
Fiedler was born in Platteville, Wisconsin, a son of a beer salesman Donald Fiedler and his wife Margaret (née Phelan). He was of German and Irish descent.
His family moved to Shorewood, Wisconsin, when he was 5, where he graduated from Shorewood High School in 1943. He enlisted in the United States Navy and served until the end of World War II.
== Career ==
After his discharge from the Navy, Fiedler moved to Manhattan, New York City, where he attended the Neighborhood Playhouse, where his classmates included Tony Randall, James Doohan, Leslie Nielsen, Richard Boone and Joanne Woodward. He appeared as Homer Brown on the radio comedy The Aldrich Family, as Cadet Alfie Higgins on the 1950s TV show Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, and, in his 1957 film debut, as Juror #2 in 12 Angry Men. Although best known for his portrayals of meek or high-strung characters, Fiedler did occasionally escape type-casting in roles such as the presidential assassin in an episode of I Spy, a school principal moonlighting as a pimp on Vegas, and, most notably, Mr. Hengist, a Chief Administrator possessed by the spirit of Jack the Ripper in the original Star Trek episode "Wolf in the Fold" (1967).
Fiedler was in the original cast of the Broadway play A Raisin in the Sun as housing committee representative Lindner, a role he reprised in both the 1961 film version and the 1989 TV version. He appeared in the film The Odd Couple (1968) as poker player Vinnie; he also appeared on the TV series adaptation The Odd Couple, at the invitation of his friend Jack Klugman, as the manager of a hyper-security building into which Felix and Oscar temporarily moved and as the cruel owner of a "Hollywood" dog. He appeared in the films Harper Valley PTA (1978) and The Cannonball Run (1981).
He appeared three times in a recurring role on Kolchak: The Night Stalker as morgue attendant Gordy "The Ghoul" Spangler. He played Mr. Peterson, one of Bob's regular patients, on The Bob Newhart Show, and Mr. Dundee in an episode of the Twilight Zone, "The Night of the Meek" (1960). His many other guest appearances on TV included Columbo, Peter Gunn, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Perry Mason, Bonanza, Gunsmoke, My Favorite Martian, The Munsters, Bewitched, Get Smart, Star Trek, A Touch of Grace, The Rockford Files, Three’s Company, Quincy, M.E., The Golden Girls, Banacek and Cheers.
Fiedler worked frequently for Walt Disney Productions. His voice was heard in the Disney features Robin Hood (1973), The Rescuers (1977), The Fox and the Hound (1981), and The Emperor's New Groove (2000), and in Disneyland Records' Winnie the Pooh for President. He voiced the character Piglet in the studio's The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977), The Tigger Movie (2000), Piglet's Big Movie (2003), Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005). He appeared in Disney's live-action films Rascal (1969) and The Shaggy D.A. (1976). His last film was a voice appearance in Kronk's New Groove (2005) and in the Square Enix/Disney video game Kingdom Hearts[citation needed]. Fiedler was also the narrator of several McDonaldland commercials during the 1980s, including when Birdie the Early Bird learns to fly and how the Hamburglar got his stripes.
==Death==
He died in 2005 at the age of 80 in cancer.
== Filmography ==
* Lust for Gold (1949) as Barber (uncredited)
* 12 Angry Men (1957) as Juror 2
* Sweet Smell of Success (1957) as Counterman at Hot Dog Stand (uncredited)
* Stage Struck (1958) as Adrian
* That Kind of Woman (1959) as Eager Soldier (uncredited)
* The Night of the Meek (1960) Twilight Zone episode as Mr. Dundee
* A Raisin in the Sun (1961) as Karl Lindner
* Cavender Is Coming(1962) Twilight Zone episode as Field Rep #3
* That Touch of Mink (1962) as Mr. Smith
* The World of Henry Orient (1964) as Sidney
* Kiss Me, Stupid (1964) as Rev. Carruthers
* Guns of Diablo (1965) as Ives
* Girl Happy (1965) as Mr. Penchill
* A Fine Madness (1966) as Daniel K. Papp
* The Ballad of Josie (1967) as Simpson
* Fitzwilly (1967) as Mr. Morton Dunne
* The Odd Couple (1968) as Vinnie
* Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968) as Piglet (voice)
* Rascal (1969) as Cy Jenkins
* True Grit (1969) as Lawyer Daggett
* The Great Bank Robbery (1969) as Brother Dismas Ostracorn - Explosives
* Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came (1970) as Maj. Purvis
* Making It (1971) as Ames
* The Out of Towners (1971) as conductor on train
* Honky (1971)
* Skyjacked (1972) as Robert Grandig
* Deathmaster (1972) as Pop
* Robin Hood (1973) as Father Sexton (voice, uncredited)
* Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (1974) as Piglet (voice)
* The Fortune (1975) as Photographer
* The Shaggy D.A. (1976) as Howie Clemmings
* The Many Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh (1977) as Piglet (voice, archive footage)
* The Rescuers (1977) as Deacon Owl (voice)
* Harper Valley PTA (1978) as Bobby Taylor
* Boulevard Nights (1979) as Intern
* Midnight Madness (1980) as Wally Thorpe
* The Cannonball Run (1981) as Desk Clerk
* The Fox and the Hound (1981) as Porcupine (voice)
* Winnie the Pooh Discovers the Seasons (1981, short) as Piglet (voice)
* Sharky's Machine (1981) as Barrett
* Savannah Smiles (1982) as Grocery Clerk
* Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore (1983, short) as Piglet (voice)
* I Am the Cheese (1983) as Arnold
* Stephen King's Golden Tales as Arthur the Hotel Manager (1985, segment "The Old Soft Shoe")
* Seize the Day (1986) as Carl
* Winnie the Pooh Friendship: Tigger-ific Tales (1988, short) as Piglet (voice)
* Weekend with Kate (1990) as Fish seller
* Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (1997) as Piglet (voice)
* Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You (1999) as Piglet (voice)
* Winnie the Pooh Friendship: Pooh Wishes (1999, short) as Piglet (voice)
* The Tigger Movie (2000) as Piglet (voice)
* The Emperor's New Groove (2000) as Rudy, Old Man (voice)
* The Book of Pooh: Stories from the Heart (2001) as Piglet (voice)
* Mickey's House of Villains (2001) as Piglet (voice)
* Winnie-the-Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year (2002) as Piglet (voice)
* Piglet's Big Movie (2003) as Piglet (voice)
* Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo (2004) as Piglet (voice)
* Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005) as Piglet (voice)
* Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie (2005) as Piglet (voice, posthumous release)
* Kronk's New Groove (2005) as Rudy (voice) (final film role, posthumous release)
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