John Donald Fiedler
John Donald Fiedler (February 3, 1925 – June 25, 2005)Fiedler was an actor and voice actor who was slight, balding, and bespectacled, with a distinctive, high-pitched voice. His career lasted more than 55 years in stage, film, television and radio. He is best known for five roles: the nervous Juror #2 in 12 Angry Men (1957); the voice of Piglet in Disney's Winnie-the-Pooh productions; Vinnie, one of Oscar's poker friends in the film The Odd Couple (1968); the government official Mr. Hengist who gets possessed by the spirit of Jack the Ripper on the Star Trek episode "Wolf in the Fold", and Mr. Emil Peterson on The Bob Newhart Show. He also appeared in the films Harper Valley PTA (1978) and The Cannonball Run (1981). Fiedler's voice was heard or appears 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, Rascal, and The Shaggy D.A., in Disneyland Records' Winnie the Pooh for President, and in the Square Enix/Disney video game Kingdom Hearts. Fiedler was also the narrator of several McDonaldland commercials during the 1980s. Fiedler died of cancer on June 25, 2005 in Englewood, New Jersey. His body was cremated, and the remains were scattered in the Atlantic Ocean.
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