Actor John Fiedler, 80
Posted: Friday, July 1st, 2005 9:31 pmJohn Fiedler, the actor whose distinctive high-pitched tones made him perfect for the voice of Piglet in Disney’s Winnie the Pooh films, died on Saturday. He was 80.
According to Hollywood legend, Fiedler was hand-picked by Walt Disney himself for the role of Pooh Bear’s fretful best friend. Disney is said to have overheard a show in which the actor appeared and said of his voice: “That’s Piglet.”
Before starting work on the Pooh films in the 1960s, Fiedler had played a juror in Sidney Lumet’s court drama Twelve Angry Men and appeared in the Sidney Poitier-starring drama A Raisin in the Sun. He made appearances in dozens of films and was working right up until this year, when he voiced Piglet once more in Pooh’s Heffalump movie. … Read full obituary
