John Donald Fiedler (February 3, 1925 â€" June 25, 2005) was an
American actor and voice actor. His career lasted more than 55 years
in stage, film, television and radio. Among his best-known roles are
the nervous Juror #2 in 12 Angry Men (1957); the benign-seeming
gentleman who tries to prevent the Younger family from moving into a
whites-only neighbourhood in A Raisin in the Sun (1961); the voice of
Piglet in Disney's Winnie the Pooh productions; Vinnie, one of Oscar's
poker buddies in the film The Odd Couple (1968), and Mr. Emil
Peterson, the hen-pecked husband on The Bob Newhart Show.Fiedler was
born in Platteville, Wisconsin, a son of Donald Fiedler, a beer
salesman, and his wife Margaret (née Phelan). He was of German and
Irish descent.His family moved to Shorewood, Wisconsin in 1930, 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.After his
discharge from the Navy, Fiedler began acting in Manhattan, New York
City, appearing on the radio comedy The Aldrich Family as Homer Brown.
He appeared on early television and played Cadet Alfie Higgins on the
1950s show Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, and he made his film debut in 12
Angry Men (1957), as Juror #2. Most of his roles were playing gentle
or nervous individuals, though he appeared as the lawyer J. Noble
Daggett in True Grit (1969) and in the original Star Trek episode
"Wolf in the Fold" (1967) as Mr. Hengist, a Chief Administrator
possessed by the spirit of Jack the Ripper.
American actor and voice actor. His career lasted more than 55 years
in stage, film, television and radio. Among his best-known roles are
the nervous Juror #2 in 12 Angry Men (1957); the benign-seeming
gentleman who tries to prevent the Younger family from moving into a
whites-only neighbourhood in A Raisin in the Sun (1961); the voice of
Piglet in Disney's Winnie the Pooh productions; Vinnie, one of Oscar's
poker buddies in the film The Odd Couple (1968), and Mr. Emil
Peterson, the hen-pecked husband on The Bob Newhart Show.Fiedler was
born in Platteville, Wisconsin, a son of Donald Fiedler, a beer
salesman, and his wife Margaret (née Phelan). He was of German and
Irish descent.His family moved to Shorewood, Wisconsin in 1930, 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.After his
discharge from the Navy, Fiedler began acting in Manhattan, New York
City, appearing on the radio comedy The Aldrich Family as Homer Brown.
He appeared on early television and played Cadet Alfie Higgins on the
1950s show Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, and he made his film debut in 12
Angry Men (1957), as Juror #2. Most of his roles were playing gentle
or nervous individuals, though he appeared as the lawyer J. Noble
Daggett in True Grit (1969) and in the original Star Trek episode
"Wolf in the Fold" (1967) as Mr. Hengist, a Chief Administrator
possessed by the spirit of Jack the Ripper.
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