John Fiedler

American actor

Died when: 80 years 142 days (964 months)
Star Sign: Aquarius

 

John Donald Fiedler (February 3, 1925 – June 25, 2005) was an American 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 cronies in the film The Odd Couple (1968), and Mr.Emil Peterson, the hen-pecked milquetoast husband on The Bob Newhart Show.

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