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(Another) Obit: John Fiedler, 80, Stage Actor Voice of Pooh's Piglet

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CrankyYankee

(From "The New York Times")

John Fiedler, who played character roles in celebrated dramas on Broadway and in Hollywood but gained lasting fame among young audiences as the voice of Piglet in Walt Disney's Winnie-the-Pooh films, died on Saturday. He was 80.

"Walt Disney heard it on a program and said, 'That's Piglet,' " James Fiedler (John's brother) recalled.

Read more at:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/27/movies/27fiedler.html?pagewanted=print



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> (From "The New York Times")
>
> John Fiedler, who played character roles in celebrated
> dramas on Broadway and in Hollywood but gained lasting fame
> among young audiences as the voice of Piglet in Walt
> Disney's Winnie-the-Pooh films, died on Saturday. He was 80.
>
>
> "Walt Disney heard it on a program and said, 'That's
> Piglet,' " James Fiedler (John's brother) recalled.
>
> Read more at:
>
>
http://www.n> ytimes.com/2005/06/27/movies/27fiedler.html?pagewanted=print
>
And the meek Mr. Peterson on The Bob Newhart Show.
 
<sigh>...first "Gopher" (Howard Morris), then "Tigger" (Paul Winchell) on Friday....now "Piglet".

Not a good month in the "Hundred Acre Wood".
 
> > (From "The New York Times")
> >
> > John Fiedler, who played character roles in celebrated
> > dramas on Broadway and in Hollywood but gained lasting
> fame
> > among young audiences as the voice of Piglet in Walt
> > Disney's Winnie-the-Pooh films, died on Saturday. He was
> 80.
> >
> >
> > "Walt Disney heard it on a program and said, 'That's
> > Piglet,' " James Fiedler (John's brother) recalled.
> >
> > Read more at:
> >
> >
> http://www.n>
> ytimes.com/2005/06/27/movies/27fiedler.html?pagewanted=print
>
> >
> And the meek Mr. Peterson on The Bob Newhart Show.

I believe he also appeared in an episode of the original Star Trek. RIP, Mr. Peterson & Piglet.
>
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Re: What happens when a cartoon character loses its voice?

> They get a new voice actor who sounds like the old one.
>
> Sometimes...
>
> http://slate.msn.com/id/2121686/
>


Or Like When Jim Henson Died, They Replaced Him With Someone (His Son?)That

Does A Horriable Version Of Kermit The Frog's Voice.
 
Re: What happens when a cartoon character loses its voice?

WB wouldn't use Noel Blanc to replace Mel Blanc, though, I think to do all those voices correctly, you need to be in Mel Blanc's brain.




> > They get a new voice actor who sounds like the old one.
> >
> > Sometimes...
> >
> > http://slate.msn.com/id/2121686/
> >
>
>
> Or Like When Jim Henson Died, They Replaced Him With
> Someone (His Son?)That
>
> Does A Horriable Version Of Kermit The Frog's Voice.
>
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Re: What happens when a cartoon character loses its voice?

John Ritter did the voice of Clifford the Big Red Dog on PBS Kids. There hasn't been any new episodes of Clifford since he died. They started a new show called Clifford's Puppy Days with different voices. The show features Clfford as a puppy.<P ID="signature">______________
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Re: What happens when a cartoon character loses its voice?

> WB wouldn't use Noel Blanc to replace Mel Blanc, though, I
> think to do all those voices correctly, you need to be in
> Mel Blanc's brain.
>
>
> Mel Blanc always said that Noel had the voices DOWN.
But I remember that a guy named Jeff Bergman did Bugs Bunny's
voice right after Mel Blanc died.

Don't forget that another voice actor who recently left us,
Henry Corden, did Fred Flintstone's voice after Alan Reed's
death, and Frank Welker took over Barney Rubble's voice
after Mel Blanc's passing.

And didn't Jim Cummings take over Winnie the Pooh's voice
even BEFORE Sterling Holloway died?
>
> > >
>
 
Re: What happens when a cartoon character loses its voice?

If the cartoon character is popular enough, a producer will really have no choice but to re-cast the character with a voice as close as possible to the deceased voice artist. There will be a continuing demand for new TV episodes, and/or specials, and/or movies.

For instance, Jack Mercer did Popeye's voice from the 1930's through the 1980's (I think he passed away a few years back, but I don't know exactly when). The voice had to be re-cast for a "Popeye" Christmas special that was televised last December (which I believe was the first "Popeye" animated cartoon produced since the late 1980's). Billy West got the role, and having watched that show, I can tell you that he does "Popeye" almost exactly the way Mercer did him.
 
Re: What happens when a cartoon character loses its voice?

> If the cartoon character is popular enough, a producer will
> really have no choice but to re-cast the character with a
> voice as close as possible to the deceased voice artist.
> There will be a continuing demand for new TV episodes,
> and/or specials, and/or movies.
>
> For instance, Jack Mercer did Popeye's voice from the 1930's
> through the 1980's (I think he passed away a few years back,
> but I don't know exactly when). The voice had to be re-cast
> for a "Popeye" Christmas special that was televised last
> December (which I believe was the first "Popeye" animated
> cartoon produced since the late 1980's). Billy West got the
> role, and having watched that show, I can tell you that he
> does "Popeye" almost exactly the way Mercer did him.
>
I also knew that Dave Couiler from Full House also did a great Popeye voice as well, as displayed many times on Full House. I wonder though if he did the Popeye voice in the late 80s revival on CBS, Popeye & Son?
 
Re: What happens when a cartoon character loses its voice?

> WB wouldn't use Noel Blanc to replace Mel Blanc, though, I
> think to do all those voices correctly, you need to be in
> Mel Blanc's brain.

Noel Blanc was the voice of Bugs Bunny on Tiny Toon Adventures from 1990-1992, but I think that's about it.
 
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