TIP O' THE HAT SQUAD: JOHN FIEDLER

As a way to describe him as an actor, I always thought of John Fiedler as a Donald Meek of Television: a slight man many times found in situations that belied his appearance, and usually a surprising source of inner fury when finally pushed to his limits.

As such, he was a character actor much in demand and probably too often taken for granted by fans of the noble roster of supporting players. I know I fell into that category.

John Fiedler could always be depended on to deliver the goods and it's hard to think of anyone working in the business today who can replace him and do it convincingly.

His passing definitely marks another loss to the era of great character actors.

TV SERIES
"The Book of Pooh" (2001) TV Series (voice) .... Piglet
"House of Mouse" (2001) TV Series (voice) .... Piglet
"Poketto monsutâ" (1997) TV Series .... Narrator (1997-1999)
"The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" (1988) TV Series (voice) .... Piglet
"One Life to Live" (1968) TV Series .... Gilbert Lange/Virgil (1987)
"Buffalo Bill" (1983) TV Series .... Woody Deschler
"Kolchak: The Night Stalker" (1974) TV Series .... Gordy Spangler (1974-1975)
"The Bob Newhart Show" (1972) TV Series .... Mr. Emil Peterson
"Tom Corbett, Space Cadet" (1950) TV Series .... Cadet Alfie Higgins (1951-1954)

TV MOVIES
A Raisin in the Sun (1989) (TV) .... Mark Lindner
The Monkey Mission (1981) (TV) .... Jimmy Papadopolous
Human Feelings (1978) (TV) .... Lester
Woman of the Year (1976) (TV) .... Justice Of The Peace
Who Is the Black Dahlia? (1975) (TV) .... PX Manager Bad Ronald (1974) (TV) .... Mr. Roscoe
The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton (1974) (TV) .... Charles Blackburn
Double Indemnity (1973) (TV) .... Jackson
Mystery in Dracula's Castle (1973) (TV) .... Bill Wasdahl
A Tattered Web (1971) (TV) .... Sam Jeffers
Hitched (1971) (TV) .... Henry
Guns of Diablo (1964) (TV) .... Ives
Mickey and the Contessa (1963) (TV) .... Arney Tanner
All the King's Men (1958) (TV)

TV SPECIALS
Winnie the Pooh & Christmas Too (1991) (TV) (voice) .... Piglet

TV PILOTS
Cannon (1971) (TV) .... Jake

TV GUEST APPEARANCES
"Cosby" playing "Randy" in episode: "Refrigertor Logic" (episode # 3.13) 18 January 1999
"George & Leo" playing "John" in episode: "The Cameo Episode" (episode # 1.8) 3 November 1997
"L.A. Law" playing "Francis Pencava" in episode: "Eli's Gumming" (episode # 8.8) 9 December 1993
"The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd" in episode: "Here's Some Ducks All in a Row" (episode # 3.9) 17 June 1989
"The Golden Girls" playing "Eddie" in episode: "Love Me Tender" (episode # 4.14) 6 February 1989
"Tales from the Darkside" playing "Arthur" in episode: "The Old Soft Shoe" (episode # 2.18) 16 February 1986
"Amazing Stories" playing "Man on Boat" in episode: "Guilt Trip" (episode # 1.9) 1 December 1985
"Father Murphy" in episode: "Outrageous Fortune" (episode # 2.4) 9 November 1982
"Hart to Hart" playing "Arnold" in episode: "Harts at High Noon" (episode # 4.5) 9 November 1982
"Cheers" playing "Fred" in episode: "The Tortelli Tort" (episode # 1.3) 14 October 1982
"Hart to Hart" playing "Arnold" in episode: "With This Hart, I Thee Wed" (episode # 4.2) 12 October 1982
"Quincy" playing "County Health Commissioner" in episode: "For the Benefit of My Patients" (episode # 5.10) 22 November 1979
"Vega$" playing "S.J. Henderson" in episode: "Demand and Supply" (episode # 1.17) 14 February 1979
"Fantasy Island" playing "'Ace' Smith" in episode: "Carnival/The Vaudevillians" (episode # 2.11) 2 December 1978
"Fantasy Island" playing "Mr. Fox" in episode: "Trouble, My Lovely/The Common Man" (episode # 1.11) 1 April 1978
"The Rockford Files" playing "James Bond" in episode: "The Competitive Edge" (episode # 4.19) 10 February 1978
"Quincy" playing "Howard Clausen" in episode: "Matters of Life and Death" (episode # 3.14) 20 January 1978
"Tabitha" playing "Max" in episode: "Arrival of Nancy" (episode # 1.6) 17 December 1977
"Switch" playing "Harry Winkler" in episode: "Dancer" (episode # 3.6) 5 December 1977
"Three's Company" playing "Morris Morris" in episode: "Jack Looks for a Job" (episode # 2.2) 20 September 1977
"Alice" playing "Customer" in episode: "Mel's Happy Burger" (episode # 1.24) 26 March 1977 & "Vera's Mortician" (episode # 1.14) 25 December 1976
"Ark II" playing "Norman Funk" in episode: "The Cryogenic Man" (episode # 1.7) 23 October 1976
"Jigsaw John" in episode: "The Executioner" (episode # 1.10) 5 April 1976
"Mobile One" in episode: "The Crusader" (episode # 1.8) 3 November 1975
"The Manhunter" in episode: "Trial by Terror" (episode # 1.22) 5 March 1975
"The Odd Couple" playing "Hugo" in episode: "The Dog Story" (episode # 5.5) 10 October 1974
"Dirty Sally" playing "Al Fromley" in episode: "The Hanging of Cyrus Pike" (episode # 1.12) 5 April 1974
"The Streets of San Francisco" playing "Mr. Winkler" in episode: "Mask of Death" (episode # 3.4) 14 March 1974
"Police Story" playing "Richard Steele" in episode: "The Ripper" (episode # 1.15) 12 February 1974
"McMillan and Wife" playing "Simpson" in episode: "Freefall to Terror" (episode # 3.3) 11 November 1973
"McMillan and Wife" playing "Sykes" in episode: "The Devil, You Say" (episode # 3.2) 23 October 1973
"Gunsmoke" playing "Mr. Ballou" in episode: "A Quiet Day in Dodge" (episode # 18.19) 29 January 1973
"A Touch of Grace" in episode: "The Weekend" 27 January 1973
"Banyon" in episode: "Time Lapse" (episode # 1.15) 12 January 1973
"Banacek" playing "Paddle" in episode: "Project Phoenix" (episode # 1.2) 27 September 1972
"The Odd Couple" playing "Mr. Duke" in episode: "Security Arms" (episode # 2.15) 7 January 1972
Columbo: Blueprint for Murder (1972) (TV) .... Doctor
"Cannon" playing "Brent" in episode: "Flight Plan" (episode # 1.14) 28 December 1971
"Bewitched" playing "Spengler" in episode: "Three Men and a Witch on a Horse" (episode # 8.13) 15 December 1971
"The Doris Day Show" playing "Harvey Krantz" in episode: "A Fine Romance" (episode # 4.7) 25 October 1971
"The Most Deadly Game" playing "Alfred" in episode: "I, Said the Sparrow" (episode # 1.12) 16 January 1971
"Bewitched" playing "Augustus Sunshine" in episode: "Turn on That Old Charm" (episode # 6.29) 9 April 1970
"Get Smart" playing "Felix" in episode: "Age Before Duty" (episode # 5.11) 5 December 1969
"Bewitched" playing "Bliss Jr." in episode: "Darrin the Warlock" (episode # 6.11) 27 November 1969 & "Daddy Comes to Visit" (episode # 6.10) 20 November 1969
"Bewitched" playing "Mr. Beams" in episode: "Marriage Witch's Style" (episode # 5.21) 20 February 1969
"I Spy" playing "Andrew" in episode: "Suitable for Framing" (episode # 3.23) 15 March 1968
"Death Valley Days" playing "Slack" in episode: "The Great Diamond Mines" (episode # 16.13) 23 February 1968
"Felony Squad" playing "B.G. 'Bug' Travis" in episode: "Man on Fire" (episode # 2.24) 20 February 1968
"Get Smart" playing "Mr. Hercules" in episode: "Classification: Dead" (episode # 3.12) 23 December 1967
"Star Trek" playing "Mr. Hengist" in episode: "Wolf in the Fold" (episode # 2.14) 22 December 1967
"Bewitched" playing "Fergus F. Finglehoff" in episode: "Nobody But a Frog Knows How to Live" (episode # 3.32) 27 April 1967
"Captain Nice" playing "Gunnar" in episode: "Who's Afraid of Amanda Woolf?" (episode # 1.10) 27 March 1967
"The Donna Reed Show" playing "Fred Johnson" in episode: "Painter, Go Home" (episode # 7.19) 21 January 1965
"Gunsmoke" playing "Fitch Tallman" in episode: "Hammerhead" (episode # 10.14) 26 December 1964
"Perry Mason" playing "Howard Stark" in episode: "The Case of the Tragic Trophy" (episode # 8.9) 19 November 1964 "The Munsters" playing "Warren Bloom/The Mailman" in episode: "My Fair Munster" (episode # 1.2) 1 October 1964
"The Fugitive" playing "Sam Reed" in episode: "The End Game" (episode # 1.30) 21 April 1964
"Destry" playing "Bill Simpson" in episode: "Deputy for a Day" (episode # 1.8) 3 April 1964
"The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters" playing "Ives" in episode: "The Day of the Reckoning" (episode # 1.26) 15 March 1964
"The Farmer's Daughter" playing "Watson" in episode: "The Swinger" (episode # 1.24) 4 March 1964
"Dr. Kildare" playing "Mr. Calhoun" in episode: "Never Too Old for the Circus" (episode # 3.18) 30 January 1964
"Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" in episode: "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" (episode # 1.6) 8 November 1963
"The Great Adventure" playing "Philip Arnold" in episode: "The Great Diamond Mountain" (episode # 1.7) 8 November 1963
"My Favorite Martian" playing "Professor Jennings" in episode: "Man or Amoeba" (episode # 1.5) 27 October 1963
"Bonanza" playing "Claude Miller" in episode: "Rich Man, Poor Man" (episode # 4.32) 12 May 1963
"Dr. Kildare" playing "D.R. Dromley" in episode: "Ship's Doctor" (episode # 2.27) 18 April 1963
"The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" playing "Malcolm Stuart" in episode: "I Saw the Whole Thing" (episode # 1.4) 11 October 1962
"The Twilight Zone" playing "Field Rep" in episode: "Cavender Is Coming" (episode # 3.36) 25 May 1962
"The New Breed" in episode: "Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here" (episode # 1.30) 24 April 1962
"The Tall Man" playing "Abner Moody" in episode: "A Time to Run" (episode # 2.31) 7 April 1962
"Adventures in Paradise" playing "Professor Henry Hoag" in episode: "Blueprint for Paradise" (episode # 3.28) 1 April 1962
"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" playing "Amos Duff" in episode: "The Last Remains" (episode # 7.25) 27 March 1962
"Outlaws" playing "Ludlow Pratt" in episode: "No More Horses" (episode # 2.20) 1 March 1962
"87th Precinct" playing "Cole" in episode: "A Bullet for Katie" (episode # 1.20) 12 February 1962
"Thriller" playing "Herbert Bleake" in episode: "A Wig for Miss Devore" (episode # 2.19) 29 January 1962
"The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" playing "Cheever" in episode: "I Do Not Choose to Run" (episode # 3.14) 9 January 1962
"Dr. Kildare" playing "Father Hughes" in episode: "A Shining Image" (episode # 1.3) 12 October 1961
"The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" playing "Corporal Whistler" in episode: "The Ruptured Duck" (episode # 3.1) 10 October 1961 & "I Didn't Raise My Boy To Be A Soldier, Sailor, Or Marine" (episode #2.23) 28 March 1961
"Checkmate" playing "Mr. Mitchie" in episode: "A Slight Touch of Venom" (episode # 1.35) 17 June 1961
"Pete and Gladys" playing "Charley Brown" in episode: "The Fur Coat Story" (episode # 1.27) 3 April 1961
"Peter Loves Mary" playing "Clerk" in episode: "Getting Peter's Putter" (episode # 1.22) 22 March 1961
"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" playing "Leon Gorwald" in episode: "Incident in a Small Jail" (episode # 6.23) 21 March 1961
"Have Gun - Will Travel" playing "Turner" in episode: "The Gold Bar" (episode # 4.26) 18 March 1961
"Peter Gunn" playing "Oliver Neilson" in episode: "The Deep End" (episode # 3.22) 6 March 1961
"The Aquanauts" playing "Mr. Jacobs" in episode: "The Defective Tank Adventure" (episode # 1.19) 22 February 1961
"Adventures in Paradise" in episode: "Man Eater" (episode # 2.17) 6 February 1961
"The Twilight Zone" playing "Mr. Dundee" in episode: "The Night of the Meek" (episode # 2.11) 23 December 1960
"Brenner" in episode: "False Witness" (episode # 1.1) 6 June 1959
"Hallmark Hall of Fame" playing "Vollenhoven" in episode: "Hans Brinker" 9 February 1958
"The United States Steel Hour" playing "Boris" in episode: "You Can't Win" (episode # 5.7) 4 December 1957
"Studio One" playing "Jouvin" in episode: "Death and Taxes" (episode # 9.38) 1 July 1957
"Armstrong Circle Theatre" playing "Kean" in episode: "Night Court" (episode # 7.14) 30 April 1957

There is so much in that list on which I want to comment, so I'll save all that for another post, probably more than one......

BCnU,
Tele-Toby