One of the most memorable character actors from the Golden Age of character actors (famous faces but unkown names) which was from 1950-1980. He played one of the jurors in the famous movie "12 Angry Men", he played a futuristic reincarnation of Jack the Ripper in Star Trek (where they had a stunt man who didn't look anything like him for a fight scene), one of Dr. Bob Hartley's patients in his famous encounter group on the Bob Newhart Show and, in Cheers, he played a man who had lots of rich relatives that he hated so each time one of them would die, he would come into the bar and buy everyone drinks!
On the street, he wouldn't be much to look at and he had a very high voice, but he made it big on TV. He will be missed!
Ted you took the words right out of my mouth...I was also going to say he was the voice of Piglet and that Paul Winchell...Tigger...had just died also. I used to love Winchell's show...with the puppets Knucklehead and Jerry Mahoney.
He also performed in supporting roles alongside Sidney Poitier on Broadway, and John Wayne in "True Grit" as Lawyer Taggett in Hollywood. He will be missed.
It is very sad to hear about the death of John Fiedler. He was terrific. Do not forget that his doctor's advice in "Blueprint For Murder" provided the catalyst for the notable ending to the episode, which could have been the ending of the entire series if the show was not brought back for a second season.
It is sad that ten of the twelve angry men have now passed on.
i knew he looked familiar, but i couldn't place where i had seen him before. thanks for reminding me it was bob hartley's therapy group! he was a delight.
It would be interesting to see a list of TV shows from the 1960s and 1970s that John Fiedler wasn't in! It would probably be a very, very short list! He was hysterical on "The Bob Newhart Show", that's for certain!
Don't forget, Gordy the Ghoul in Kolchak: The Night Stalker. Played a morgue attendant who was always open to a bribe by Kolchak to impart some kind of crucial info on a recent monster victim.