John Fiedler (February 3, 1925 - June 25, 2005) was the original voice of Piglet in The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. He continued to provide the role of Piglet until his death in 2005 and is the longest running voice actor of a Winnie the Pooh character at 37 years. At the time of Paul Winchell's retirement in , 1999 Fiedler had become the last active member of the original Winnie the Pooh cast.
He died of cancer at the age of 80 on the June 25, 2005, one day after Paul Winchell's death. John's cremated remains were scattered at the Atlantic Ocean in Long Island, New York. His final role as Piglet was Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie, released almost three months after his passing. He had not been able to record all his lines, so Travis Oates was brought in to finish them and afterwards took over the New role of Piglet full time.
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- He also voiced the Porcupine in The Fox and the Hound, the Deacon Owl in The Rescuers, Sexton Mouse in Robin Hood, and Rudy in The Emperor's New Groove. Additionally, he played Wally Thorpe in Midnight Madness and Charles Blackburn in The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton. He also appeared in The Golden Girls episode, "Love Me Tender", playing a love interest of Dorothy, and he appeared in the films, The Shaggy D.A. as Howie Clemmings and Rascal as C.Y. Jenkins.