John Fiedler, a stage and screen actor who won fame as the voice of Piglet in Walt Disney’s “Winnie the Pooh” films, died Saturday, The New York Times reported Monday. He was 80.
Fiedler’s stage credits included the part of Medvedenko in “The Sea Gull” starring Montgomery Clift and the Broadway productions of “A Raisin in the Sun” with Sidney Poitier and “The Odd Couple” starring Walter Matthau and Art Carney.
He landed character parts in movies, including “True Grit” with John Wayne and “A Touch of Mink” with Cary Grant. He also played parts on TV, including “Star Trek” and “The Bob Newhart Show.”
STRANGER THAN FICTION
Locksmith uses X-ray vision to make truck key
Arthur Richardson thought he’d pull a prank and pretend to swallow a friend’s truck key.
Unfortunately, Wednesday’s prank backfired when Richardson, of North Platte, Neb., plopped the key in his mouth and gravity took over.
Richardson went to a doctor Thursday, who X-rayed his stomach and got a clear picture of the key. The doctor said the key posed no danger, and that it could take two to three days for it to pass through his system – but Richardson’s friend needed to use his truck.
So Richardson and his friend took the X-rays to a locksmith, who used the pictures to fashion a new key. And it worked in the truck.
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