His career lasted more than 55 years in stage, film, television, and radio. Fiedler's high, flutey voice was instantly recognizable. His family moved to Shorewood, Wisconsin , when he was 5, where he graduated from Shorewood High School in Fiedler was in the original cast of the Broadway play A Raisin in the Sun as housing committee representative Lindner, a role he reprised in both the film version and the TV version. He appeared in the film The Odd Couple as poker player Vinnie; he also appeared on the TV series adaptation The Odd Couple , at the invitation of his friend Jack Klugman , as the manager of a hyper-security building into which Felix and Oscar temporarily moved and as the cruel owner of a "Hollywood" dog.
He played Mr. Fiedler worked frequently for Walt Disney Productions. Fiedler was also the narrator of several McDonaldland commercials during the s, including when Birdie the Early Bird learns to fly and how the Hamburglar got his stripes.
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