JOHN FIEDLER - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED - HFSID 175221

JOHN FIEDLER. ALS: "John Fiedler", 1p, 5¾x6½. No place, no date. To "Dear Mr. Fox". In full: "I firmly believe we must live in peace or the world is doomed. It must start in our own neighborhoods. - We must learn to respect the people who live next door to us regardless of religion, race or sex. If we can do that we will be helping the whole world - it is the first start toward world peace Best". Stage, screen and television actor John Fiedler (1925-2005) is best known as the voice of Piglet in Walt Disney's Winnie-the-Pooh films, his last film, Pooh's Heffalump Movie, being released in 2005. A stage actor who appeared as the lone Caucasian in an otherwise all Black cast in the Broadway play, A Raisin in the Sun, Fiedler made his film debut in 12 Angry Men in 1957. His other film credits include the film version of A Raisin in the Sun (1961), That Touch of Mink (1962), The Odd Couple (1968; reprising his Broadway role) and True Grit and The Great Bank Robbery (both 1969), The Shaggy D.A. (1976), The Cannonball Run (1981) and other animated films as well as the Winnie the Pooh movies, which included his own "starring" feature, Piglet's Big Movie (2003). Fiedler was also frequently seen on television as a regular on such shows as The Bob Newhart Show and Kolchak: The Night Stalker, in made-for-TV movies and as a guest star on shows ranging from Armstrong Circle Theatre (1957) to Cosby (1999). Slightly creased at upper blank margin. Fine condition.