Typical of busy character actors, Fiedler made his face (and voice) recognizable to millions. Fiedler knew he wanted to be an actor from his childhood days, when he had a full head of reddish-yellow hair. He made his first professional appearances onstage, branched out into live TV in New York and, then, during the 20 years he lived in Hollywood (1960-80), he turned up in many movies and an ever greater number of popular TV shows.

Credits include: Commando, The Color Purple, Jeff, Who Lives at Home, Quest for Fire and Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

Credits include: Elmer Gantry, Avanti!, The Harder They Fall, The Phenix City Story and Send Me No Flowers

Credits include: Assault on Precinct 13, Escape to Witch Mountain, Return from Witch Mountain, Tuff Turf and Meatballs Part II

Credits include: The Jungle Book, Mickey's Christmas Carol, DuckTales, Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree and Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day

Credits include: Cahill: United States Marshall, One Little Indian, Mackintosh and T.J. and The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton

Credits include: They Call Me Mister Tibbs!, Betrayal, Part VI (1939-1950), End of the Line and The Gypsy Warriors

Credits include: First Monday in October, The Lottery, The Last Fling and The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton

Credits include: The Poseidon Adventure, Smile, The Castaway Cowboy, When Every Day Was the Fourth of July and Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies