Peter Renaday

Peter Renaday (born Pierre Laurent Renoudet; June 9, 1935 – September 8, 2024) was an American actor. During a career spanning some six decades, Renaday worked in television, film, theme parks, radio, and theatre. He is best known for providing the voice of Splinter in the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated television series, as well as voicing Abraham Lincoln in The Hall of Presidents, Henry and Max in Country Bear Jamboree at Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World, and Easy Pete in Fallout: New Vegas.^[2][3]

Peter Renaday
Born	Pierre Laurent Renoudet (1935-06-09)June 9, 1935 New Iberia, Louisiana, U.S.
Died	September 8, 2024(2024-09-08) (aged 89) Burbank, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1965–2019[1]
Spouse	Florence June Renoudet (nee Daniel) ​ ​ (m. 1979; died 2011)​

Biography

Renaday was born in New Iberia, Louisiana, on June 9, 1935.^[1]

He made his acting debut in 1965 in television series Combat!, and in the 1980s, Renaday was cast in the first animated television adaptation of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Splinter, a large mutant rat, who serves as the sensei (mentor) and ninjitsu and martial arts trainer of the eponymous turtles from 1987 until the show's finale in 1996.

Renaday was married to Florence "Flo" June Daniel from 1979 until her death on February 18, 2011. She worked as a secretary in the music department of the Walt Disney Studios for 35 years, including as executive secretary to two heads of the department.^[4][5] A coloratura soprano, she was also featured as a vocalist on "The Sounds of Christmas" produced by Disneyland Records in 1973, alongside her husband.^[6][7]

Renaday died at his home in Burbank, California, on September 8, 2024, at the age of 89 from natural causes.^[8][1]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
1966	Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N.	Pilot
1968	The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band	Dakota Townsman	Uncredited
	The Love Bug	Policeman on Bridge
1969	The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes	Lt. Hannah
1970	The Aristocats	French Milkman, La Petit Cafe cook, Truck Mover (voice)	Uncredited
1971	The Barefoot Executive	Policeman #1
	The Million Dollar Duck	Mr. Beckert
1972	The Adventures of Pinocchio	Tuna Fish (voice)	English version, uncredited
	Michael O'Hara the Fourth	Stan	Television film
1973	Mystery in Dracula's Castle	Detective
1974	The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton	Reporter
1975	The Strongest Man in the World
1976	The Shaggy D.A.	Roller Derby Ticket Taker	Uncredited
1977	The Rescuers	American Delegate (voice)
1978	The Cat from Outer Space	Bailiff
1979	The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again	Fort Jailer
1980	The Last Flight of Noah's Ark	Irate Pilot
1981	The Devil and Max Devlin	Studio Engineer
	Murder in Texas	Funeral Director	Television film
1984	The River Rat	Cajun Doctor
1985	The Black Cauldron	Horned King's Henchman (voice)		[9]
1987	Ultraman: The Adventure Begins	Cajun, Paramedic (voice)	Television film
1992	Bebe's Kids	Announcer, Abraham Lincoln, Impericon, Tommy Toad (voice)		[9]
1993	T'was the Day Before Christmas	Lester (voice)	Television film; uncredited
1996	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Frollo's Soldiers (voice)
1997	Cats Don't Dance	Narrator (voice)
1998	Antz	Soldier Ants (voice)
	The Odd Couple II	Justice of the Peace
	Mulan	Hun Army (voice)
1999	The Prince of Egypt	Ramesses's Soldiers (voice)
	Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost	Mr. McKnight (voice)	Direct-to-video	[9]
2000	The Road to El Dorado	Cortes's Guards (voice)
2001	Shrek	Lord Farquaad's Guards (voice)
2005	Madagascar	Crowd Member (voice)
2005	Tugger: The Jeep 4x4 Who Wanted to Fly	Pa Pump (voice)		[9]
	Black Dawn	Richard Turpin

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
1965	Combat!	Louis	Episode: "The Tree of Moray"
1983	Dallas	Rigsby	Episode: "Barbecue Four"
1984–1985	Kidd Video	Master Blaster (voice)		[9]
1985	G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero	Dr. Marsh, Amen-Ra (voice)	Episode: "The Gods Below"
1985–1986	The Transformers	Grapple, Lord Chumley (voice)	8 episodes 1 episode
1986	Defenders of the Earth	Mandrake the Magician (voice)
1987–1996	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Splinter/Hamato Yoshi, Vernon Fenwick, Leatherhead, Various other roles (voice)	Main role Recurring role, from Season 2 on Substituted Recurring
1990	TaleSpin	William Stansbury (voice)	Episode: "Her Chance to Dream"
1991	Darkwing Duck	Derek Blunt (voice)	Episode: "In Like Blunt"
1992	Batman: The Animated Series	Second Longshoreman (voice)	Episode: "Terror in the Sky"	[9]
1993	Animaniacs	Abraham Lincoln, Bailiff (voice)	2 episodes
1994	Aladdin	Man (voice)	Episode: "Getting the Bugs Out"
	Gargoyles	Subway Facility Commander, Fortress Captain, Father	3 episodes	[9]
1995	Phantom 2040	The Spectacular Steele (voice)	Episode: "The Magician"
	Iron Man	Howard Stark (voice)	Episode: "Not Far from the Tree"	[9]
1995–1999	The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries	Louie Z, Anna, Auctioneer, Announcer (voice)	3 episodes
1996	The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest	Kane, High Lama (voice)	2 episodes
1997	Nothing Sacred	Director	Episode: "Spirit and Substance"
1997–1998	Superman: The Animated Series	Captain, Clerk, News Anchor (voice)	4 episodes	[9]
1998	The New Batman Adventures	Auctioneer (voice)	Episode: "The Demon Within"
2001	Godzilla: The Series	Georges (voice)	Episode: "The Ballad of Gens Du Marais"
2001–2005	The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy	Abraham Lincoln, various voices (voice)	9 episodes
2002	Samurai Jack	Priest, Tan Zang (voice)	2 episodes	[9]
2003	Angel	The Beast's Master
2003–2004	Evil Con Carne	Abraham Lincoln (voice)	3 episodes
2010–2011	Batman: The Brave and the Bold	Uncle Sam, Abraham Lincoln (voice)	2 episodes	[9]
2011	Ben 10: Ultimate Alien	Sir George (voice)	5 episodes

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Outlaws	Chief Two Feathers, Cowboy #1	[9]
1999	Revenant	Lord Tendrik
2001	Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty	Richard Ames
2004	Viewtiful Joe 2	Dr. Cranken
2005	Shadow of Rome	Cicero
	From Russia with Love	M
	The Matrix: Path of Neo	Key Maker, Architect, Police
2006	Dead Rising	Sean Keanan
	Marvel: Ultimate Alliance	Odin, Namor
2007	Jeanne d'Arc	Richard
	Assassin's Creed	Al-Mualim
2008	Lost Odyssey	King Gohtza
	Ninja Gaiden II	Dagra Dai
2009	Dragon Age: Origins	Duncan
2010	Fallout: New Vegas	Easy Pete
2011	Gears of War 3	Adam Fenix	[9]
	Assassin's Creed Revelations	Al-Mualim

Audio drama

• Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith – Exar Kun
• Adventures in Odyssey – numerous characters (1994–2015)

Theme park attractions

• The Hall of Presidents – Abraham Lincoln
• Country Bear Jamboree – Henry the M.C., Max the Deer
• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Submarine Voyage – Captain Nemo
• The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh – The Narrator (Magic Kingdom, Disneyland and Hong Kong Disneyland versions)
• Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover – Narrator (1994 to 2009)
• Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters – Space Ranger #1 (Disneyland versions only)

Albums

• Mickey Mouse Splashdance – Mickey Mouse^[10]
• Yankee Doodle Mickey – Mickey Mouse^[11]
• The Story and Song of the Haunted Mansion – The Ghost Host (original voice, but replaced by Paul Frees in The Haunted Mansion attraction)

Toys

• The Talking Mickey Mouse – Mickey Mouse^[12][13]

Shorts

• A Distant Thunder – Harold Shenson
• Cellar Doors – Frank
• Dad... Can I Borrow the Car? – Actor
• Obliteration – Doctor
• The Visitant – Narrator

Video

• Terrifying Tales – Additional voices