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Peter Renaday (June 9, 1935 – September 8, 2024) was an American character actor and voice artist, during a career spanning some six decades he appeared in 200 TV and film roles, as well as worked in radio and stage, and voicing numerous animated films and video games and making appearances at several theme parks. He is best known for providing the voice of Splinter (often referred to as Master Splinter or Sensei) 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.

Biography

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Renaday was born as Pierre Laurent Renoudet in New Iberia, Louisiana, on June 9, 1935.

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. A coloratura soprano, she was also featured as a vocalist on "The Sounds of Christmas" produced by Disneyland Records in 1973, alongside her husband.

Renaday died at his home in Burbank, California, on September 8, 2024, at the age of 89.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

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
• Yankee Doodle Mickey – Mickey Mouse
• 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

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

References

1. ^ Evans, Greg (September 10, 2024). "Peter Renaday Dies: Profific Voice Actor Behind 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' Master Splinter was 89". Deadline. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
2. Lipscombe, Dan (September 11, 2024). "Fallout: New Vegas' Easy Pete actor Peter Renaday has died age 89". gamingbible.
3. Juan, Eric San (September 11, 2024). "Peter Renaday (1935–2024), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles voice actor". Legacy.com. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
4. Smith, Michelle (April 18, 2003). "The Fabulous Disney Babe: Pete Reneday − Part 1". The Laughing Place.
5. Hischak, Thomas S. (October 6, 2011). Disney Voice Actors: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland. p. 176. ISBN 978-0-7864-8694-6. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
6. "2011 in Memoriam − D23". February 2, 2012.
7. "Florence June Daniel Renoudet − Los Angeles Times". Los Angeles Times. February 23, 2011.
8. Mouse Tracks: The Story of Walt Disney Records, Tim Hollis and Greg Ehrbar, University Press of Mississippi, Jackson, 2006, p. 134
9. "Disney's LOST "Mickey's Christmas Carol" Record Album |".
10. Stedman, Alex (September 10, 2024). "Peter Renaday, the Original Voice of Master Splinter in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Dies at 89". IGN. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
11. ^ "Peter Renaday (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved January 9, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
12. Character Records by Steve Burns – StartedByAMouse.com Features Section Archived 2015-03-09 at the Wayback Machine
13. A Disney Discography
14. "Talking Mickey Mouse Readalong Books and Cassettes". October 8, 2008. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
15. "The Talking Mickey Mouse Show Voice Credits".

External links

• Peter Renaday at IMDb 
• Peter Renaday at Behind The Voice Actors
• Peter Renaday discography at Discogs

• 1935 births
• 2024 deaths
• 20th-century American male actors
• 21st-century American male actors
• American male film actors
• American male radio actors
• American male stage actors
• American male television actors
• American male voice actors
• Amusement parks
• Audiobook narrators
• Male actors from Louisiana
• People from New Iberia, Louisiana
• American male video game actors