Sorry to say, I have no real anecdotes or personal insights to go with the news that actor Peter Renaday has died at the age of 89. TMZ is reporting that "…cops did a welfare check at Peter's Burbank home Sunday after receiving a call, and they found him dead inside. The death appears to be natural and isn't being handled as a medical examiner case."
Peter had a great career to go along with his great voice. His face was seen in many a TV show and movie (Wikipedia has a list) and his voice was all over the animation world with a special emphasis on Disney movies and Disney theme parks. But that list is very incomplete and doesn't even include a couple of ABC Weekend Special and CBS Storybreak episodes that I wrote and for which Mr. Renaday did voices.
I remember him being the model of a professional actor: He was there on time and no matter what the directors asked of him, he could do exactly what they wanted, usually on the first take. We didn't talk much but he was the kind of performer who gets hired a lot because the folks doing the hiring know he'll deliver. Good man, good actor, sad loss.