Steve Schatzberg (February 18, 1943 – August 30, 2008) was an American voice actor, best known as the singing voice of Piglet in the ''Winnie the Pooh'' franchise from the 1990s until his death, Tyg Tiger in ''

Shirt Tales ''Shirt Tales'' are characters that were created in 1980 by greeting card designer Janet Elizabeth Manco and were featured on Hallmark Cards greeting cards. The characters were adapted into a 1982–1983 animated series for television, by Hanna- ...

'', Matt in ''

The Gary Coleman Show ''The Gary Coleman Show'' is a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that originally aired on NBC during the 1982–1983 season. The series featured Gary Coleman as the voice of Andy LeBeau, an apprent ...

'' and Arvind Lavie in ''

Planetes is a Japanese hard science fiction manga written and illustrated by Makoto Yukimura. It was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine ''Morning'' between January 1999 to January 2004, with its chapters collected into four volumes. It was ...

''.

Personal life

Schatzberg and his wife Leslie Daryl Zerg were married in 1981, the couple remained married until Schatzberg's death.

Death

Schatzberg died on August 30, 2008, in

Ventura, California Ventura, officially named San Buenaventura (Spanish for "Saint Bonaventure"), is a city in and the county seat of Ventura County, California, United States. It is a coastal city located northwest of Los Angeles. The population was 110,763 at the ...

, at the age of 65.

Filmography

Anime

* ''

Gurren Lagann ''Gurren Lagann'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese mecha anime television series animated by Gainax and co-produced by Aniplex and Konami. It ran for 27 episodes on TV Tokyo between April and September 2007. It was directed by Hiroyu ...

'' - Gable Docker * ''

'' - Arvind Lavie * '' Urda'' - Officer

Non-anime

* '' Adventures in Voice Acting'' - Himself * ''

CBS Storybreak ''CBS Storybreak'' is a Saturday morning anthology television series that originally aired on the CBS network from 1985 to 1989. Hosted by Bob Keeshan (and in its 1993 return by Malcolm-Jamal Warner), the episodes are half-hour animation, animate ...

'' - Various (Ratha's Creature) * ''

Dink, the Little Dinosaur ''Dink, the Little Dinosaur'' is an American animated series created by Karen Willson and Chris Weber, produced by Ruby-Spears Enterprises. The series originally aired as part of CBS's Saturday morning line-up from 1989 to 1990. Plot The serie ...

'' - Additional Voices * ''

'' - Matt * '' The Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour'' - Additional voices * '' The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show'' - Additional voices * ''

Pole Position In a motorsports race, the pole position is usually the best and "statistically the most advantageous" starting position on the track. The pole position is usually earned by the driver with the best qualifying times in the trials before the ra ...

'' - Additional voices * '' Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin'' - Piglet (singing voice) * ''

Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh ''Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh'' is a 1996 Halloween television special produced by Walt Disney Television Animation with the animation production done at Toon City Animation, Inc. in Manila, Philippines, along with the additional production ...

'' - Piglet (singing voice) * '' Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving'' - Piglet * ''

'' - Tyg Tiger/Rick Racoon (Episode 4)

Video games

* '' Disney's Animated Storybook: Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree'' - Piglet * '' Goosebumps: Attack of the Mutant'' - Toadie, Tim, Tina, Tom * '' Winnie the Pooh Kindergarten'' - Piglet * '' Winnie the Pooh Preschool'' - Piglet * '' Winnie the Pooh Toddler'' - Piglet

Theme parks

* ''

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh ''The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh'' is a 1977 American animated musical anthology fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and distributed by Buena Vista Distribution. It was first released on a double bill with '' The Littlest ...

'' - Piglet

References

External links

* 1943 births 2008 deaths American male video game actors American male voice actors Place of birth missing 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors {{US-voice-actor-1940s-stub