Peter Renaday (June 9, 1935 – September 8, 2024) was an American character actor and voice artist.
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 (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.
[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.
[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.