THR: Skip Hinnant, ‘The Electric Company’ actor and voice of Fritz the Cat, dies at 86

The Hollywood Reporter reports that Hinnant’s family announced his death in Denver at 86. He was an original ‘Electric Company’ cast member, playing word-unscrambling detective Fargo North, Decoder and other characters from 1971–77. His work also included voicing Fritz the Cat in two films and originating Schroeder in the off-Broadway musical ‘You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.’