Dick Tufeld dies at 85

Radio and tv stalwart Dick Tufeld, who was simply most broadly noted for his vocal work -- like the voice in the robot in "Lost in Space" -- died of natural causes on Sunday, Jan. 22, at his home in Studio City, Calif. He was 85. Tufeld spent 3 decades since the voice for ABC daytime programming and did stints while using Grammy Honours as well as the Emmy Honours. Tufeld launched his entertainment career in 1945 getting a summer season job at La radio station KLAC. There he developed a show business gossip program situated having a youthful literary agent, Irwin Allen, beginning a extended friendship and professional link with the television sci-fi pioneer. Tufeld, who transported an in-depth, resonant voice, found themselves as you're watching microphone inside a few years, announcing "The Astounding Mr. Malone," "Falstaff Fables" and "Space Patrol." He soon found work, including hosting "The Dick Tufeld Sports Page" and "Focus on LaInch for KABC La. He came out, uncredited, on 16 cases of the tv Western "Annie Oakley" in 1954, which he was the announcer for any couple of cases of "Wally Disney's Wonderful Arena of Color." He introduced 16 Grammy Honours shows as well as the Emmys. Tufeld also offered since the announcer for several variety shows starring Judy Garland, Milton Berle, Julie Andrews, Red-colored-colored Skelton, Rodney Dangerfield, Tom Manley while others, too for Warner Bros.' "Original Bugs Bunny" and Hanna-Barbera's "The Jetsons." His other credits incorporated "Peyton Place," "Zorro," "Bewitched," "I Imagine Jeannie," "Get Smart" and "It's Gary Shandling's Show." For Allen he done series "Voyage towards the feet from the Sea," "Time Tunnel," "The Truly Amazing Four." He voiced the B9 Robot in Allen's cheesy sixties sci-fi series "Lost in Space" -- uttering, in monotone, such now-famous phrases as "Warning, warning," "Danger, Will Robinson!" and "It does not compute." He reprised the role in the "Lost in Space" robot for just two cases of "The Simpsons" as well as the 1998 bigscreen adaptation in the series. Tufeld later came out in 1995 documentary "The Fantasy Cell phone industry's of Irwin Allen." More youthful crowd did the voice-over for hundreds of ads including Grain-A-Roni, Gallo, Ford, Goodyear and Great Western Savings. Richard Tufeld was produced in La to immigrants and was elevated in Pasadena. He attended the school of Speech at Northwestern U., where he met Adrienne Blumberg. Each of them graduated and married in 1948 their marriage made it until her dying in 2004. Tufeld is managed to get by two sons, two kids, six grandchildren together with a brother. Funeral services will probably be held at Mount Sinai, Hollywood Slopes, on Jan. 27 at 2 p.m. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com