Dick Tufeld dies at 85

Tv and radio stalwart Dick Tufeld, who had been most widely known for his vocal work -- such as the voice from 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 30 years because the voice for ABC daytime programming and did stints using the Grammy Honours and also the Emmy Honours. Tufeld released his entertainment career in 1945 having a summer time job at La radio station KLAC. There he designed a show business gossip program located with a youthful literary agent, Irwin Allen, beginning a lengthy friendship and professional connection to the tv sci-fi pioneer. Tufeld, who carried an in-depth, resonant voice, found themself while watching microphone inside a couple of years, announcing "The Astonishing Mr. Malone," "Falstaff Fables" and "Space Patrol." He soon found work, including hosting "The Dick Tufeld Sports Page" and "Concentrate on LaInch for KABC La. He made an appearance, uncredited, on 16 instances of the television Western "Annie Oakley" in 1954, and that he was the announcer for a few instances of "Wally Disney's Wonderful Realm of Color." He introduced 16 Grammy Honours shows and also the Emmys. Tufeld also offered because the announcer for a number of variety shows starring Judy Garland, Milton Berle, Julie Andrews, Red-colored Skelton, Rodney Dangerfield, Tom Johnson yet 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 Wise" and "It's Gary Shandling's Show." For Allen he done series "Voyage to the foot of the Ocean," "Time Tunnel," "The Great 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 doesn't compute." He reprised the role from the "Lost in Space" robot for 2 instances of "The Simpsons" but for the 1998 bigscreen adaptation from the series. Tufeld later made an appearance in 1995 documentary "The Fantasy Mobile phone industry's of Irwin Allen." Younger crowd did the voice-over for 100s of advertisements including Grain-A-Roni, Gallo, Ford, Goodyear and Great Western Savings. Richard Tufeld was created in La to immigrants and was elevated in Pasadena. He attended the college of Speech at Northwestern U., where he met Adrienne Blumberg. Both of them graduated and married in 1948 their marriage survived until her dying in 2004. Tufeld is made it by two sons, two kids, six grandchildren along with a brother. Funeral services is going to be held at Mount Sinai, Hollywood Hillsides, on Jan. 27 at 2 p.m. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com