Danger, Danger Dick Tufeld

Dick Tufeld, voice of three decades of TV sci-fi, has died at the age of 86. Best known for verbal sparring matches with mincing evil stowaway Dr. Zachary Smith as the voice of Robot on Lost in Space, Tufeld also provided voiceover narration for Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Time Tunnel and Fantastic Four. He served as announcer for radio’s Space Patrol, Zorro, The Julie Andrews Hour, Surfside 6 and offered up the best thing about the 1998 movie reboot of Lost in Space by reprising his voice role. He also did loads of commercial work, most notably advising against selling wine before its time on behalf of Ernest and Julio Gallo.