- Dick developed a tumor paralyzing one of his vocal cords. He was unable to speak at all for some time. He eventually had vocal cord surgery in Los Angeles and his voice was so improved that he's been told over and over again that he now speaks with the voice he had in the 1960s.
- Best known for voicing the Robot from the Lost In Space TV series and the movie, as well as many TV show announcer spots.
- He graduated with a Bachelor's Degree from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois where he studied speech.
- He is survived by two daughters, Lynn Tufeld and Melissa Tufeld-Gerber; Bruce Tufeld and Craig Tufeld; brother, Howard "Bud" Tufeld; and six grandchildren.
- Son of a Russian immigrant father and a Canadian immigrant mother of Pasadena, California.
- Dick was the VO for Gallo wines. They switched agencies and held a audition for new announcers. Dick wasn't invited, was miffed, and secretly submitted an audition tape to the recording studio under an assumed name. Shortly thereafter, he met the Gallo ad manager who, embarrassed because Dick hadn't been asked to audition, asked him to record. The studio later told Dick he was two out of the three finalists, and Gallo decided not to change the VO talent.
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