Dick Tufeld
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Dick Tufeld was an American voice actor best known as the iconic voice of the Robot in the classic television series "Lost in Space."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dick Tufeld canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5706143 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dick Tufeld Context triple: [Lost in Space (1998 film), narrator, Dick Tufeld]
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A.
John Rando
John Rando is a Tony Award–winning American theatre director known for his work on Broadway musicals and comedies.
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B.
Dan Pfeiffer
Dan Pfeiffer is an American political strategist and former White House communications director who served as a senior adviser to President Barack Obama.
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C.
Joe Nussbaum
Joe Nussbaum is an American film and television director and producer known for his work on teen and comedy projects such as "Sleepover," "American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile," and various Disney Channel productions.
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D.
Dan Toler
Dan Toler was an American rock and blues guitarist best known for his work with Southern rock groups in the late 1970s and 1980s.
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E.
Dave Keuning
Dave Keuning is an American guitarist and songwriter best known as the lead guitarist and a founding member of the rock band The Killers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dick Tufeld Target entity description: Dick Tufeld was an American voice actor best known as the iconic voice of the Robot in the classic television series "Lost in Space."
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A.
John Rando
John Rando is a Tony Award–winning American theatre director known for his work on Broadway musicals and comedies.
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B.
Dan Pfeiffer
Dan Pfeiffer is an American political strategist and former White House communications director who served as a senior adviser to President Barack Obama.
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C.
Joe Nussbaum
Joe Nussbaum is an American film and television director and producer known for his work on teen and comedy projects such as "Sleepover," "American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile," and various Disney Channel productions.
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D.
Dan Toler
Dan Toler was an American rock and blues guitarist best known for his work with Southern rock groups in the late 1970s and 1980s.
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E.
Dave Keuning
Dave Keuning is an American guitarist and songwriter best known as the lead guitarist and a founding member of the rock band The Killers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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television actor ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsEndYear | 2004 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStartYear | 1950 ⓘ |
| birthName | Richard Norton Tufeld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart failure ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1926-12-11 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2012-01-22 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Los Angeles City College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
ABC
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
CBS NERFINISHED ⓘ Disney NERFINISHED ⓘ NBC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish Americans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Tufeld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
radio
ⓘ
television ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction television ⓘ |
| givenName | Richard ⓘ |
| knownFor |
narration and announcing for television
ⓘ
voice of the Robot in Lost in Space ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| medium |
radio
ⓘ
television ⓘ |
| name | Dick Tufeld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRole | voice of the Robot in Lost in Space ⓘ |
| notableWork | Lost in Space NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 4 ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
television announcer ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayed | Robot (Lost in Space) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles
ⓘ
surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Adrienne Tufeld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedOn |
Lost in Space (1998 film)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lost in Space (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Time Tunnel NERFINISHED ⓘ Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedWith | Irwin Allen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dick Tufeld Description of subject: Dick Tufeld was an American voice actor best known as the iconic voice of the Robot in the classic television series "Lost in Space."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.