Richard Allen Dudley (birth name: Casper Bernard Kuhn Jr.)[1] (April 22, 1915 – February 2, 2000) was an American radio and television announcer once known as "the voice of NBC".
[2] Dudley's father was Casper Bernard Kuhn Sr. and his mother was Aida Perisutti, both of Nashville.
Following graduation from high school, he started a repertory company in a renovated barn, and wrote plays, some of which featured a young Dinah Shore.
Due to World War II, Dudley was drafted into the Army in 1943, and served as program director of the American Forces Network in London.
[6] He was on the "duffle bag" radio program which played requested songs and was listened to by the troops.