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Joe Turkel

About

Joe Turkel (July 15, 1927 - June 27, 2022) was an American character actor from Brooklyn who worked steadily in Hollywood from the late 1940s through the 1990s. He is one of only two actors to have appeared in three Stanley Kubrick films - The Killing (1956), Paths of Glory (1957), and The Shining (1980), where he played the ghostly bartender Lloyd. He is equally remembered as Dr. Eldon Tyrell, the replicant creator, in Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (1982).

100+
roles in films and television in total
3×
collaboration with Stanley Kubrick (one of two such actors)

What's new

  • 2022-08

    Kubrick's film Paths of Glory (1957), in which Turkel played soldier Arnauld, was released in August 2022 in a new 4K UHD edition from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.

  • 2022-07

    Joe Turkel died on June 27, 2022, at the age of 94 from liver failure at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California.

  • 2022-07

    The Turkel family announced the posthumous publication of his memoirs titled The Misery of Success, which the actor completed shortly before his death.

Tracks

The Shining (1980)the role of the ghostly bartender Lloyd - one of the most famous characters in Kubrick's horror film
Blade Runner (1982)Dr. Eldon Tyrell, creator of replicants - a cult sci-fi role alongside Harrison Ford
Paths of Glory (1957)soldier Arnauld in Kubrick's anti-war drama; Turkel's personal favorite film
The Killing (1956)the first of three Kubrick films in which Turkel appeared
Blade Runner (videohra, 1997)Turkel lent his voice to Dr. Tyrell - his final acting performance

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