Joe Turkel Actor 1949 - 1998
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2018 8:36 pm
Joe Turkel (born July 15, 1927) is an American character actor of film and television. He is credited in several films as Joseph Turkel. Turkel was born in Brooklyn, New York. When he was sixteen years old he joined the United States Army and served in the European Theater of Operations during World War II. In 1999 he lived in southern California, and wrote screenplays. His most famous roles are Dr. Eldon Tyrell, the eccentric god-figure in Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (1982), and Lloyd, the ghostly bartender in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (1980). He has the distinction of being one of only two actors (the other being Philip Stone) to work with Kubrick as a credited character three times: in The Killing (1956, as "Tiny"), in Paths of Glory (1957, as the doomed Private Arnaud), and in The Shining.
His first film appearance was 1948's City Across the River. Other film appearances include Bert I. Gordon's The Boy and the Pirates as Abu the Genie, and Tormented (both 1960); The Sand Pebbles (1966) as Bronson; The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967) as Chicago gangster Jake "Greasy Thumb" Guzik; and the 1988 horror feature The Dark Side of the Moon.
He said in an interview in 2014 that Paths Of Glory (1957) was his favorite of his own films.
Sent him 2 photos of him in Paths Of Glory on 14 Dec '17 and got both back signed on 24 Jan.. Signed them Joseph Turkel
Mr Joe Turkel
707 Idaho Ave. Apt 110
Santa Monica, CA 90403
He wrote his return address on envelope with it being Ste 110
His first film appearance was 1948's City Across the River. Other film appearances include Bert I. Gordon's The Boy and the Pirates as Abu the Genie, and Tormented (both 1960); The Sand Pebbles (1966) as Bronson; The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967) as Chicago gangster Jake "Greasy Thumb" Guzik; and the 1988 horror feature The Dark Side of the Moon.
He said in an interview in 2014 that Paths Of Glory (1957) was his favorite of his own films.
Sent him 2 photos of him in Paths Of Glory on 14 Dec '17 and got both back signed on 24 Jan.. Signed them Joseph Turkel
Mr Joe Turkel
707 Idaho Ave. Apt 110
Santa Monica, CA 90403
He wrote his return address on envelope with it being Ste 110