{{Short description|American actor (1927–2022)}} {{Use American English|date=July 2022}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Joe Turkel | image = Joe Turkel in Tormented (1960).png | image_size = | caption = Turkel in ''Tormented'' (1960) | birth_name = Joseph Turkel | birth_date = {{birth date|1927|7|15}} | birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|6|27|1927|7|15}} | death_place = Santa Monica, California, U.S. | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1948–1997 | known_for = | website = | spouse = Anita Josephine Cacciatore | children = 2 }} '''Joseph Turkel''' (July 15, 1927 – June 27, 2022) was an American character actor who starred in film and television during the Golden Age of Hollywood in the 1950s and 1960s. He is best known for his roles in Stanley Kubrick's films ''The Killing'' (1956), ''Paths of Glory'' (1957), and ''The Shining'' (1980), and as Dr. Eldon Tyrell in ''Blade Runner'' (1982). He also had roles in three of Bert I. Gordon's films.
==Early life== Turkel was born in Brooklyn on July 15, 1927, to Benjamin Turkel (1899–1988), who was a tailor, and Gazella (née Goldfisher; 1899–1997), a homemaker and occasional opera singer.<ref name=nyt>{{cite web|title=Joe Turkel, the Spectral Bartender in 'The Shining,' Dies at 94|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/04/movies/joe-turkel-dead.html|last=Risen|first=Clay|work=The New York Times|date=July 4, 2022|access-date=July 4, 2022}}</ref> His parents were Polish Jewish immigrants.<ref>{{cite book |last=Abrams |first=Nathan |date=April 19, 2018 |title=Stanley Kubrick: New York Jewish Intellectual |publisher=Rutgers University Press |isbn=9780813587134 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wKJRDwAAQBAJ}}</ref><ref name=deadline>{{cite web |last=Evans |first=Greg |date=July 1, 2022 |title=Joe Turkel Dies: Actor Who Played Lloyd The Bartender In 'The Shining' Was 94 |website=Deadline Hollywood |url=https://deadline.com/2022/07/joe-turkel-dead-the-shining-bladerunner-actor-was-94-1235055460/ |access-date=July 1, 2022}}</ref><ref name="M+F+W">"California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G93W-XFH6?cc=1804002&wc=96PJ-N3J%3A147660201 : May 12, 2014), 005698071 > image 1610 of 3232; multiple county courthouses, California.</ref> He had two brothers, Harold and David.<ref>{{cite web |last=Evans |first=Greg |date=July 1, 2022 |title=Joe Turkel Dies: Actor Who Played Lloyd The Bartender In 'The Shining' Was 94 |website=Deadline Hollywood |url=https://deadline.com/2022/07/joe-turkel-dead-the-shining-bladerunner-actor-was-94-1235055460/ |access-date=July 1, 2022 |quote=Turkel is survived by his two sons and daughters-in-law Craig and Annie Turkel, and Robert and Casilde Sesti, and his brother David Turkel; two grandchildren, Ben and Sarah. He is preceded in death by his former wife, close friend and mother of his children, Anita J. Turkel and his brother, Harold.}}</ref> Turkel joined the United States Army when he was seventeen and served in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.<ref name=Chapman>{{cite news|title=Joe Turkel, Bartender in the 'The Shining' and 'Blade Runner' Actor, Dies at 94|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/joe-turkel-dead-the-shining-bartender-1235307950/|first=Wilson|last=Chapman|date=July 1, 2022|access-date=July 3, 2022|magazine=Variety}}</ref>
==Career== Turkel's first film appearance was 1948's ''City Across the River''.<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes"/><ref name=Chapman/> His other film appearances include Bert I. Gordon's ''The Boy and the Pirates'' as Abu the Genie, ''Tormented'' as Nick (both 1960), and ''Village of the Giants'' (1965) as the sheriff;<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes"/> as a gangster-sidekick in ''The Purple Gang'' (1959);<ref name=AFI/> a prisoner of war named "Dino" in the 1965 POW movie ''King Rat'';<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes"/> ''The Sand Pebbles'' (1966) as Bronson; ''The St. Valentine's Day Massacre'' (1967) as Chicago gangster Jake "Greasy Thumb" Guzik;<ref name=AFI/> and the 1990 horror feature ''The Dark Side of the Moon''.<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes"/>
Turkel appeared on the television series ''The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp'' as Jim Rellance on November 13, 1956.{{sfn|Lentz|1997|p=264}} His other television appearances include ''Sky King'' (in the 1957 episode "Mystery Horse"),{{sfn|Lentz|1997|p=378}} ''Frontier Doctor'',<ref name=deadline/> ''Bat Masterson'',<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes"/> ''U.S. Marshal'', ''Adam-12'', ''The Asphalt Jungle'',<ref name=Starkey>{{cite magazine |title='The Shining' and 'Blade Runner' actor Joe Turkel has died aged 94|url=https://www.nme.com/news/film/the-shining-and-blade-runner-actor-joe-turkel-has-died-aged-94-3260504|first=Adam|last=Starkey|date=July 1, 2022|access-date=July 3, 2022|magazine=NME}}</ref> ''Mackenzie's Raiders'',<ref name=deadline/> ''Kojak'',<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes"/> ''Tales from the Darkside'',<ref name=Starkey/> and ''Miami Vice'' (in the episode "Indian Wars").<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes"/><!-- He was never on Boy Meets World, see interview with director: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/boy-meets-world-halloween-episode-and-then-there-was-shawn-130029292.html --> He also appeared on ''Bonanza'' three times,<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes"/> including the 1961 episode "The Many Faces of Gideon Flinch", playing one of two of Bullet Head Burke's right-hand men.<ref>{{cite book|title=A Reference Guide to Television's Bonanza: Episodes, Personnel and Broadcast History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FOBkAAAAMAAJ&q=joe+turkel+%22The+Many+Faces+of+Gideon+Flinch%22|publisher=McFarland|year=2001|last1=Leiby|first1=Bruce R.|last2=Leiby|first2=Linda F.|page=53|isbn=9780786410200}}</ref>
Turkel's best known roles are Lloyd, the ghostly bartender in Stanley Kubrick's ''The Shining'' (1980)<ref name=rse>{{cite book |last=Raw |first=Laurence |date=2009 |title=The Ridley Scott Encyclopedia |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=9780810869523 |page=307 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xBGFacfGR0gC&q=%22Joe+Turkel%22&pg=PA307 |access-date=May 26, 2019}}</ref> and Dr. Eldon Tyrell, the android manufacturer in Ridley Scott's ''Blade Runner'' (1982).<ref>{{cite news |last=Maslin |first=Janet |author-link=Janet Maslin |date=June 25, 1982 |title=FUTURISTIC 'BLADE RUNNER' |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/06/25/movies/futuristic-blade-runner.html}}</ref> He was one of only two actors (the other being Philip Stone) to have worked with Kubrick as a credited character three times. The other appearances were in ''The Killing'' (1956, as Tiny),<ref>{{cite news |last=Weiler |first=A. H. |author-link=A. H. Weiler |date=May 21, 1956 |title=Screen: 'The Killing'; New Film at the Mayfair Concerns a Robbery The Cast |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1956/05/21/archives/screen-the-killing-new-film-at-the-mayfair-concerns-a-robbery-the.html |work=The New York Times}}</ref> and in ''Paths of Glory'' (1957, as Private Arnaud),<ref>{{cite web |last=Tucker |first=Ken |date=November 22, 2005 |title=All Messed Up on the Western Front |work=New York |url=https://nymag.com/nymetro/movies/reviews/15169/}}</ref> He retired from acting after reprising his role of Eldon Tyrell in the 1997 ''Blade Runner'' video game.<ref name=Chapman/> As of 1999, he lived in Southern California and wrote screenplays.<ref>{{cite web |last=Stafford |first=Kara |editor-last=Kissell |editor-first=Gerry |title=A One on One Chat with Joe Turkel, Blade Runner's Dr. Eldon Tyrell |publisher=Blade Zone: The Online Blade Runner Fan Club |url=http://media.bladezone.com/contents/film/interviews/joe-turkel/}}</ref> He said in a 2014 interview that ''Paths of Glory'' was his favorite among his films.<ref>{{cite web |author=ZFOnline |date=October 6, 2014 |title=Joe Turkel, Co Star of 'Blade Runner' and 'The Shining', at Days Of The Dead Horror Con |website=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3B10XziCZU |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/g3B10XziCZU |archive-date=December 14, 2021 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> Prior to his death, Turkel wrote a memoir, ''The Misery of Success'', scheduled for a now-posthumous 2022 release.<ref name=Chapman/>
==Personal life== Turkel was married to Anita Josephine Cacciatore,<ref name="M+F+W"/> with whom he had two sons.<ref name=deadline/> When he attended a 2011 rally in Occupy Seattle,<ref>{{cite web |last=Bartlett |first=Rhett |date=January 22, 2014 |title=No slackers in sight: The great supporting actors |website=The New Daily |url=https://thenewdaily.com.au/entertainment/movies/2014/01/22/greatest-supporting-actors-history/ |access-date=March 29, 2022}}</ref> he referred to himself as a "liberal progressive Democrat".<ref>{{cite AV media|people=|date=October 13, 2011|title=Joe Turkel at Occupy Seattle 10/12/2011|language=en|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL7IS9SWuMs|access-date=July 2, 2022|publisher=YouTube}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=July 2022}}
==Death== On June 27, 2022, Turkel died at the age of 94 from liver failure at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California.<ref name=nyt/><ref name=Chapman/>
==Filmography== {{Div col}} * ''City Across the River'' (1949) – Shimmy Stockton<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes">{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/joe_turkel|title=Joseph Turkel|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=July 2, 2022}}</ref><ref name=AFI>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/89739|title=Joseph Turkel|publisher=American Film Institute|access-date=July 2, 2022}}</ref> * ''Johnny Stool Pigeon'' (1949) – Bellboy (uncredited)<ref name=AFI/><ref name=TCM>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/195046%7C89739/Joe-Turkel#filmography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018081510/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/195046%7C89739/Joe-Turkel/#filmography|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 18, 2012|title=Joseph Turkel – Filmography|publisher=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=July 2, 2022}}</ref> * ''Sword in the Desert'' (1949) – Haganah Soldier (uncredited)<ref name=AFI/><ref name=TCM/> * ''Angels in Disguise'' (1949) – Johnny Mutton<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes"/><ref name=AFI/> * ''Lucky Losers'' (1950) – Johnny Angelo<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes"/><ref name=AFI/> * ''Federal Man'' (1950) – Jack "Sneeze" Norton<ref name=AFI/><ref name=TCM/> * ''Triple Trouble'' (1950) – Benny the Blood<ref name=AFI/><ref name=TCM/> * ''Southside 1-1000'' (1950) – Frankie<ref name=AFI/><ref name=TCM/> * ''Halls of Montezuma'' (1951) – Marine (uncredited)<ref name=AFI/><ref name=TCM/> * ''Fixed Bayonets!'' (1951) – Soldier (uncredited)<ref name=Bartlett>{{cite news|title=Joe Turkel, the Bartender in 'The Shining,' Dies at 94|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/joe-turkel-dead-shining-blade-runner-1235174986/|first=Rhett|last=Bartlett|date=July 1, 2022|access-date=July 2, 2022|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> * ''Starlift'' (1951) – Litter Case (uncredited)<ref name=AFI/><ref name=TCM/> * ''Down Among the Sheltering Palms'' (1952) – Pvt. Harris (uncredited)<ref name=AFI/><ref name=TCM/> * ''The Glass Wall'' (1953) – Freddie Zakoyla<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes"/><ref name=AFI/> * ''A Slight Case of Larceny'' (1953) – Holdup Man (uncredited)<ref name=AFI/><ref name=TCM/> * ''Man Crazy'' (1953) – Ray<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes"/><ref name=AFI/> * ''Duffy of San Quentin'' (1954) – Frank Roberts<ref name=AFI/><ref name=TCM/> * ''Gypsy Colt'' (1954) – Chuck (uncredited)<ref name=AFI/><ref name=TCM/> * ''Return from the Sea'' (1954) – Sailor (uncredited)<ref name=AFI/><ref name=TCM/> * ''The Human Jungle'' (1954) – Delinquent Hood (uncredited)<ref name=AFI/><ref name=TCM/> * ''The Bamboo Prison'' (1954) – P.O.W. (uncredited)<ref name=AFI/><ref name=TCM/> * ''Cell 2455, Death Row'' (1955) – Curly (uncredited)<ref name=AFI/><ref name=TCM/> * ''Mad at the World'' (1955) – Pete Johnson<ref name=AFI/><ref name=TCM/> * ''The Naked Street'' (1955) – Shimmy<ref name=AFI/><ref name=TCM/> * ''Lucy Gallant'' (1955) – One of Casey's Air Force Buddies (uncredited)<ref name=AFI/> * ''Inside Detroit'' (1956) – Pete Link<ref name=AFI/><ref name=TCM/> * ''The Killing'' (1956) – Tiny<ref name=AFI/><ref name=TCM/> * ''The Proud and Profane'' (1956) – Patient with Cards (uncredited)<ref name=AFI/><ref name=TCM/> * ''Friendly Persuasion'' (1956) – Poor Loser (uncredited)<ref name=AFI/><ref name=TCM/> * ''The Shadow on the Window'' (1957) – Lounger (uncredited)<ref name=AFI/><ref name=TCM/> * ''Hellcats of the Navy'' (1957) – Chick<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes"/><ref name=AFI/> * ''Beau James'' (1957) – Reporter (uncredited)<ref name=AFI/><ref name=TCM/> * ''The Midnight Story'' (1957) – Lothario at Dance (uncredited)<ref name=AFI/> * ''Jeanne Eagels'' (1957) – Eddie, Reporter (uncredited)<ref name=AFI/><ref name=TCM/> * ''House of Numbers'' (1957) – Bradville – Convict (uncredited)<ref name=AFI/><ref name=TCM/> * ''Paths of Glory'' (1957) – Private Pierre Arnaud<ref name=AFI/><ref name=TCM/> * ''The Beast of Budapest'' (1958) – Martin<ref name=AFI/><ref name=TCM/> * ''The Bonnie Parker Story'' (1958) – Chuck Darrow<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes"/><ref name=AFI/> * ''The Case Against Brooklyn'' (1958) – Henchman Monte<ref name=AFI/><ref name=TCM/> * ''Verboten!'' (1959) – Infantryman<ref name=AFI/><ref name=TCM/> * ''Warlock'' (1959) – Chet Haggin (uncredited)<ref name=AFI/><ref name=TCM/> * ''Here Come the Jets'' (1959) – Henley<ref name=AFI/><ref name=TCM/> * ''The Purple Gang'' (1959) – Eddie Olsen<ref name=AFI/><ref name=TCM/> * ''Visit to a Small Planet'' (1960) – Malcolm (uncredited)<ref name=AFI/> * ''The Boy and the Pirates'' (1960) – Abu the Genie<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes"/><ref name=AFI/> * ''Tormented'' (1960) – Nick, The Blackmailer<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes"/><ref name=AFI/> * ''Bat Masterson'' (1960) – Fargo<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes"/> * ''Portrait of a Mobster'' (1961) – Joe Noe<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes"/><ref name=AFI/> * ''East Side West Side (TV series)'' (1963) – Richard Bailey<ref> name=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0568764/?ref_=ttep_ep3/</ref> * ''The Yellow Canary'' (1963) – Policeman<ref name=AFI/><ref name=TCM/> <!-- * ''Johnny Cool'' (1963) – Hoodlum (uncredited) --> * ''The Carpetbaggers'' (1964) – Reporter (uncredited)<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes"/><ref name=AFI/> * ''Combat!'' (1964) – Pvt. Klimmer<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes"/><ref name="TVG Filmography">{{cite web|title=Joe Turkel List of Movies and TV Shows|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/joe-turkel/credits/3000209689/|website=TV Guide|access-date=July 2, 2022}}</ref> * ''Village of the Giants'' (1965) – Sheriff<ref name=AFI/><ref name=TCM/> * ''King Rat'' (1965) – Dino<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes"/><ref name=AFI/> * ''The Sand Pebbles'' (1966) – Seaman Bronson<ref name=AFI/><ref name=TCM/> * ''The St. Valentine's Day Massacre'' (1967) – Jake "Greasy Thumb" Guzik<ref name=AFI/><ref name=TCM/> * ''The Rat Patrol'' (1967) – Capt. Bruener<ref>{{cite web |title=The Rat Patrol - Season 2 Episode Guide |url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/the-rat-patrol/episodes-season-2/1000075984/ |website=TV Guide |access-date=July 3, 2022}}</ref> * ''The Devil's 8'' (1969) – Sam<ref name=AFI/><ref name=TCM/> <!-- * ''Scream Free!'' (1969) – (uncredited) --> * ''Five Savage Men'' (1970) – Peyote<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes"/><ref name="TVG Filmography"/> * ''Wild in the Sky'' (1972) – Corazza<ref name="TVG Filmography"/><ref name=BFI>{{cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba29142bd|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019054149/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba29142bd|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 19, 2016|title=Joseph Turkel |publisher=British Film Institute|access-date=July 2, 2022}}</ref> * ''Six Hundred and Sixty–Six'' (1972) – Col. Ferguson<ref name="TVG Filmography"/> * ''Cycle Psycho'' (1973) – Harry<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes"/><ref name=BFI/> * ''The Prisoner of Second Avenue'' (1975) – Man Upstairs (uncredited)<ref>{{cite book|title=Neil Simon on Screen: Adaptations and Original Scripts for Film and Television|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2CpzBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA73|publisher=McFarland|date=February 5, 2015|last=Shelley|first=Peter|page=73|isbn=9780786471980}}</ref> * ''The Hindenburg'' (1975) – Detective Moore<ref name="TVG Filmography"/><ref name=BFI/> * ''The Commitment'' (1976) – Jules<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes"/><ref name=AFI/> * ''Which Way Is Up?'' (1977) – Harry Boatwright<ref name="TVG Filmography"/> * ''The Shining'' (1980) – Lloyd the bartender<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes"/><ref name=AFI/> * ''Blade Runner'' (1982) – Dr. Eldon Tyrell<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes"/><ref name=AFI/> * ''Miami Vice'', episode 415: Indian Wars (1988) – Levec * ''The Dark Side of the Moon'' (1990) – Paxton Warner<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes"/><ref name="TVG Filmography"/> * ''Blade Runner'' (1997) – Dr. Eldon Tyrell (voice, final role)<ref name=Chapman/> {{div col end}}
==References== '''Specific''' {{Reflist}} '''Bibliography''' {{Refbegin}} * {{cite book|title=Television Westerns Episode Guide: All United States Series, 1949–1996|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O85kAAAAMAAJ|publisher=McFarland|year=1997|last=Lentz|first=Harris M.|isbn=9780786403776}} {{Refend}}
==Further reading== * Boucher, Geoff; Crabtree, Sheigh (July 31, 2007). [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104816356/the-los-angeles-times/ "An Actor's Lessons in Storytelling"]. ''Los Angeles Times''. p. E5
==External links== * {{IMDb name|0877185}} * {{Discogs artist|Joseph Turkel}}
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