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Joseph Turkel
Highest Rated: 100% King Rat (1965)
Lowest Rated: 33% The Carpetbaggers (1964)
Birthday: Jul 15, 1927
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
A prolific character player in films from the 1950s through the early 80s, Turkel did bit parts in 50s B-films before appearing in two early important films from director Stanley Kubrick, "The Killing" (1956) and "Paths of Glory" (1957). He went on to amass over 30 credits working mostly in low- to medium-budget genre fare helmed by filmmakers as diverse as Bert I Gordon, Sam Fuller, and Robert Wise. Turkel may be best known by cultists for one of his later roles--"replicant" creator Dr. Tyrell in Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner" (1982). He was creepily convincing as a scientist who enjoyed playing God. Kubrick fans will also remember him as Lloyd, the smiling bartender, who offers some deadly advice to Jack Nicholson in "The Shining" (1980). Joseph Turkel died on June 27, 2022 in Santa Monica, CA at the age of 94.
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chasing Whiskey: The Untold Story of Jack Daniel's | Self | - | 2021 |
| No Score Yet | 22% | The Dark Side of the Moon | Paxton Warner (Character) | - | 1990 |
| 94% | 90% | Blade Runner: The Final Cut | Tyrell (Character) | - | 1982 |
| 89% | 91% | Blade Runner | Tyrell (Character) | $3.9M | 1982 |
| 83% | 93% | The Shining | Lloyd the Bartender (Character) | - | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Commitment | Unknown (Character) | - | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | 12% | Cycle Psycho | Harry (Character) | - | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Five Savage Men | Peyote (Character) | - | 1970 |
| 100% | 84% | King Rat | Dino (Character) | - | 1965 |
| 33% | 61% | The Carpetbaggers | Reporter (Character) | - | 1964 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Portrait of a Mobster | Joe Noe (Character) | - | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | 9% | The Boy and the Pirates | Abu the Genie (Character) | - | 1960 |
| No Score Yet | 21% | Tormented | Nick (Character) | - | 1960 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bonnie Parker Story | Chuck Darrow (Character) | - | 1958 |
| No Score Yet | 31% | Hellcats of the Navy | Chick (Character) | - | 1957 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | The Glass Wall | Freddie Zakoyla (Character) | - | 1953 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Man Crazy | Ray (Character) | - | 1953 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lucky Losers | Johnny Angelo (Character) | - | 1950 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | City Across the River | Shimmy Stockton (Character) | - | 1949 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Angels in Disguise | Johnny Mutton (Character) | - | 1949 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mark of the Beast | Col. Ferguson (Character) | - | 0000 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71% | 85% | Miami Vice | Levec (Guest Star) | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fantasy Island | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kojak | Swampgas (Guest Star) | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 1964 1968 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rat Patrol | Capt. Bruener (Guest Star) | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Felony Squad | Alf (Guest Star) | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | 100% | The Andy Griffith Show | Fred (Guest Star) | 1966 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wackiest Ship in the Army | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ben Casey | Robert Smith (Guest Star) | 1964 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Combat! | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1964 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Untouchables | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wagon Train | Eddie (Guest Star) | 1962 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bat Masterson | Fargo (Guest Star) | 1958 1960 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Bob Rellance (Guest Star) | 1956 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lone Ranger | Ray Miles (Guest Star) | 1955 |