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Joe Turkel

Actor

Joe Turkel

15 July 1927† 27 June 2022 (aged 94) Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Movies
67
Shows
42

Biography

Joseph Turkel (July 15, 1927 – June 27, 2022) was an American actor. A career character actor, he was noted for his craggy Bronx looks and distinctive, penetrating voice. Turkel worked steadily from 1949 to 1998 in both films and television, including in the Stanley Kubrick films The Killing (1956), Paths of Glory (1957), and The Shining (1980). He still made the occasional appearance at fan conventions into his 90s.

IMDb

Known For

The Shining

8.21980

Blade Runner

7.91982

Paths of Glory

8.21957

The Killing

7.61956

Miami Vice

7.41984

Bonanza

7.51959

The Sand Pebbles

7.21966

Warlock

6.81959

The Andy Griffith Show

7.61960

The Hindenburg

6.31975

Kojak

7.31973

Friendly Persuasion

6.61956

The Untouchables

8.01959

Fantasy Island

6.51978

Combat!

8.01962

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

6.31967

The Dark Side of the Moon

5.21990

Tales from the Darkside

7.21984

King Rat

7.11965

The Prisoner of Second Avenue

6.61975

Staircases to Nowhere: Making Stanley Kubrick's The Shining

8.02013

Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner

7.82007

Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling

2007

On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'

7.72000

The Dark Side of the Moon

5.21990

Reel Horror

3.21985

Blade Runner

7.91982

The Shining

8.21980

Which Way Is Up?

5.71977

The Commitment

10.01976

The Hindenburg

6.31975

The Prisoner of Second Avenue

6.61975

The Sex Symbol

4.01974

Savage Abduction

6.21973

Six Hundred and Sixty-Six

9.01972

Wild in the Sky

8.01972

The Animals

3.91970

Scream Free!

6.61969

The Devil's Eight

5.21969

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

6.31967

The Sand Pebbles

7.21966

King Rat

7.11965

Village of the Giants

3.71965

Johnny Cool

5.41963

The Yellow Canary

8.01963

Famous Ghost Stories

6.01961

Portrait of a Mobster

9.01961

Tormented

5.11960

The Boy and the Pirates

5.71960

The Purple Gang

6.81959

Here Come the Jets

8.01959

Warlock

6.81959

Verboten!

6.61959

The Case Against Brooklyn

6.11958

The Bonnie Parker Story

5.01958

The Beast of Budapest

8.01958

Paths of Glory

8.21957

House of Numbers

5.71957

Jeanne Eagels

6.21957

The Midnight Story

6.11957

Hellcats of the Navy

4.81957

The Shadow on the Window

5.91957

Friendly Persuasion

6.61956

The Killing

7.61956

Inside Detroit

6.51955

The Naked Street

6.21955

Mad at the World

5.91955

Cell 2455 Death Row

5.61955

The Human Jungle

5.61954

Return from the Sea

6.01954

The Bamboo Prison

6.41954

Gypsy Colt

7.21954

Duffy of San Quentin

6.21954

Man Crazy

7.01953

A Slight Case of Larceny

5.51953

The Glass Wall

5.31953

Down Among the Sheltering Palms

6.51953

Starlift

6.61951

Fixed Bayonets!

6.51951

Halls of Montezuma

6.01951