Born July 15, 1927· Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
† Died June 27, 2022
41Roles★ 6.7Average rating
Two of cinema's most unsettling figures belong to Joe Turkel: Lloyd, the spectral bartender of The Shining, and Dr. Eldon Tyrell, the android manufacturer of Blade Runner. A Brooklyn native born in 1927 to Polish Jewish immigrants, he joined the Army at seventeen and served in Europe during World War II before debuting on screen in City Across the River (1948). He became one of only two actors cre…
