Joe Turkel

American actor Joe Turkel had at least one movie leading role, as the Genie in the 1961 kiddie-matinee feature The Boy and the Pirates. Otherwise he seldom rose any farther than featured billing (sometimes, as in Harold and Maude [1971], he got no billing at all). In films since the late '40s, Turkel essayed character parts in such productions as City Across the River (1949), Visit to a Small Planet (1959), The Sand Pebbles (1966), Hindenberg (1977) and Blade Runner (1980) (as Tyrrell); though firmly entrenched in Hollywood, he occasionally grabbed a quick paycheck in such exploitation flicks as Savage Abduction (1975), which afforded him star billing if not a whole lot of prestige. Joe Turkel is best remembered by "auteur" critics for his appearances in the films of director Stanley Kubrick: He played Tiny in The Killing (1955), Private Arnaud in Paths of Glory (1957), and the other-worldly bartender Lloyd in The Shining (1978).

Highest Rated Movies

Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office	Year
No Score Yet	Dark Side of the Moon	Paxton Warner	—	1990
89%	Blade Runner	Tyrell	—	1982
92%	Blade Runner (The Final Cut)	Dr. Eldon Tyrell	$0.3M	1982
85%	The Shining	Lloyd the Bartender	—	1980
18%	Which Way Is Up?	Harry	—	1977
No Score Yet	The Commitment	Jules	—	1976
33%	The Hindenburg	Detective Moore	—	1975
No Score Yet	Savage Abduction (Cycle Psycho)	Actor	—	1973
No Score Yet	Five Savage Men	Peyote	—	1971
88%	The St. Valentine's Day Massacre	Jake 'Greasy Thumb' Guzik	—	1967
94%	The Sand Pebbles	Bronson	—	1966
No Score Yet	King Rat	Dino	—	1965
0%	Village of the Giants	Sheriff	—	1965
29%	The Carpetbaggers	Reporter	—	1964
No Score Yet	Tormented	Nick	—	1960
No Score Yet	The Boy and the Pirates	Abu the Genie	—	1960
No Score Yet	Warlock	Chet Haggin	—	1959
No Score Yet	Verboten!	Infantryman	—	1959
No Score Yet	The Case Against Brooklyn	Monte	—	1958
95%	Paths of Glory	Pvt. Arnaud	—	1957
No Score Yet	Jeanne Eagels	Eddie	—	1957
No Score Yet	Hellcats of the Navy	Chick	—	1957
98%	The Killing	Tiny	—	1956
88%	Friendly Persuasion	Poor Loser	—	1956
No Score Yet	The Naked Street (The Brass Ring)	Shimmy	—	1955
No Score Yet	The Glass Wall	Freddie	—	1953
No Score Yet	Starlift	Litter Case	—	1951
No Score Yet	City Across the River	Shimmy	—	1949
No Score Yet	Sword in the Desert	Haganah Soldier	—	1949

Rating	Title	Credit	Year
No Score Yet	Miami Vice 1984-1990	Roger Levecque	1988
No Score Yet	Kojak 1973-1978	Swampgas	1977
No Score Yet	Ironside 1967-1975	District Attorney	1968
No Score Yet	Bonanza 1959-1973	Lupe Thug #1 Peters	1968 1964 1961
No Score Yet	The Andy Griffith Show 1960-1968	Fred	1966

Tyrell: The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long, and you have burned so very very brightly Roy.

Lloyd: How are things going, Mr. Torrance?
Jack Torrance: Things could be better. Things could be a whole lot better.
Lloyd: I hope it's nothing serious.
Jack Torrance: Nothing serious. Just a little problem with the old sperm bank upstairs.

Tyrell: The light that burns twice as bright burns for half as long, and you have burned so very, very brightly, Roy.

Lloyd: How are things going, Mr. Torrance?
Jack Torrance: Things could be better, Lloyd. Things could be a whole lot better.

Tyrell: I'm surprised you didn't come here sooner.
Roy Batty: It's not an easy thing to meet your maker.
Tyrell: What can he do for you?
Roy Batty: Can the maker repair what he makes?
Tyrell: Would you like to be modified?
Roy Batty: I had in mind something a little more radical.
Tyrell: What seems to be the problem?
Roy Batty: Death.
Tyrell: Death. Well, I'm afraid that's a little out of my jurisdiction, you...
Roy Batty: I want more life, father.