Joe Turkel
Highest Rated: 90% Blade Runner (1982)
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).
Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 23% | The Dark Side of the Moon | Paxton Warner (Character) | - | 1990 |
| 90% | 91% | Blade Runner | Tyrell (Character) | $3.9M | 1982 |
| 84% | 93% | The Shining | Lloyd the Bartender (Character) | - | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | 12% | Cycle Psycho | Harry (Character) | - | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Five Savage Men | Peyote (Character) | - | 1970 |
| No Score Yet | 86% | King Rat | Dino (Character) | - | 1965 |
| 33% | 62% | The Carpetbaggers | Reporter (Character) | - | 1964 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Portrait of a Mobster | Joe Noe (Character) | - | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | 19% | Tormented | Nick (Character) | - | 1960 |
| No Score Yet | 10% | The Boy and the Pirates | Abu the Genie (Character) | - | 1960 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | Hellcats of the Navy | Chick (Character) | - | 1957 |
| No Score Yet | 53% | 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) | - | 0 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72% | No Score Yet | Miami Vice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fantasy Island | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kojak | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sheriff of Cochise | Carl Robinelle (Guest Star) | |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1968 1964 1961 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Felony Squad | Alf (Guest Star) | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 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 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bat Masterson | Fargo (Guest Star) | 1960 1958 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The David Niven Show | Pvt. Menotti (Character) | 1959 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Silent Service | Lyons (Character) | 1957-1958 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Bob Rellance (Guest Star) | 1956 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Highway Patrol | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1955 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lone Ranger | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1955 |
QUOTES FROM Joe Turkel CHARACTERS
Lloyd says: What will you be drinking, sir?
Jack Torrance says: Hair of the dog that bit me, Lloyd.
Lloyd says: Women. Can't live with them, can't live without them.
Jack Torrance says: Words of wisdom, Lloyd, my man. Words of wisdom.
Roy Batty says: I've done questionable things.
Tyrell says: Also extraordinary things. Revel in your time.
Roy Batty says: Nothing the God of bio-mechanics wouldn't let you in heaven for.
Tyrell says: More human than human is our motto.
Lloyd says: Women. Can't live with them. Can't live without them.
Jack Torrance says: Words of wisdom Lloyd, words of wisdom!
Lloyd says: Women. Can't live with them. Can't live without them.
Jack Torrance says: Words of wisdom Lloyd, words of wisdom!
Tyrell says: The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long, and you have burned so very very brightly Roy.
Lloyd says: How are things going, Mr. Torrance?
Jack Torrance says: Things could be better. Things could be a whole lot better.
Lloyd says: I hope it's nothing serious.
Jack Torrance says: Nothing serious. Just a little problem with the old sperm bank upstairs.
Tyrell says: The light that burns twice as bright burns for half as long, and you have burned so very, very brightly, Roy.
Lloyd says: How are things going, Mr. Torrance?
Jack Torrance says: Things could be better, Lloyd. Things could be a whole lot better.
Lloyd says: What will you be drinking, sir?
Jack Torrance says: Hair of the dog that bit me, Lloyd.
Lloyd says: Women. Can't live with them, can't live without them.
Jack Torrance says: Words of wisdom, Lloyd, my man. Words of wisdom.
Tyrell says: I'm surprised you didn't come here sooner.
Roy Batty says: It's not an easy thing to meet your maker.
Tyrell says: What can he do for you?
Roy Batty says: Can the maker repair what he makes?
Tyrell says: Would you like to be modified?
Roy Batty says: I had in mind something a little more radical.
Tyrell says: What seems to be the problem?
Roy Batty says: Death.
Tyrell says: Death. Well, I'm afraid that's a little out of my jurisdiction, you...
Roy Batty says: I want more life, father.