Joe Turkel
Acting
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.
As actor 108
Dragnet
1951
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
Bonanza
1959
Miami Vice
1984
Ironside
1967
Wagon Train
1957
Adam-12
1968
Fantasy Island
1978
The Shining
1980
Combat!
1962
Four Star Playhouse
1952
The Untouchables
1959
Highway Patrol
1955
Tales from the Darkside
1984
Bat Masterson
1958
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
Blade Runner
1982
Ben Casey
1961
The Lone Ranger
1949
Kojak
1973
Land of the Giants
1968
Dangerous Assignment
1952
The Texan
1958
The Detectives
1959
Navy Log
1955
Police Story
1973
Felony Squad
1966
Public Defender
1954
Lock-Up
1959
The Rat Patrol
1966
I Led Three Lives
1953
Paths of Glory
1957
Boston Blackie
1951
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
Tightrope
1959
The Aquanauts
1960
Official Detective
1957
The Roaring 20's
1960
The Killing
1956
Letter to Loretta
1953
General Electric Theater
1953
The Asphalt Jungle
1961
Tallahassee 7000
1961
Jefferson Drum
1958
I'm the Law
1953
The Sand Pebbles
1966
Johnny Cool
1963
Warlock
1959
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
1967
Federal Man
1950
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
1975
The Hindenburg
1975
The Dark Side of the Moon
1990
Friendly Persuasion
1956
Halls of Montezuma
1951
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
2007
Tormented
1960
House of Numbers
1957
King Rat
1965
Village of the Giants
1965
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
2000
Which Way Is Up?
1977
The Case Against Brooklyn
1958
The Naked Street
1955
The Bonnie Parker Story
1958
The Midnight Story
1957
Hellcats of the Navy
1957
Triple Trouble
1950
The Devil's Eight
1969
Jeanne Eagels
1957
Portrait of a Mobster
1961
The Shadow on the Window
1957
The Human Jungle
1954
The Commitment
1976
The Animals
1970
Starlift
1951
The Bamboo Prison
1954
The Yellow Canary
1963
Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling
2007
Famous Ghost Stories
1961
Fixed Bayonets!
1951
The Boy and the Pirates
1960
Sword in the Desert
1949
Reel Horror
1985
Duffy of San Quentin
1954
The Glass Wall
1953
Verboten!
1959
The Purple Gang
1959
Return from the Sea
1954
A Slight Case of Larceny
1953
Wild in the Sky
1972
Six Hundred and Sixty-Six
1972
Lucky Losers
1950
Mad at the World
1955
Cell 2455 Death Row
1955
The Sex Symbol
1974
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
1953
Man Crazy
1953
City Across the River
1949
The Beast of Budapest
1958
Angels in Disguise
1949
Savage Abduction
1973
Gypsy Colt
1954
Inside Detroit
1955
Southside 1-1000
1950
Here Come the Jets
1959
Scream Free!
1969
Staircases to Nowhere: Making Stanley Kubrick's The Shining
2013