Joe Turkel, Actor in The Shining and Blade Runner , Useless at 94

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Joe Turkel, a prolific character actor in movies like The Shining and Blade Runner, has died. He was 94.

Turkel died on Monday at St. John’s Hospital in Santa Monica, Calif. Selection was the primary to report the information.

“So unhappy to share that nice buddy and consumer Joe Turkel has handed away,” Chris Carbaugh, a consultant for Turkel, mentioned in an announcement to PEOPLE. “Joe was a lightning bolt and he was very passionate to speak about movies, baseball and life. Each time we spoke he was fast to crack a foul joke and make me chuckle.”

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Turkel is greatest identified for his supporting roles in Stanley Kubrick’s movies, The Killing, Paths of Glory and The Shining, by which he performed the ghostly bartender, Lloyd. He additionally starred within the unique 1982 Blade Runner as replicant creator Eldon Tyrell.

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With over 140 movie and TV credit spanning over 4 many years, Turkel appeared in notable movies, equivalent to King Rat, The Sand Pebbles, and The St. Valentine’s Day Bloodbath.

He additionally appeared in director Bert I. Gordon’s movies, Tormented, The Boy and the Pirates and Village of the Giants. His closing movie, The Darkish Aspect of the Moon, premiered in 1990.

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For his TV performances, Turkel appeared in episodes of standard exhibits, together with The Lone Ranger, S.W.A.T, The Andy Griffith Present, and Miami Vice. Earlier than retiring, his final credit score was a voice position in a 1997 Blade Runner online game spinoff.

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“He was very happy with being the one actor to do 3 Stanley Kubrick movies and liked to share his experiences with household, pals and followers,” Carbaugh informed PEOPLE. “He was an previous Brooklyn boy and liked seeing his brother, 2 sons and grandkids.”

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Turkel was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1927 and served underneath the U.S. Military within the European Theater of Operations throughout World Battle II.

A consultant informed Selection that earlier than his dying, Turkel had written a memoir titled The Distress of Success, which shall be printed by his household later this yr. Turkel is survived by his two sons, two daughter-in-laws, and brother David Turkel.

“I’ll at all times respect the time we received to spend with this legend,” Carbaugh informed PEOPLE. “Your cash isn’t any good right here Mr. Turkel…you’ll ALWAYS be extra human than human.”