Joe Turkel, 'The Shining' and 'Blade Runner' actor, dead at 94
Joe Turkel — well-known for his roles in films including “The Shining” and “Blade Runner” — died Monday in St. John’s Hospital in Santa Monica, California, his representative confirmed to The Post on Friday.He teamed with director Stanley Kubrick for three memorable movies — “The Killing,” “Paths of Glory” and “The Shining” — and is often remembered for his role as Lloyd the bartender in the latter.
Turkel is best known for playing the ghostly bartender named Lloyd — opposite Jack Nicholson — in Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining.”Throughout his 40-year career, Turkel appeared in films such as “King Rat,” “The Sand Pebbles” and “The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre,” as well as director Bert I. Gordon’s films “Tormented,” “The Boy and the Pirates” and “Village of the Giants.” His final movie was “The Dark Side of the Moon” in 1990.
Joe Turkel retired from acting after lending his voice to the “Blade Runner” video game spinoff in 1997. Turkel’s rep confirmed to The Post that he completed a memoir, titled “The Misery of Success,” before his death, and his family plans to publish it later this year. The actor leaves behind two sons, Craig and Robert, two daughters-in-law and his brother, David Turkel.
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