Joe Turkel

Acting

Joe Turkel

Born 1927-07-15 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA 67 films

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.

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Filmography

67 films
The Sex Symbol poster

A thinly-disguised version of the life of Marilyn Monroe, detailing her ups and downs in life and h…

The Sex Symbol

★ 4.0 1974

The Animals poster

A woman tracks down the three men who raped her, helped by an Apache. Traveling through the Old Wes…

The Animals

★ 3.9 1970

Scream Free! poster

A man flees with his girlfriend from a love-in and motorcycles to Mexico with drug smugglers.

Scream Free!

★ 6.6 1969

King Rat poster

When Singapore surrendered to the Japanese in 1942, the Allied POWs, mostly British but including a…

King Rat

★ 7.2 1965