Posted on 07/02/2022 9:23:24 PM PDT by Houserino
Veteran character actor Joseph "Joe" Turkel has passed away. The actor is best known for his key roles in genre classics Blade Runner and The Shining, but had an immense body of work stretched across five decades. Per Variety, Joe Turkel passed away at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, Calif., survived by his two sons Craig and Robert, and his brother David. While his cause of death is not currently public knowledge, the actor was 94 years old. Though he had not actively been in films or television since the late 1990s, his impact on popular culture was enormous.
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I liked his role in the original.
Nice job.
Blade Runner trivia. Rutger Hauer passed in 2019, same year as Roy Batty.
The Shining.
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Sean Young as Rachael, Joe Turkel as Eldon Tyrell and Harrison Ford as Rick Deckard:
Tyrell : Demonstrate it. I want to see it work.
Deckard : Where is the subject?
Tyrell : I want to see it work on a person. I want to see a negative before I provide you with a positive.
Deckard : What’s that gonna prove?
Tyrell : Indulge me.
Deckard : On you?
Tyrell : Try her.]
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I recall he was active on the Comic Con circuit before the Chinavirus. I wonder if he’s no longer doing that, just in case.
“The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long”
He was also one of the soldiers executed in “Paths of Glory”
Rest in Peace... Prayers to his family!
Jake “greasy thumb” Guzik in “the St Valentine’s Day Massacre”
RE: Paths of Glory
Just read the article at Wiki. What a horribly sad movie...not sure I could watch it. BUT...it would be no surprise to me that situations of that nature don’t go on like that in real life.
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