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02.07 / 09:21
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The Shining & Blade Runner Actor Joe Turkel Dies at 94
Veteran character actor Joe Turkel has passed away at the age of 94, just a few weeks short of his 95th birthday. Turkel was born on July 15, 1927 in Brooklyn, New York. At age 17, he joined the U.S. Army and served in Europe in WWII. After the war, he moved to California to pursue acting, which he did for 50 years, beginning his career in 1948 and officially retiring in 1998. Over those five decades, he amassed over 140 credits and was a frequent collaborator with director Stanley Kubrick. His first role was a minor one, in 1948's City Across the River, where he played Shimmy Stockton, one of a crew of juvenile delinquents being reformed by the strong-willed head of a community center.