Turkel was born in Brooklyn, New York. When he was sixteen years old he joined the United States Army and served in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.\n', '

His most famous roles are Dr. Eldon Tyrell, the eccentric god-figure in Ridley Scott\'s Blade Runner (1982), and Lloyd, the ghostly bartender in Stanley Kubrick\'s The Shining (1980). He has the distinction of being one of only two actors (the other being Philip Stone) to work with Kubrick as a credited character three times: in The Killing (1956, as "Tiny"), in Paths of Glory (1957, as the doomed Private Arnaud), and in The Shining.\n', '

His first film appearance was 1948\'s City Across the River. Other film appearances include Bert I. Gordon\'s The Boy and the Pirates as Abu the Genie, and Tormented (both 1960); The Sand Pebbles (1966) as Bronson; The St. Valentine\'s Day Massacre (1967) as Chicago gangster Jake "Greasy Thumb" Guzik; and the 1988 horror feature The Dark Side of the Moon.\n', '

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