Joe Turkel, a renowned Hollywood actor whose memorable roles included the evil bartender Lloyd in ‘The Shining’ and the creator of mechanical humans in ‘Blade Runner,’ died Monday, June 27, at St. John’s Hospital in Toronto. He was 94.

His family announced his death, saying he died painlessly with his sons Craig and Robert by his side.

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Turkel was born in Brooklyn on July 15, 1927, and at the age of 17 participated in the Merchant Marines before joining the United States Army and serving in Europe during WWII. In 1947, he relocated to California to pursue an acting career, and the following year he received his first credited film role in City Across the River (1948).

Turkel was perhaps best known for his roles in two major 1980s films: Stanley Kubrick’s ‘The Shining’ (1980), in which he portrayed the phantom barkeep serving drinks to a deranged Jack Nicholson, and Ridley Scott’s ‘Blade Runner’ (1982), in which he played Dr. Eldon Tyrell, creator of artificial humans.

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Turkel was one of only two actors to appear as a credited character in three Stanley Kubrick films.

In ‘The Shining,’ he participates in a discussion full of foreboding and dread with Nicholson’s tormented, disturbed Jack Torrance. Lloyd adds, “Women,” after Torrance screams about his wife Wendy. “Can’t live with them, can’t live without them.”

“Words of wisdom, Lloyd my man,” Torrance says as if he’s just been given his marching orders. “Words of wisdom.”

Later, when Torrance inquires about who paid for his on-site drinks, Lloyd responds calmly, “It’s not a matter that concerns you, Mr Torrance. At least…not at this point.”

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Turkel also appeared in two films directed by Bert I. Gordon, ‘The Boy’ and the ‘Pirates and Tormented’ (both 1960). That same year, he played Dino in ‘King Rat’ (1960), and later played Bronson in ‘The Sand Pebbles’ (1966), costarring with Steve McQueen, mobster Jake ‘Greasy Thumb’ Gusic in ‘The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre’ (1967), and ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ in 1990.

Turkel finished his book, ‘The Misery of Success,’ just before his death. The family intends to publish the book in late 2022.

Turkel is bereaved by two sons and daughters-in-law, Craig and Annie Turkel and Robert and Casilde Sesti, as well as his brother, David Turkel, and two grandchildren, Ben and Sarah. His former wife, dear friend, and mother of his children, Anita J. Turkel, and his brother, Harold, predeceased him.