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Joe Turkel
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Actor Born: 1915 Biography:American actor "Joe Turkel" had at least one movie leading role, as the Genie in the 1961 kiddie-matinee feature "The Boy and the Pirates". Otherwise he seldom rose any farther than featured billing (sometimes, as in "Harold and Maude" [1971], he got no billing at all). In films since the late '40s, Turkel essayed character parts in such productions as "City Across the River" (1949), "Visit to a Small Planet" (1959), "The Sand Pebbles" (1966), Hindenberg (1977) and "Blade Runner" (1980) (as Tyrrell); though firmly entrenched in Hollywood, he occasionally grabbed a quick paycheck in such exploitation flicks as "Savage Abduction" (1975), which afforded him star billing if not a whole lot of prestige. Joe Turkel is best remembered by "auteur" critics for his appearances in the films of director "Stanley Kubrick": He played Tiny in "The Killing" (1955), Private Arnaud in "Paths of Glory" (1957), and the... Full Biography
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