Actor Joe Turkel, best known for playing creepy bartender Lloyd in “The Shining” and the eccentric replicant creator in “Blade Runner,” has died, his publicist Diane Thibert said.
Turkel, 94, died Monday, July 4th, at Providence St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, Califorina, with his sons Craig and Robert by his side, Thibert said.
A Stanley Kubrick favorite, Turkel starred in three of the director’s films, starting with his 1956 classic “The Killing.” He appeared as Pvt. Pierre Arnaud, a soldier headed to the firing squad, in the 1957 film “Paths of Glory.”
Playing the deserted Overlook Hotel’s ghostly bartender Lloyd in 1980’s “The Shining,” Turkel gave a chilling, iconic performance while serving Jack Nicholson’s unraveling author drinks from behind the haunted bar.
