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PROLIFIC CHARACTER ACTOR IS DEAD AT 94

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Turkel as the sinister bartender Lloyd in The Shining (1980).

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Joe Turkel as the creator of the replicants in Ridley Scott’s 
Blade Runner (1982).

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Joe Turkel (Born July 15, 1927 in Brooklyn, New York)
(Died – June 27, 2022 in
Santa Monica, California
)

Turkel got started on his film career in the late 1940s,
appearing in film noirs including City Across the River 
(1949), The Glass Wall (1953), Duffy of San Quentin (1954), 
The Human Jungle
among others. 

On television, he could be seen on Boston Blackie, Public
Defender, The Lone Ranger, The Lineup, Bonanza, The
Untouchables, Tales
From the Darkside and Miami Vice. 


His final film appearance came in 1990 in The Dark Side of
the Moon
, and he reprised his role of Tyrell, in voice only,
for a 1997 Blade Runner video game.




 

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LEGENDARY CHARACTER ACTOR HAS DIED

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Philip Baker Hall (September 10, 1931 – June 12, 2022)

Philip Baker Hall, one of Hollywood’s most recognizable
character actors, has died at the age of 90. He was best
known today for his roles on “Seinfeld” and in the films
of Paul Thomas Anderson. The news was first announced
by Hall’s neighbor and friend, Los Angeles sports writer
Sam Farmer, on Twitter. Hall died from emphysema at his
home in Glendale, California.

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CHARACTER ACTOR HAS DIED AT 80

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Michael John Pollard (Michael John Pollack Jr.)
(May 30, 1939 – November 21, 2019)

(Variety) – Academy Award nominee Michael J. Pollard, known
for his roles in
Bonnie and Clyde and “House of 1000 Corpses,”
has died from cardiac arrest .

“House of 1000 Corpses” director Rob Zombie broke the news on
Facebook
early Friday morning. More recently, Pollard starred in
Zombie’s 2003 cult film “House of 1000 Corpses.” His last role was
“The Woods” in 2012.

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CHARACTER ACTOR HAS DIED AT 94

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James Karen (Jacob Karnofsky)
(November 28, 1923 – October 24, 2018)


(Variety) –
James Karen, character actor with hundreds of roles who
was best known for
Poltergeist and “Night of the Living Dead,”
died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles. The cause was listed
as cardiorespiratory arrest.

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CHARACTER ACTOR HAS DIED AT 91

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From Alien, 1979.

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Harry Dean Stanton
(July 14, 1926 – September 15, 2017)


Stanton died on Friday at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los
Angeles
, California. His career spanned over 60 years.

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