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Joe Turkel

1927 - 2022

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Joseph Turkel (July 15, 1927 – June 27, 2022) was an American character actor who starred in film and television during the Golden Age of Hollywood in the 1950s and 1960s. He is probably best-known for his roles in Stanley Kubrick's films The Killing (1956), Paths of Glory (1957), and The Shining (1980), and as Dr. Eldon Tyrell in Blade Runner (1982). He also had roles in three of Bert I. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joe Turkel has received more than 1,071,691 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Joe Turkel is the 1,812th most popular actor (up from 2,412th in 2019), the 2,976th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,901st in 2019) and the 831st most popular American Actor.

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  • 61.14

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  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Joe Turkel ranks 1,812 out of 13,578. Before him are Lois Chiles, John Derek, Katherine MacGregor, Peter Cullen, Bruce Campbell, and Luciana Paluzzi. After him are Georges Wilson, Jensen Ackles, Jacqueline Andere, Peg Entwistle, Stuart Whitman, and Joel Grey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Joe Turkel ranks 134. Before him are Ken Russell, Mirtha Legrand, Bernard Vukas, Roy Chiao, Hiroshi Teshigahara, and Ahmad Jannati. After him are Vladimir Ilyushin, Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Gordon Cooper, L. K. Advani, Chandra Shekhar, and Althea Gibson. Among people deceased in 2022, Joe Turkel ranks 147. Before him are David Trimble, Leonid Kuravlyov, Kenneth Tsang, John Aniston, Francisco Morales Bermúdez, and Raymond Damadian. After him are Ronnie Hellström, Dominique Lapierre, Pierre Kartner, Mwai Kibaki, Bujar Nishani, and Richard Leakey.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joe Turkel ranks 2,976 out of 20,380. Before him are Bob Iger (1951), Jack Welch (1935), Betsy Ross (1752), Bruce Campbell (1958), Karol J. Bobko (1937), and GG Allin (1956). After him are Sam Loyd (1841), Ralph Rose (1885), Akon (1973), Charles Whitman (1941), Neil Postman (1931), and Jensen Ackles (1978).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Joe Turkel ranks 831. Before him are Robert Culp (1930), Bo Derek (1956), Lois Chiles (1947), John Derek (1926), Katherine MacGregor (1925), and Bruce Campbell (1958). After him are Jensen Ackles (1978), Stuart Whitman (1928), Joel Grey (1932), Mary Astor (1906), Donald O'Connor (1925), and Marcia Gay Harden (1959).

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