Covering all the thespian bases was your creed, and man, did you ever succeed.
Here's just a sampling of the productions in which you appeared: Cell 2455, Death Row; The Bamboo Prison; Duffy of San Quentin; The Killing; Paths of Glory; The Naked Street; Warlock '59; The Boy and the Pirates; King Rat; Bat Masterson; Wyatt Earp; Johnny Cool; Combat!; Savage Abduction (aka Cycle Psycho); Adam 12; The Sand Pebbles; Rat Patrol; The Bonnie Parker Story; Adventures of Rin Tin Tin; Wild in the Sky; The St. Valentine's Day Massacre; Here Come the Jets; The Purple Gang; The Andy Griffith Show; The Hindenburg; The Beast of Budapest; The Devil's Eight; Portrait of a Mobster; Visit to a Small Planet; Tales from the Darkside; Bonanza (on three, stand-out occasions); Land of the Giants; and the H.G. Wells-inspired, exploitation classic, Village of the Giants.
You stood out, in particular, in three significant (and classic) submissions: as Nick the Blackmailer in the eerie The Tormented; as Lloyd the Bartender in The Shining '80; and as Dr. Eldon Tyrell in Blade Runner.
Your distinct face and nuanced flair sure put you on the map, Mr. Turkel, and on that map you shall stay: remembered, relished and revered for cinematic eons to come.
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