The death of an actor at the age of 94

Charso Press: In addition to playing in the famous movie “Shine”, “Joe Tarkle” has acted in two movies “Killing” (1956) and “Path of Glory” (1957) among other works of Stanley Kubrick.

Kubrick first saw Tarkle in Mad Men (1953) and told the actor: “It was a very bad movie, but I liked you and what you did, and that’s why I said, I should see you sometime.” to hire”.

After a small role as Joe Tarkle in The Killing, Kubrick cast the then 30-year-old actor as one of three soldiers killed in a failed World War I raid in the classic Path of Glory” starring Kirk Douglas were used as “victims”. In his next collaboration with “Kubrick” in the famous film “The Shining” in 1980, he co-starred with Jack Nicholson.

In 2014, in an interview about the experience of working with Stanley Kubrick in the film “The Shining”, Tarkel said: “Although I had a total of 96 words of dialogue in this film, Kubrick was looking for a perfect image and my rehearsals for this role It lasted for six weeks and one day I was on the set from 9:00 AM to 10:30 PM.

Thanks to The Shining, Ridley Scott also used Joe Tarkle as Dr. Aldon in Blade Runner (1982).

Sword in the Desert (1949), Friendly Encouragement (1956), Navy Hellcats (1957), Jane’s Eagles (1957), Warlock (1959), Newcomers (1964) and The Killing “Valentine’s Day” (1967) are among other works in this actor’s career.

His last appearance in a movie was recorded in 1990 in the movie “Dark Half of the Moon”.

Just before his death, Tarkle completed his memoir, The Trouble with Success, which his family plans to publish this year.