Paddy Joyce
Age: N/A | From: Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Patrick Francis Joyce
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
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Movie Involvements: 17
TV Involvements: 9
Most Famous Work
Biography
Born Patrizio Schaurek in Trieste, Italy to a Czech father, Frantisek Schaurek, and an Irish mother Eileen (sister of James) Joyce, Paddy Joyce was an Irish actor of British stage, film and television. Returning to Dublin at the age of five following his father's death, Joyce studied at Belvedere College, the alma mater of his famous uncle. After school, Paddy turned his attention to singing. Initially, he formed a close harmony quartet with three other gentlemen named Four Dots and a Dash, subsequently renamed The Four Ramblers. In 1949, he was part of a trio with two ladies named The Humoresques, which toured Canada with the popular English comedian and actor George Formby. Turning to actor, Joyce took his mother's maiden name because Schaurek limited him to Eastern European roles. He made his cinematic debut in The Cruel Sea and performed in Lionel Bart and Joan Littlewood's Fings Ain’t Wot They Used T’be in the early 60s, before later working regularly with Ken Loach, appearing in The Big Flame, written by Jim Allen, and Poor Cow. He also starred in Allen's play The Lump. Joyce was a regular in two of the UK's biggest soaps. Between 1968 and 1974, he had a recurring role as the rag and bone man Tommy Deakin in Coronation Street, and between 1990 and 1993 he played John Royle, the father of Queen Vic owner Eddie Royle (Michael Melia) in EastEnders. Joyce lived in Muswell Hill, London, with his Canadian wife, Dorothy, and two children. He died of a stroke in London in the year 2000, aged 77.
Most Famous Work
EastEnders
(1985) John Royle
Crown Court
(1972) Bill Narraway
Peak Practice
(1993) Mr. Austen
The Wednesday Play
(1964) Trevor
Alice in Wonderland
(1999) Bill The Gardener
The Expert
(1968) Davis
The Cruel Sea
(1953) Sonar Operator (uncredited)
S.O.S. Titanic
(1980) Irish Priest (uncredited)Acting
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Bill The Gardener | |
| 1995 | Shouting Priest | |
| Spivey | ||
| 1993 | Mr. Austen | |
| 1992 | N/A | |
| 1989 | Prisoner | |
| 1987 | Drunk in Pub | |
| 1986 | Miles | |
| 1985 | John | |
| John Royle | ||
| Dobbs | ||
| 1984 | Carpet Layer | |
| 1983 | Akhmet | |
| Press Gang | ||
| 1982 | Feeney: The Workers | |
| 1980 | Irish Priest (uncredited) | |
| 1979 | Pat | |
| 1978 | Tramp | |
| 1976 | Man in Aeroplane (uncredited) | |
| 1975 | Mike | |
| Paddy | ||
| 1973 | 1st Helper (uncredited) | |
| Riley | ||
| 1972 | Irish housekeeper | |
| Bill Narraway | ||
| Engineer | ||
| 1969 | Irish Soldier | |
| Docker | ||
| 1968 | Mahon | |
| N/A | ||
| Davis | ||
| 1967 | Photo Studio Guvnor | |
| Rooney | ||
| 1964 | Trevor | |
| 1959 | Stagehand | |
| Banks | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1958 | Customer | |
| Michael | ||
| Cpl. Ames R.A. | ||
| 1957 | Jack Bates | |
| 1955 | Bill | |
| 1953 | Sonar Operator (uncredited) | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
