Known For
Acting
Born
May 31, 1923
Died
Jul 27, 2000
Place of Birth
Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
Credits
67 titles
Paddy Joyce
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.
Known For
Filmography
Alice in Wonderland
Bill The Gardener
Father Ted
Shouting Priest
Ghosts
Spivey
Peak Practice
Mr. Austen
The Grass Arena
Kelly
Gone to the Dogs
Quinn
You Rang, M'Lord?
Organ Grinder
Erik the Viking
Prisoner
Campion
Stage Doorman
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
Drunk in Pub
The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole
First Reporter
Lovejoy
Miles
EastEnders
John Royle
Knockback: 1
Dobbs
The Chain
Carpet Layer
Red Monarch
Akhmet
The Falklands Factor
Press Gang
Britannia Hospital
Feeney: The Workers
Into the Labyrinth
Palug
S.O.S. Titanic
Irish Priest (uncredited)
Minder
Pat
Terry and June
Arthur
Return of the Saint
Shill
Pennies from Heaven
Tramp
Queen Kong
Man in Aeroplane (uncredited)
Two's Company
Mike
The Growing Pains of PC Penrose
Trotter
The Wackers
Paddy
Churchill's People
Lazarian
Frankenstein: The True Story
1st Helper (uncredited)
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
Riley
Lady Caroline Lamb
Irish housekeeper
Crown Court
Bill Narraway
Made
Engineer
The View from Daniel Pike
Ferret
Walt, King of the Dumper
Barney
The Grass Widows
Car Driver
Ireland, Mother Ireland
Hercules
The Patriot Game
Kimmage
Oh! What a Lovely War
Irish Soldier
The Big Flame
Docker
Please Sir!
Mahon
Last Bus
Bus Conductor
The Jazz Age
Mooney
The Expert
Davis
Poor Cow
Photo Studio Guvnor
The Voices in the Park
Heckler
The Lump
Rooney
BBC Play of the Month
Bishonkov
Londoners
Crazy