Paddy Joyce
Born: 1923-05-31 in Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
Died: 2000-07-27
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1999
- Alice in Wonderland as Bill The Gardener
1995
- Father Ted as Shouting Priest
- Ghosts as Spivey
1993
- Peak Practice as Mr. Austen
1992
- The Grass Arena as Kelly
1991
- Gone to the Dogs as Quinn
1990
- You Rang, M'Lord? as Organ Grinder
1989
- Campion as Stage Doorman
- Erik the Viking as Prisoner
1987
- The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole as First Reporter
- The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne as Drunk in Pub
1986
- Lovejoy as Miles
1985
- EastEnders as John Royle
- Knockback: 1 as Dobbs
1984
- The Chain as Carpet Layer
1983
- Red Monarch as Akhmet
- The Falklands Factor as Press Gang
1982
- Britannia Hospital as Feeney: The Workers
1980
- S.O.S. Titanic as Irish Priest (uncredited)
1979
- Minder as Pat
- Terry and June as Arthur
1978
- Return of the Saint as Shill
- Pennies from Heaven as Tramp
1976
- Queen Kong as Man in Aeroplane (uncredited)
1975
- Two's Company as Mike
- The Growing Pains of PC Penrose as Trotter
- The Wackers as Paddy
1974
- Churchill's People as Lazarian
1973
- Frankenstein: The True Story as 1st Helper (uncredited)
- Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width as Riley
1972
- Crown Court as Bill Narraway
- Made as Engineer
- Lady Caroline Lamb as Irish housekeeper
1971
- The View from Daniel Pike as Ferret
- Ireland, Mother Ireland as Hercules
- The Grass Widows as Car Driver
- Walt, King of the Dumper as Barney
1969
- Oh! What a Lovely War as Irish Soldier
- The Big Flame as Docker
- The Patriot Game as Kimmage
1968
- The Expert as Davis
- Please Sir! as Mahon
- The Jazz Age as Mooney
- Last Bus as Bus Conductor
1967
- Poor Cow as Photo Studio Guvnor
- The Lump as Rooney
- The Voices in the Park as Heckler
1965
- BBC Play of the Month as Bishonkov
- Londoners as Crazy
1964
- Bloomsday as Bantam Lyons
1963
- Festival as Bantam Lyons
- Sparrows Can't Sing as Barman
1959
- Cover Girl Killer as Stagehand
- Captured
- The Cat Gang as Banks
1958
- The Steel Bayonet as Cpl. Ames R.A.
- Rooney as Michael
- Dublin Nightmare as Customer
1957
- The Girl in the Picture as Jack Bates
1956
- Armchair Theatre as Hercules
- One Wish Too Many as Barrow Boy
1955
- Tim Driscoll's Donkey as Bill
1953
- The Cruel Sea as Sonar Operator (uncredited)