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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 31, 1923
Died
July 27, 2000
Place of Birth
Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
Also Known As
- Patrick Francis Joyce
Paddy Joyce
0.4 Popularity
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
6.2
Bill The Gardener
Alice in Wonderland
1999
8.2
Shouting Priest
Father Ted
1995
6.0
Spivey
Ghosts
1995
6.1
Mr. Austen
Peak Practice
1993
8.0
Kelly
The Grass Arena
1992
6.0
Quinn
Gone to the Dogs
1991
7.1
Organ Grinder
You Rang, M'Lord?
1990
5.9
Prisoner
Erik the Viking
1989
5.6
Stage Doorman
Campion
1989
6.5
Drunk in Pub
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
1987
Credits
Alice in Wonderland
as Bill The Gardener
1999
6.2
Father Ted
as Shouting Priest
1995
8.2
Ghosts
as Spivey
1995
6.0
Peak Practice
as Mr. Austen
1993
6.1
The Grass Arena
as Kelly
1992
8.0
Gone to the Dogs
as Quinn
1991
6.0
You Rang, M'Lord?
as Organ Grinder
1990
7.1
Erik the Viking
as Prisoner
1989
5.9
Campion
as Stage Doorman
1989
5.6
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
as Drunk in Pub
1987
6.5
Lovejoy
as Miles
1986
7.3
EastEnders
as John Royle
1985
4.1
EastEnders
as John
1985
4.1
Knockback: 1
as Dobbs
1985
7.5
Charlie
as 2nd Man at Hangar
1984
0.0
The Chain
as Carpet Layer
1984
6.8
Red Monarch
as Akhmet
1983
5.0
The Falklands Factor
as Press Gang
1983
0.0
Britannia Hospital
as Feeney: The Workers
1982
6.2
S.O.S. Titanic
as Irish Priest (uncredited)
1980
5.9
Minder
as Pat
1979
6.8
Terry and June
as Arthur
1979
6.2
Return of the Saint
as Shill
1978
7.0
Pennies from Heaven
as Tramp
1978
7.7
Queen Kong
as Man in Aeroplane (uncredited)
1976
3.3
Two's Company
as Mike
1975
7.0
The Wackers
as Paddy
1975
5.5
Churchill's People
as Lazarian
1974
1.0
Frankenstein: The True Story
as 1st Helper (uncredited)
1973
8.5
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
as Riley
1973
5.7
Lady Caroline Lamb
as Irish housekeeper
1972
5.6
Crown Court
as Bill Narraway
1972
5.4
Made
as Engineer
1972
5.5
Walt, King of the Dumper
as Barney
1971
0.0
🎬
The Grass Widows
as Car Driver
1971
0.0
🎬
Ireland, Mother Ireland
as Hercules
1971
0.0
The Patriot Game
as Kimmage
1969
0.0
Oh! What a Lovely War
as Irish Soldier
1969
6.7
The Big Flame
as Docker
1969
5.0
Please Sir!
as Mahon
1968
6.8
Last Bus
as Bus Conductor
1968
0.0
🎬
The Jazz Age
as Mooney
1968
0.0
The Expert
as Davis
1968
10.0
Poor Cow
as Photo Studio Guvnor
1967
6.3
🎬
The Voices in the Park
as Heckler
1967
0.0
The Lump
as Rooney
1967
0.0
BBC Play of the Month
as Bishonkov
1965
5.0
Londoners
as Crazy
1965
0.0
Bloomsday
as Bantam Lyons
1964
0.0
🎬
Festival
as Bantam Lyons
1963
8.0
Sparrows Can't Sing
as Barman
1963
5.1
Cover Girl Killer
as Stagehand
1959
4.8
The Cat Gang
as Banks
1959
6.0
Captured
1959
4.6
Dublin Nightmare
as Customer
1958
5.6
Rooney
as Michael
1958
5.5
The Steel Bayonet
as Cpl. Ames R.A.
1958
5.4
The Girl in the Picture
as Jack Bates
1957
6.2
Tim Driscoll's Donkey
as Bill
1955
6.0
The Cruel Sea
as Sonar Operator (uncredited)
1953
6.9