Paddy Joyce
Acting
1923-05-31 · Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
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
Alice in Wonderland
1999 · Movie
Father Ted
1995 · Series
Ghosts
1995 · Series
Peak Practice
1993 · Series
The Grass Arena
1992 · Movie
Gone to the Dogs
1991 · Series
You Rang, M'Lord?
1990 · Series
Erik the Viking
1989 · Movie
Campion
1989 · Series
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
1987 · Movie
The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole
1987 · Series
Lovejoy
1986 · Series
EastEnders
1985 · Series
Knockback: 1
1985 · Movie
The Chain
1984 · Movie
Red Monarch
1983 · Movie
The Falklands Factor
1983 · Movie
Britannia Hospital
1982 · Movie
Into the Labyrinth
1981 · Series
S.O.S. Titanic
1980 · Movie
Minder
1979 · Series
Terry and June
1979 · Series
Return of the Saint
1978 · Series
Pennies from Heaven
1978 · Series
Queen Kong
1976 · Movie
Two's Company
1975 · Series
The Growing Pains of PC Penrose
1975 · Series
The Wackers
1975 · Series
Churchill's People
1974 · Series
Frankenstein: The True Story
1973 · Series
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
1973 · Movie
Lady Caroline Lamb
1972 · Movie
Crown Court
1972 · Series
Made
1972 · Movie
The View from Daniel Pike
1971 · Series
Walt, King of the Dumper
1971 · Movie
The Grass Widows
1971 · Movie
Ireland, Mother Ireland
1971 · Movie
The Patriot Game
1969 · Movie
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969 · Movie
The Big Flame
1969 · Movie
Please Sir!
1968 · Series
Last Bus
1968 · Movie
The Jazz Age
1968 · Series
The Expert
1968 · Series
Poor Cow
1967 · Movie
The Voices in the Park
1967 · Movie
The Lump
1967 · Movie
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Series
Londoners
1965 · Series
The Wednesday Play
1964 · Series
Bloomsday
1964 · Movie
Festival
1963 · Series
Sparrows Can't Sing
1963 · Movie
Cover Girl Killer
1959 · Movie
The Cat Gang
1959 · Movie
Captured
1959 · Movie
Dublin Nightmare
1958 · Movie
Rooney
1958 · Movie
The Steel Bayonet
1958 · Movie
The Girl in the Picture
1957 · Movie
Tearaway
1956 · Movie
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Series
One Wish Too Many
1956 · Movie
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955 · Series
Tim Driscoll's Donkey
1955 · Movie
The Cruel Sea
1953 · Movie