Paddy Joyce
Actor/Actriz
33
Filmes
26
Séries
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.
Como Ator/Atriz
EastEnders
John Royle
Crown Court
Bill Narraway
Minder
Pat
Peak Practice
Mr. Austen
BBC Play of the Month
Bishonkov
The Wednesday Play
Rooney
Lovejoy
Miles
The Expert
Davis
El Regreso del Santo
Shill
Churchill's People
Lazarian
Father Ted
Shouting Priest
Terry and June
Arthur
Campion
Stage Doorman
Please Sir!
Mahon
You Rang, M'Lord?
Organ Grinder
Two's Company
Mike
Londoners
Crazy
Pennies from Heaven
Tramp
Ghosts
Spivey
Armchair Theatre
Hercules
Gone to the Dogs
Quinn
The Growing Pains of PC Penrose
Trotter
Alice in Wonderland
Bill The Gardener
The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole
First Reporter
Frankenstein: The True Story
1st Helper (uncredited)
The Cruel Sea
Sonar Operator (uncredited)
Erik the Viking
Prisoner
Red Monarch
Akhmet
Oh! What a Lovely War
Irish Soldier
S.O.S. Titanic
Irish Priest (uncredited)