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