person

Paddy Joyce

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1923-05-31

Place of Birth

Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy

Paddy Joyce

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.

Also Known For

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The Voices in the Park

Apr 05, 1967

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75

Knockback: 1

Jan 27, 1985

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NA

Last Bus

Oct 10, 1968

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54

The Steel Bayonet

Feb 01, 1958

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59

S.O.S. Titanic

Feb 29, 1980

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NA

The Grass Widows

Aug 24, 1971

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80

The Grass Arena

Jan 19, 1992

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NA

Ireland, Mother Ireland

Aug 03, 1971

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NA

The Patriot Game

Oct 13, 1969

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67

Oh! What a Lovely War

Mar 10, 1969

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64

Poor Cow

Dec 05, 1967

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61

Alice in Wonderland

Feb 28, 1999

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50

The Big Flame

Feb 19, 1969

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50

Red Monarch

Jun 16, 1983

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62

The Girl in the Picture

Jan 01, 1957

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55

Made

Oct 01, 1972

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NA

The Lump

Feb 01, 1967

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68

The Chain

Jan 01, 1984

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69

The Cruel Sea

Feb 24, 1953

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55

Rooney

Mar 24, 1958

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58

Lady Caroline Lamb

Nov 22, 1972

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46

Captured

Jan 01, 1959

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66

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

Dec 23, 1987

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33

Queen Kong

Dec 10, 1976

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58

Erik the Viking

Sep 01, 1989

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51

Cover Girl Killer

Sep 26, 1959

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63

Britannia Hospital

May 27, 1982

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NA

The Falklands Factor

Apr 26, 1983

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60

The Cat Gang

Jan 04, 1959

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66

Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width

Jan 03, 1973

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56

Dublin Nightmare

Oct 01, 1958

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60

Tim Driscoll's Donkey

Jan 01, 1955

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NA

Charlie

Mar 23, 1984

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53

Sparrows Can't Sing

Mar 26, 1963

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85

Frankenstein: The True Story

Nov 30, 1973

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100

The Expert

Jul 05, 1968

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41

EastEnders

Feb 19, 1985

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73

Lovejoy

Jan 10, 1986

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68

Minder

Oct 29, 1979

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60

Ghosts

Jan 21, 1995

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61

Peak Practice

May 10, 1993

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54

Crown Court

Oct 11, 1972

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56

Campion

Jan 22, 1989

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41

EastEnders

Feb 19, 1985

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70

Return of the Saint

Sep 10, 1978

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76

Pennies from Heaven

Mar 07, 1978

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81

Father Ted

Apr 21, 1995

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70

Two's Company

Sep 06, 1975

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55

The Wackers

Mar 19, 1975

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62

Terry and June

Oct 24, 1979

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73

You Rang, M'Lord?

Jan 14, 1990

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67

Please Sir!

Nov 08, 1968

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50

BBC Play of the Month

Oct 19, 1965

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NA

Londoners

May 13, 1965

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NA

The Jazz Age

Sep 10, 1968

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80

Festival

Oct 09, 1963