Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1923-05-31
Day of Death
2000-07-27
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.
Filmography (36)
Alice in Wonderland
1999
The Grass Arena
1992
Erik the Viking
1989
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
1987
Knockback: 1
1985
The Chain
1984
Red Monarch
1983
The Falklands Factor
1983
Britannia Hospital
1982
S.O.S. Titanic
1980
Queen Kong
1976
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
1973
Lady Caroline Lamb
1972
Made
1972
