Paddy Joyce
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.
Fotos
Películas (37)
Alice in Wonderland
1999 · Bill The Gardener
The Grass Arena
1991 · Kelly
Erik the Viking
1989 · Prisoner
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
1987 · Drunk in Pub
Knockback: 1
1985 · Dobbs
The Chain
1984 · Carpet Layer
Red Monarch
1983 · Akhmet
The Falklands Factor
1983 · Press Gang
Britannia Hospital
1982 · Feeney: The Workers
S.O.S. Titanic
1980 · Irish Priest (uncredited)
Queen Kong
1976 · Man in Aeroplane (uncredited)
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
1973 · Riley
Lady Caroline Lamb
1972 · Irish housekeeper
Made
1972 · Engineer
Walt, King of the Dumper
1971 · Barney
The Grass Widows
1971 · Car Driver
Ireland, Mother Ireland
1971 · Hercules
The Patriot Game
1969 · Kimmage
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969 · Irish Soldier
The Big Flame
1969 · Docker
Last Bus
1968 · Bus Conductor
Poor Cow
1967 · Photo Studio Guvnor
The Voices in the Park
1967 · Heckler
The Lump
1967 · Rooney
Bloomsday
1964 · Bantam Lyons
Sparrows Can't Sing
1963 · Barman
Cover Girl Killer
1959 · Stagehand
The Cat Gang
1959 · Banks
Captured
1959
Dublin Nightmare
1958 · Customer
Rooney
1958 · Michael
The Steel Bayonet
1958 · Cpl. Ames R.A.
The Girl in the Picture
1957 · Jack Bates
Tearaway
1956 · Pat
One Wish Too Many
1956 · Barrow Boy
Tim Driscoll's Donkey
1955 · Bill
The Cruel Sea
1953 · Sonar Operator (uncredited)
Series (30)
Father Ted
1995 · Shouting Priest
Ghosts
1995 · Spivey
Peak Practice
1993 · Mr. Austen
Gone to the Dogs
1991 · Quinn
You Rang, M'Lord?
1990 · Organ Grinder
Campion
1989 · Stage Doorman
Lovejoy
1986 · Miles
EastEnders
1985 · John Royle, John
Into the Labyrinth
1981 · Palug
Minder
1979 · Pat
Terry and June
1979 · Arthur
Return of the Saint
1978 · Shill
Pennies from Heaven
1978 · Tramp
Two's Company
1975 · Mike
The Growing Pains of PC Penrose
1975 · Trotter
The Wackers
1975 · Paddy
Churchill's People
1974 · Lazarian
Frankenstein: The True Story
1973 · 1st Helper (uncredited)
Crown Court
1972 · Bill Narraway
The View from Daniel Pike
1971 · Ferret
Please Sir!
1968 · Mahon
The Jazz Age
1968 · Mooney
The Expert
1968 · Davis
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Bishonkov
The Troubleshooters
1965 · Clancy
Londoners
1965 · Crazy
The Wednesday Play
1964 · Rooney
Festival
1963 · Bantam Lyons
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Hercules
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955 · Peasant