Paddy Joyce

Known for ActingBorn 1923-05-31Died 2000-07-27Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Voices in the Park

The Expert

One Wish Too Many

The Grass Arena

Frankenstein: The True Story

Father Ted

Festival

Tim Driscoll's Donkey

Pennies from Heaven

Knockback: 1

Lovejoy

You Rang, M'Lord?

Two's Company

Minder

The Chain

The Falklands Factor

Return of the Saint

The Growing Pains of PC Penrose

Made

Please Sir!

The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole

The Cruel Sea

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

Peak Practice

Oh! What a Lovely War

The Big Flame

Terry and June

The Cat Gang

Gone to the Dogs

Alice in Wonderland

Dublin Nightmare

Britannia Hospital

The Wackers

Poor Cow

The Girl in the Picture

Campion

Ghosts

S.O.S. Titanic

Erik the Viking

Lady Caroline Lamb

Rooney

Armchair Theatre

Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width

Crown Court

The Steel Bayonet

Red Monarch

Sparrows Can't Sing

BBC Play of the Month