Paddy Joyce

Paddy Joyce

Birthday: 1923-05-31

Deathday: 2000-07-27

Place of birth: Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy

Also known as: Patrick Francis Joyce

imdb_id: nm0431582

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.

Played in movies:

The Grass Arena

Score: 8.0

Knockback: 1

Score: 7.5

The Cruel Sea

Score: 6.9

The Chain

Score: 6.8

Oh! What a Lovely War

Score: 6.8

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

Score: 6.6

Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width

Score: 6.6

Poor Cow

Score: 6.4

Britannia Hospital

Score: 6.3

Alice in Wonderland

Score: 6.2

The Girl in the Picture

Score: 6.2

Tim Driscoll's Donkey

Score: 6.0

The Cat Gang

Score: 6.0

S.O.S. Titanic

Score: 5.9

Erik the Viking

Score: 5.9

Lady Caroline Lamb

Score: 5.8

Dublin Nightmare

Score: 5.6

Rooney

Score: 5.5

Made

Score: 5.5

The Steel Bayonet

Score: 5.4

Sparrows Can't Sing

Score: 5.3

Cover Girl Killer

Score: 5.1

Red Monarch

Score: 5.0

The Big Flame

Score: 5.0

Captured

Score: 4.6

Queen Kong

Score: 3.3

Charlie

Score: 0.0

The Falklands Factor

Score: 0.0

The Lump

Score: 0.0

The Patriot Game

Score: 0.0

Ireland, Mother Ireland

Score: 0.0

The Grass Widows

Score: 0.0

Last Bus

Score: 0.0

The Voices in the Park

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

The Expert

Score: 10.0

Frankenstein: The True Story

Score: 8.5

Father Ted

Score: 8.2

Festival

Score: 8.0

Pennies from Heaven

Score: 7.6

You Rang, M'Lord?

Score: 7.4

Lovejoy

Score: 7.4

Two's Company

Score: 7.0

Return of the Saint

Score: 7.0

Minder

Score: 6.8

Please Sir!

Score: 6.8

Terry and June

Score: 6.2

Peak Practice

Score: 6.1

Ghosts

Score: 6.0

Campion

Score: 5.6

The Wackers

Score: 5.5

Crown Court

Score: 5.4

BBC Play of the Month

Score: 5.0

EastEnders

Score: 4.2

EastEnders

Score: 4.2

The Jazz Age

Score: 0.0

Londoners

Score: 0.0