
Paddy Joyce
Acting
🎂 1923-05-31
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.
Cast credits(56)

John Royle
1985

John
1985

Arthur
1979

Bishonkov
1965

Pat
1979

Mahon
1968

Shill
1978

Bill Narraway
1972

Mr. Austen
1993

Organ Grinder
1990

Mike
1975

Davis
1968

Paddy
1975

Miles
1986

Shouting Priest
1995

Stage Doorman
1989

Bantam Lyons
1963

Tramp
1978
Mooney
1968

Bill The Gardener
1999

Crazy
1965

Prisoner
1989

Spivey
1995

Sonar Operator (uncredited)
1953

1st Helper (uncredited)
1973

Irish Soldier
1969

Irish Priest (uncredited)
1980

Banks
1959

Photo Studio Guvnor
1967

Carpet Layer
1984

Barman
1963

Irish housekeeper
1972

Man in Aeroplane (uncredited)
1976

Feeney: The Workers
1982

Drunk in Pub
1987

Stagehand
1959

Akhmet
1983

Docker
1969

Engineer
1972

Kelly
1992

Dobbs
1985

Press Gang
1983

2nd Man at Hangar
1984

Rooney
1967

Cpl. Ames R.A.
1958

Riley
1973

Customer
1958

Michael
1958
Car Driver
1971

Jack Bates
1957
Heckler
1967

1959
Hercules
1971

Bill
1955

Kimmage
1969

Bus Conductor
1968