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.
1999
as Bill The Gardener
1995
as Shouting Priest
1995
as Spivey
1993
as Mr. Austen
1992
1990
as Organ Grinder
1989
as Prisoner
1989
as Stage Doorman
1987
as Drunk in Pub
1986
as Miles
1985
as John Royle
1985
as John
1985
as Dobbs
1984
as 2nd Man at Hangar
1984
as Carpet Layer
1983
as Akhmet
1983
as Press Gang
1982
as Feeney: The Workers
1980
as Irish Priest (uncredited)
1979
as Pat
1979
as Arthur
1978
as Shill
1978
as Tramp
1976
as Man in Aeroplane (uncredited)
1975
as Mike
1975
as Paddy
1973
as 1st Helper (uncredited)
1973
as Riley
1972
as Irish housekeeper
1972
as Bill Narraway
1972
as Engineer
1971
as Car Driver
1971
as Hercules
1969
as Kimmage
1969
as Irish Soldier
1969
as Docker
1968
as Mahon
1968
as Bus Conductor
1968
as Davis
1967
as Photo Studio Guvnor
1967
as Heckler
1967
as Rooney
1963
as Barman
1959
as Stagehand
1959
as Banks
1959
1958
as Customer
1958
as Michael
1958
as Cpl. Ames R.A.
1957
as Jack Bates
1955
as Bill
1953
as Sonar Operator (uncredited)