1923-05-31 ( 101 years old ) in Trieste, 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.
Movies
Alice in Wonderland
1999-02-28
The Grass Arena
1992-01-19
Erik the Viking
1989-09-01
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
1987-12-23
Knockback: 1
1985-01-27
Charlie
1984-03-23
The Chain
1984-01-01
Red Monarch
1983-06-16
The Falklands Factor
1983-04-26
Britannia Hospital
1982-05-27
S.O.S. Titanic
1980-02-29
Queen Kong
1976-12-10
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
1973-01-03
Lady Caroline Lamb
1972-11-22
Made
1972-10-01
The Grass Widows
1971-08-24
Ireland, Mother Ireland
1971-08-03
The Patriot Game
1969-10-13
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969-03-10
The Big Flame
1969-02-19
Last Bus
1968-10-10
Poor Cow
1967-12-05
The Voices in the Park
1967-04-05
The Lump
1967-02-01
Sparrows Can't Sing
1963-03-26
Cover Girl Killer
1959-09-26
The Cat Gang
1959-01-04
Captured
1959-01-01
Dublin Nightmare
1958-10-01
Rooney
1958-03-24
The Steel Bayonet
1958-02-01
The Girl in the Picture
1957-01-01
Tim Driscoll's Donkey
1955-01-01
The Cruel Sea
1953-02-24
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