Cast & creator
Paddy Joyce
Best known for EastEnders, EastEnders, The Wednesday Play
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.
Also known as: Patrick Francis Joyce
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film credits
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television credits
68
1953–1999 · acting roles
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (68)
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EastEnders
John Royle
1985EastEnders
John
1985
The Wednesday Play
Rooney
1964
Crown Court
Bill Narraway
1972
Peak Practice
Mr. Austen
1993
Minder
Pat
1979
BBC Play of the Month
Bishonkov
1965
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Peasant
1955
Lovejoy
Miles
1986
The Expert
Davis
1968
Churchill's People
Lazarian
1974
Father Ted
Shouting Priest
1995
Terry and June
Arthur
1979
Please Sir!
Mahon
1968
Campion
Stage Doorman
1989
Return of the Saint
Shill
1978Festival
Bantam Lyons
1963
You Rang, M'Lord?
Organ Grinder
1990The Jazz Age
Mooney
1968
Londoners
Crazy
1965
Alice in Wonderland
Bill The Gardener
1999
Two's Company
Mike
1975
Erik the Viking
Prisoner
1989
Into the Labyrinth
Palug
1981
Armchair Theatre
Hercules
1956
Pennies from Heaven
Tramp
1978
The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole
First Reporter
1987
Ghosts
Spivey
1995
Frankenstein: The True Story
1st Helper (uncredited)
1973
Gone to the Dogs
Quinn
1991
The Growing Pains of PC Penrose
Trotter
1975
S.O.S. Titanic
Irish Priest (uncredited)
1980
The View from Daniel Pike
Ferret
1971
The Wackers
Paddy
1975
Oh! What a Lovely War
Irish Soldier
1969
Britannia Hospital
Feeney: The Workers
1982
Poor Cow
Photo Studio Guvnor
1967
Sparrows Can't Sing
Barman
1963
The Cruel Sea
Sonar Operator (uncredited)
1953
Lady Caroline Lamb
Irish housekeeper
1972
Red Monarch
Akhmet
1983
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
Drunk in Pub
1987
Captured
1959
The Grass Arena
Kelly
1991
The Girl in the Picture
Jack Bates
1957
Queen Kong
Man in Aeroplane (uncredited)
1976
Cover Girl Killer
Stagehand
1959
Tim Driscoll's Donkey
Bill
1955
One Wish Too Many
Barrow Boy
1956
The Chain
Carpet Layer
1984
Walt, King of the Dumper
Barney
1971
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
Riley
1973The Grass Widows
Car Driver
1971
Made
Engineer
1972The Voices in the Park
Heckler
1967
The Cat Gang
Banks
1959
The Lump
Rooney
1967
The Falklands Factor
Press Gang
1983Tearaway
Pat
1956
Knockback: 1
Dobbs
1985Ireland, Mother Ireland
Hercules
1971
Rooney
Michael
1958
The Big Flame
Docker
1969
The Steel Bayonet
Cpl. Ames R.A.
1958
The Patriot Game
Kimmage
1969
Dublin Nightmare
Customer
1958
Bloomsday
Bantam Lyons
1964
Last Bus
Bus Conductor
1968