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Paddy Joyce
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…
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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.
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1999
Alice in Wonderland
Movie Bill The Gardener
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1995
Father Ted
TV show Shouting Priest
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1995
Ghosts
TV show Spivey
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1993
Peak Practice
TV show Mr. Austen
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1992
The Grass Arena
Movie Kelly
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1991
Gone to the Dogs
TV show Quinn
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1990
You Rang, M'Lord?
TV show Organ Grinder
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1989
Erik the Viking
Movie Prisoner
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1989
Campion
TV show Stage Doorman
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1987
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
Movie Drunk in Pub
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1987
The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole
TV show First Reporter
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1986
Lovejoy
TV show Miles
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1985
EastEnders
TV show John Royle
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1985
Knockback: 1
Movie Dobbs
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1984
The Chain
Movie Carpet Layer
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1983
Red Monarch
Movie Akhmet
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1983
The Falklands Factor
Movie Press Gang
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1982
Britannia Hospital
Movie Feeney: The Workers
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1981
Into the Labyrinth
TV show Palug
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1980
S.O.S. Titanic
Movie Irish Priest (uncredited)
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1979
Minder
TV show Pat
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1979
Terry and June
TV show Arthur
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1978
Return of the Saint
TV show Shill
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1978
Pennies from Heaven
TV show Tramp
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1976
Queen Kong
Movie Man in Aeroplane (uncredited)
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1975
Two's Company
TV show Mike
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1975
The Growing Pains of PC Penrose
TV show Trotter
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1975
The Wackers
TV show Paddy
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1974
Churchill's People
TV show Lazarian
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1973
Frankenstein: The True Story
TV show 1st Helper (uncredited)
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1973
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
Movie Riley
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1972
Lady Caroline Lamb
Movie Irish housekeeper
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1972
Crown Court
TV show Bill Narraway
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1972
Made
Movie Engineer
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1971
The View from Daniel Pike
TV show Ferret
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1971
Walt, King of the Dumper
Movie Barney
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1971
The Grass Widows
Movie Car Driver
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1971
Ireland, Mother Ireland
Movie Hercules
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1969
The Patriot Game
Movie Kimmage
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1969
Oh! What a Lovely War
Movie Irish Soldier
