Patrick Francis Joyce (31 May 1923 — 27 July 2000) was an actor in film and television.

Biography

Joyce was born in

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, Italy. His father was Frantisek Schaurek, a Czech banker who had stolen money from the Živnostenská Bank in Trieste where he worked and committed suicide in 1926. His mother was Eileen Schaurek (nee Joyce), the sister of the author

James Joyce James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (born James Augusta Joyce; 2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influentia ...

. After his father's death, his mother returned to Ireland with Joyce and his two elder sisters, Nora and Bozena.Delimata, Bozena Berta, and Virginia Moseley. ''Reminiscences of a Joyce Niece.'' James Joyce Quarterly 19, no. 1 (1981): 45-62. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25476405. Schaurek family

Joyce appeared in nearly 90 film and television productions, and played Tommy Deakin on the British

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'' (1968–74). In his later years he also played John Royle in another long-running British soap opera, ''

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'' (1990–91, 1993). His other credits date back to the 1950s, his screen debut being in the 1953 film '' The Cruel Sea'', although his role in the film was unaccredited. Throughout the 1950s he appeared in films including '' The Girl in the Picture'', ''

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'', '' Dublin Nightmare'' and '' Cover Girl Killer''. In the 1960s his television roles began to become more and more frequent with appearances in shows including ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' The Revenue Men''. After he had completed his role in ''Coronation Street'', Joyce had become widely recognised within the

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. In 1973, he appeared in two episodes of ''

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'' and the film version of '' Never Mind the Quality Feel the Width''; and between 1964 and 1976 he appeared in many different roles in the

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drama ''

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''. In 1980 he appeared in an episode of ''

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'' ''(The Fit Up).'' In the 1980s he appeared in television shows including ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'', before being landed in the role of John Royle on ''EastEnders''. His final credited performance was in the 1999 film ''

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''. Joyce died of a stroke in

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on 27 July 2000, aged 77 years.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Joyce, Paddy 1923 births 2000 deaths 20th-century Irish male actors Irish expatriates in England Irish male film actors Irish male television actors Irish male soap opera actors Irish people of Czech descent Italian emigrants to Ireland