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

Biography

Joyce was born in Trieste, 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. 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 soap opera ''

Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford. Origi ...

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

EastEnders ''EastEnders'' is a Television in the United Kingdom, British soap opera created by Julia Smith (producer), Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the Ea ...

'' (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'', '' The Steel Bayonet'', ''

Dublin Nightmare ''Dublin Nightmare'' is a 1958 British thriller film directed by John Pomeroy and starring William Sylvester, Marla Landi and Richard Leech. The film is a low budget quota quickie shot at Twickenham Studios. Plot Irish nationalists plan to seize ...

'' and ''

Cover Girl Killer ''Cover Girl Killer'' is a 1959 black and white British thriller film directed by Terry Bishop and starring Harry H. Corbett, Felicity Young, Victor Brooks and Spencer Teakle. It was shot at Walton Studios outside London. Plot In London, a ser ...

''. In the 1960s his television roles began to become more and more frequent with appearances in shows including '' The Adventures of Robin Hood'', '' No Hiding Place'' and '' The Revenue Men''. After he had completed his role in ''Coronation Street'', Joyce had become widely recognised within the United Kingdom. In 1973, he appeared in two episodes of ''

Crown Court The Crown Court is the court of first instance of England and Wales responsible for hearing all Indictable offence, indictable offences, some Hybrid offence, either way offences and appeals lied to it by the Magistrates' court, magistrates' court ...

'' and the film version of ''

Never Mind the Quality Feel the Width ''Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width'' is a British television sitcom first broadcast in 1967 as a single play in the ''Armchair Theatre'' anthology series, later becoming a series of half-hour episodes, which ran until 1971. A total of 40 ...

''; and between 1964 and 1976 he appeared in many different roles in the

police procedural The police show, or police crime drama, is a subgenre of procedural drama and detective fiction that emphasizes the investigative procedure of a police officer or department as the protagonist(s), as contrasted with other genres that focus on eith ...

drama '' Z-Cars''. In 1980 he appeared in an episode of ''

The Enigma Files ''The Enigma Files'' is a British television police procedural that ran for one series of fifteen episodes in 1980. Plot summary The series was a police procedural, written by Derek Ingrey, about a police officer who has been sidelined from reg ...

'' ''(The Fit Up).'' In the 1980s he appeared in television shows including '' Minder'', '' Auf Wiedersehen, Pet'' and '' The Bill'', before being landed in the role of John Royle on ''EastEnders''. His final credited performance was in the 1999 film ''

Alice in Wonderland ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (commonly ''Alice in Wonderland'') is an 1865 English novel by Lewis Carroll. It details the story of a young girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world of anthropomorphic creatur ...

''. Joyce died of a stroke in London 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