Paddy Joyce
Actor
Born May 31, 1923 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.
Filmography
Alice in Wonderland
Bill The Gardener
Father Ted
Shouting Priest
Ghosts
Spivey
Peak Practice
Mr. Austen
The Grass Arena
Kelly
Gone to the Dogs
Quinn
You Rang, M'Lord?
Organ Grinder
Erik the Viking
Prisoner
Campion
Stage Doorman
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
Drunk in Pub
The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole
First Reporter
Lovejoy
Miles
EastEnders
John Royle
Knockback: 1
Dobbs
The Chain
Carpet Layer
Red Monarch
Akhmet
The Falklands Factor
Press Gang
Britannia Hospital
Feeney: The Workers
S.O.S. Titanic
Irish Priest (uncredited)
Minder
Pat
Terry and June
Arthur
Return of the Saint
Shill
Pennies from Heaven
Tramp
Queen Kong
Man in Aeroplane (uncredited)
Two's Company
Mike
The Growing Pains of PC Penrose
Trotter
The Wackers
Paddy
Churchill's People
Lazarian
Frankenstein: The True Story
1st Helper (uncredited)
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
Riley
Lady Caroline Lamb
Irish housekeeper
Crown Court
Bill Narraway
Made
Engineer
The View from Daniel Pike
Ferret
Walt, King of the Dumper
Barney
The Patriot Game
Kimmage
Oh! What a Lovely War
Irish Soldier
The Big Flame
Docker
Please Sir!
Mahon
Last Bus
Bus Conductor
The Expert
Davis
Poor Cow
Photo Studio Guvnor
The Lump
Rooney
BBC Play of the Month
Bishonkov
Londoners
Crazy
The Wednesday Play
Rooney
Bloomsday
Bantam Lyons
Sparrows Can't Sing
Barman
Cover Girl Killer
Stagehand
The Cat Gang
Banks
Captured
Dublin Nightmare
Customer
Rooney
Michael
The Steel Bayonet
Cpl. Ames R.A.
The Girl in the Picture
Jack Bates
Armchair Theatre
Hercules
One Wish Too Many
Barrow Boy
Tim Driscoll's Donkey
Bill
The Cruel Sea
Sonar Operator (uncredited)