William Joyce(1930-1998)
- Actor
Handsome William Joyce was born on October 21, 1930, in Bryn Mawr,
Pennsylvania, and raised in New Rochelle, New York. His childhood dream
was to become a major-league baseball pitcher (he even worked out with
the New York Yankees in 1947). However, Joyce was introduced to acting
after he entered the army and became the star, writer and producer of
"Camp Pickett Reveille Roundup." He made his film debut in 1954 with an
uncredited bit part as a dancer in the comedy musical
Top Banana (1954) (he had previously
appeared in an early 1950s Broadway stage production of this particular
musical).
William had his only lead role as hunky pulp adventure novelist Tom Harris in the low-budget zombie horror picture Zombie (1971). He had secondary parts in Lifeguard (1976), À cause d'un assassinat (1974) (in one of his customary politician roles) and The Young Nurses (1973). He was a regular recurring cast member on the daytime soap operas Somerset (1970) and Des jours et des vies (1965). Among the many TV shows William did guest spots on are Rick Hunter (1984), Côte ouest (1979), Falcon Crest (1981), Les deux font la paire (1983), K 2000 (1982), Lou Grant (1977), Barnaby Jones (1973), Deux cent dollars plus les frais (1974), Sur la piste du crime (1965), Cannon (1971), The Real McCoys (1957), Lawman (1958), L'homme à la carabine (1958), Rawhide (1959), The Restless Gun (1957) and Conflict (1956).
Outside of his film and television work, Joyce acted in Broadway stage productions of "Damn Yankees" and "Bye Bye Birdie."
He retired from acting in the late 1980s, and died at age 67 on September 3, 1998, in Encino, California.
William had his only lead role as hunky pulp adventure novelist Tom Harris in the low-budget zombie horror picture Zombie (1971). He had secondary parts in Lifeguard (1976), À cause d'un assassinat (1974) (in one of his customary politician roles) and The Young Nurses (1973). He was a regular recurring cast member on the daytime soap operas Somerset (1970) and Des jours et des vies (1965). Among the many TV shows William did guest spots on are Rick Hunter (1984), Côte ouest (1979), Falcon Crest (1981), Les deux font la paire (1983), K 2000 (1982), Lou Grant (1977), Barnaby Jones (1973), Deux cent dollars plus les frais (1974), Sur la piste du crime (1965), Cannon (1971), The Real McCoys (1957), Lawman (1958), L'homme à la carabine (1958), Rawhide (1959), The Restless Gun (1957) and Conflict (1956).
Outside of his film and television work, Joyce acted in Broadway stage productions of "Damn Yankees" and "Bye Bye Birdie."
He retired from acting in the late 1980s, and died at age 67 on September 3, 1998, in Encino, California.
