- Born
- Died
- Birth nameWilliam Ogden Joyce
- Nickname
- Bill
- Height6′ 5″ (1.96 m)
- 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
I Eat Your Skin (1971). He had secondary parts in
Lifeguard (1976),
The Parallax View (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
Days of Our Lives (1965).
Among the many TV shows William did guest spots on are
Hunter (1984),
Knots Landing (1979),
Falcon Crest (1981),
Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983),
Knight Rider (1982),
Lou Grant (1977),
Barnaby Jones (1973),
The Rockford Files (1974),
The F.B.I. (1965),
Cannon (1971),
The Real McCoys (1957),
Lawman (1958),
The Rifleman (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.- IMDb Mini Biography By: woodyanders (qv's & corrections by A. Nonymous)
- SpousesKathleen Marie Carufel(September 14, 1972 - September 3, 1998) (his death)Virginia Faye Gould(November 6, 1965 - July 1970) (divorced)
- His tall stature, commanding voice, and his western and politician roles.
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