William Joyce (actor)

{{short description|American actor}} {{Infobox person | name = William Joyce | image = William_Joyce_in_I_Eat_Your_Skin.jpg | alt = | caption = William Joyce in I Eat Your Skin | birth_name =  | birth_date = {{birth date|1930|10|21}} | birth_place = Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania | death_date = {{death date and age|1998|09|03|1930|10|21}} | death_place = Encino, California | death_cause = | body_discovered = | education = | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1950–1990 | known_for = | height = {{height|ft=6|in=5}} | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = }}

'''William Joyce''' (October 21, 1930 – September 3, 1998) was an American actor.

In 1959, Jack Webb picked him over Jimmy Dean to play the title role in a television adaptation of ''Johnny Guitar''.<ref name="pp590731"/> That year he also played "Drew" in S1E11 of ''Bat Masterson''.

A life member of The Actors Studio,<ref name="garfield1"/> Joyce's film roles included Senator Charles Carroll in ''The Parallax View'' and writer Tom Harris in ''I Eat Your Skin''.<ref name="nytieys"/>

==Filmography== *''Top Banana'' (1954) - Dancer (uncredited) *''The Wings of Eagles'' (1957) - Naval Aide (uncredited) *''This Could Be the Night'' (1957) - Bruce Cameron *''Man on Fire'' (1957) - Chamberlain (uncredited) *''Don't Go Near the Water'' (1957) - Lt. Boone (uncredited) *''Tales of Wells Fargo''- The Legacy (1959) - Tom Casement *''Have Gun Will Travel''- Day of the Badman (1960) - Laredo *''I Eat Your Skin'' (shot in 1964, released in 1971) - Tom Harris *''The Young Nurses'' (1973) - Fairbanks *''The Parallax View'' (1974) - Senator Charles Carroll *''Lifeguard'' (1976) - Lifeguard Captain

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<ref name="pp590731">{{cite news |work=Pittsburgh Press |title=Webb's Western Effort: Pilot Film Shown For 'Johnny Guitar' |page=35 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7F0bAAAAIBAJ&sjid=a04EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7606,4122408&dq=william-joyce+actor&hl=en |date=July 31, 1959 |accessdate=September 4, 2011}}</ref> <ref name="garfield1">{{cite book |first=David |last=Garfield |title=A Player's Place: The Story of The Actors Studio |url=https://archive.org/details/playersplacestor00garf |url-access=registration |year=1980 |publisher=MacMillan |location=New York City |isbn=0-02-542650-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/playersplacestor00garf/page/278 278] |chapter=Appendix: Life Members of The Actors Studio as of January 1980}}</ref> <ref name="nytieys">{{cite news |title=I Eat Your Skin (1964) |url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/24047/I-Eat-Your-Skin/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612090218/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/24047/I-Eat-Your-Skin/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 12, 2010 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |author=Cavett Binion |date=2010 |accessdate=September 4, 2011}}</ref>

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== External links == *{{IMDb name|0431499|William Joyce}} *{{IBDB name|89080|William Joyce}} *{{IBDB name|95748|Bill Joyce}}

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