# William Joyce (actor)

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{{short description|American actor}}
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| name               = William Joyce
| image              = William_Joyce_in_I_Eat_Your_Skin.jpg
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| caption            = William Joyce in I Eat Your Skin
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| birth_date         = {{birth date|1930|10|21}}
| birth_place        = [Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania](/source/Bryn_Mawr%2C_Pennsylvania)
| death_date         = {{death date and age|1998|09|03|1930|10|21}}
| death_place        = [Encino, California](/source/Encino%2C_California)
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| occupation         = Actor
| years_active       = 1950–1990
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'''William Joyce''' (October 21, 1930 &ndash; September 3, 1998) was an American actor.

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

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

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

==References==
<references>

<ref name="pp590731">{{cite news |work=[Pittsburgh Press](/source/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](/source/Macmillan_Publishers_(United_States)) |location=[New York City](/source/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](/source/The_New_York_Times) |author=Cavett Binion |date=2010 |accessdate=September 4, 2011}}</ref>

</references>

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

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Category:1930 births
Category:1998 deaths
Category:Male actors from Pennsylvania
Category:American male film actors
Category:20th-century American male actors

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