T. P. McKenna
Born in Mullagh, County Cavan, Ireland — Sep 07 1929• Died Feb 13 2011
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Biography
Born in Mullagh, County Cavan, Ireland, Thomas Patrick 'T. P.' McKenna was a distinguished character actor of film and TV and a prolific stage actor. He made his stage debut in "Summer and Smoke" by Tennessee Williams at the Pike Theatre in Dublin in 1954 and his film debut in the 1960 film The Night Fighters. Film credits included Straw Dogs, Ulysses, Perfect Friday, Villain, The Charge of the Light Brigade, Red Scorpion and Valmont, whilst his TV credits included Bleak House, Inspector Morse, Doctor Who, Casualty, Ballykissangel and Lovejoy.
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T. P. McKenna's Credits
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Doctor Who
The Captain
Casualty
Arthur Jackson
Minder
J.J.Mooney
The Avengers
Grant
The Saint
Tony
Heartbeat
Michael O'Leary
Crown Court
BBC Play of the Month
Sir Lucius O'Trigger
Playhouse
Harvey Fenton-Jones
Theatre 625
Jerry
Waking the Dead
Phil Brown
The Sweeney
Det. Supt. Grant
Rumpole of the Bailey
Jean Pierre O'Higgins
No Hiding Place
The Wednesday Play
John Joe Moran
Thriller
Jack Hardisty
Lovejoy
Bertram Montserrat
Story Parade
Matthew Finch
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
Blake's 7
Sarkoff
Churchill's People
Dr Layton
The Chief
Colin Fowler
Target
Ruby Daniels
The Troubleshooters
Geoffrey Arles
Callan
The Duchess of Duke Street
Sir Martin Mallory
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Citizen
Justice
Supt. George Lester
Strangers
Chief Constable
Jason King
Fall of Eagles
Count Conrad von Hotzendorf
Man in a Suitcase
Detective
Detective Wilks
Holocaust
Blobel
The Play on One
Michael Flynn
Lady Killers
Sir Hardinge Giffard Q.C.
Father Brown
Quiller
Buchanan
Longitude
Edmund Burke
Manhunt
Louis Sampere
Beasts
Dick Pummery
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Soames
Testament: The Bible in Animation
God (voice)
Jack the Ripper
O'Connor
Napoleon and Love
Paul Barras
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
Bleak House
Harold Skimpole
Straw Dogs
Maj. John Scott
The Scarlet and the Black
Himmler
Looking for Clancy
Marcus Selby
Scarlet and Black
Marquis de la Mole
Valmont
Baron
The Libertine
Black Rod
Sam and Janet
Fingers Magee
Armchair Theatre
Mena Donelli
The Manions of America
Harry Clement
Kings in Grass Castles
Lord Dunraven
The Charge of the Light Brigade
William Russel
Anne of the Thousand Days
Norris
Red Scorpion
General Vortek
Liberation
Lloyd George, P.M. of England
Longitude
Edmund Burke
Villain
Frank Fletcher
All Creatures Great and Small
Soames
Percy's Progress
London News Editor
Shoot to Kill
Chief Constable Sir John Harmon
Percy
Meet The People Compere
The Changeling
Tomazo de Piracquo
The Doctor and the Devils
O'Connor
The Boys & Girl from County Clare
The Announcer
To the Lighthouse
Augustus Carmichael
The Law Lord
Judge Selwyn
Shoot to Kill
Chief Constable Sir John Hermon
Pascali's Island
Dr. Hogan
The Quare Fellow
Walsh
Levkas Man
Holroyd
Britannia Hospital
Theatre Surgeon
Unreported Incident
Michael
Perfect Friday
Smith
Girl with Green Eyes
The Priest
Young Cassidy
Tom
Memed My Hawk
Dursan
Ulysses
Buck Mulligan
The Beast in the Cellar
Det. Chief Sup. Paddick
The Outsider
John Russell
Johnny Nobody
Garda
A Warm December
Man (uncredited)
Silver Dream Racer
Bank Manager
Strong Medicine
Dr. Sweeting
The Fifth Day of Peace
Nick
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
Dr. Grahame
Stones
Harvey Fenton-Jones
Pasmore
Helen's husband
Lady Killer
Jack Hardisty
Play for Tomorrow
Melvyn
Monarch
Henry VIII
Deirdre
The Siege of Sidney Street
Lapidos
Downfall
Martin Somers
Crimes
Melvyn
The Rivals
Sir Lucius O'Trigger
Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut
Self - Actor / Major John Scott
Love Lies Bleeding
Geoffrey
Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
Captain Cook
The Next Victim
Frampton
The Christmas Tree
Bill
Deasey (Desperate)
FG
Beasts: Baby
Dick Pummery
Ferry Cross the Mersey
Jack Hanson
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Simon Dedalus
Exposure
Dan
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
Dennis Naylor
Moving on the Edge
Liam
A Child's Voice
Ainsley Rupert Macreadie
Events at Drimaghleen
Father Sallins
Blood of the Lamb
Joe Katz
Random Moments in a May Garden
Digby
Freedom to Die
Mike
The World of James Joyce: His Life & Work
Self - Narrator