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