Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
September 7, 1929
Place of Birth:
Mullagh, County Cavan, Ireland
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T. P. McKenna
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | The Libertine | Black Rod |
| 2003 | The Boys & Girl from County Clare | The Announcer |
| 2003 | Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut | Self - Actor / Major John Scott |
| 2000 | Monarch | Henry VIII |
| 2000 | Longitude | Edmund Burke |
| 1992 | The Law Lord | Judge Selwyn |
| 1991 | Events at Drimaghleen | Father Sallins |
| 1990 | Shoot to Kill | Chief Constable Sir John Harmon |
| 1989 | Valmont | Baron |
| 1989 | Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery | Dr. Grahame |
| 1988 | Red Scorpion | General Vortek |
| 1988 | Unreported Incident | Michael |
| 1988 | Pascali's Island | Dr. Hogan |
| 1988 | Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy | Captain Cook |
| 1986 | Strong Medicine | Dr. Sweeting |
| 1985 | The Doctor and the Devils | O'Connor |
| 1984 | Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle | Dennis Naylor |
| 1984 | Memed My Hawk | Dursan |
| 1984 | Moving on the Edge | Liam |
| 1983 | The Scarlet and the Black | Himmler |
| 1983 | To the Lighthouse | Augustus Carmichael |
| 1982 | Crimes | Melvyn |
| 1982 | Britannia Hospital | Theatre Surgeon |
| 1981 | Random Moments in a May Garden | Digby |
| 1980 | Silver Dream Racer | Bank Manager |
| 1980 | Pasmore | Helen's husband |
| 1979 | The Outsider | John Russell |
| 1979 | Deasey (Desperate) | FG |
| 1978 | Exposure | Dan |
| 1978 | A Child's Voice | Ainsley Rupert Macreadie |
| 1977 | A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Simon Dedalus |
| 1977 | Love Lies Bleeding | Geoffrey |
| 1976 | Beasts: Baby | Dick Pummery |
| 1976 | Stones | Harvey Fenton-Jones |
| 1975 | All Creatures Great and Small | Soames |
| 1975 | The Next Victim | Frampton |
| 1974 | Percy's Progress | London News Editor |
| 1974 | The Changeling | Tomazo de Piracquo |
| 1973 | A Warm December | Man (uncredited) |
| 1973 | Lady Killer | Jack Hardisty |
| 1971 | Straw Dogs | Maj. John Scott |
| 1971 | Villain | Frank Fletcher |
| 1971 | Percy | Meet The People Compere |
| 1970 | The Beast in the Cellar | Det. Chief Sup. Paddick |
| 1970 | Perfect Friday | Smith |
| 1970 | The Rivals | Sir Lucius O'Trigger |
| 1970 | The 5th Day of Peace | Nick |
| 1969 | Blood of the Lamb | Joe Katz |
| 1969 | Anne of the Thousand Days | Norris |
| 1968 | The Charge of the Light Brigade | William Russel |
| 1967 | Ulysses | Buck Mulligan |
| 1965 | Ferry Cross the Mersey | Jack Hanson |
| 1965 | Young Cassidy | Tom |
| 1965 | Deirdre | |
| 1964 | Girl with Green Eyes | The Priest |
| 1964 | Downfall | |
| 1962 | The Quare Fellow | Walsh |
| 1961 | Freedom to Die | Mike |
| 1961 | Johnny Nobody | Garda |
| 1960 | The Siege of Sidney Street | Lapidos |
| The World of James Joyce: His Life & Work | Self - Narrator |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Waking the Dead | Phil Brown |
| 2000 | Longitude | Edmund Burke |
| 1998 | Kings in Grass Castles | Lord Dunraven |
| 1996 | Testament: The Bible in Animation | God (voice) |
| 1994 | Liberation | Lloyd George, P.M. of England |
| 1993 | Scarlet and Black | Marquis de la Mole |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Michael O'Leary |
| 1990 | Shoot to Kill | Chief Constable Sir John Hermon |
| 1988 | Jack the Ripper | O'Connor |
| 1988 | The Play on One | Michael Flynn |
| 1988 | The Modern World: Ten Great Writers | Citizen |
| 1986 | Lovejoy | Bertram Montserrat |
| 1986 | Casualty | Arthur Jackson |
| 1986 | Casualty | Dr. Archie Whitlock |
| 1985 | Bleak House | Harold Skimpole |
| 1983 | Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime | |
| 1981 | Levkas Man | Holroyd |
| 1981 | The Manions of America | Harry Clement |
| 1980 | Lady Killers | Sir Hardinge Giffard Q.C. |
| 1979 | Minder | J.J.Mooney |
| 1978 | Blake's 7 | Sarkoff |
| 1978 | Holocaust | Blobel |
| 1977 | Target | |
| 1976 | Beasts | Dick Pummery |
| 1976 | The Duchess of Duke Street | |
| 1975 | The Sweeney | Det. Supt. Grant |
| 1975 | Rumpole of the Bailey | |
| 1975 | The Venturers | |
| 1975 | Looking for Clancy | |
| 1975 | Quiller | Buchanan |
| 1974 | Fall of Eagles | Count Conrad von Hotzendorf |
| 1974 | Father Brown | |
| 1974 | Napoleon and Love | |
| 1973 | Thriller | Jack Hardisty |
| 1973 | Thriller | Frampton |
| 1972 | Crown Court | |
| 1972 | Crown Court | Henry Burnett |
| 1971 | Jason King | |
| 1971 | Justice | Supt. George Lester |
| 1970 | Manhunt | Louis Sampere |
| 1967 | Callan | |
| 1967 | Man in a Suitcase | |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Sir Lucius O'Trigger |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Kommissarov |
| 1965 | The Troubleshooters | Geoffrey Arles |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | John Joe Moran |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | The Captain |
| 1962 | The Saint | Tony |
| 1962 | Dr. Finlay's Casebook | |
| 1961 | The Avengers | Grant |
| 1959 | No Hiding Place | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Soames |