T. P. McKenna
Birthday
1929/09/07
Day of death
2011/02/13 (81 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Mullagh, County Cavan, Ireland
Also know as
T.P. McKenna, Thomas Patrick 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.
Acting
(1971) Straw Dogs
as Maj. John Scott
(1971) Villain
as Frank Fletcher
(1988) Red Scorpion
as General Vortek
(1974) Percy's Progress
as London News Editor
(1964) Girl with Green Eyes
as The Priest
(1970) The Beast in the Cellar
as Det. Chief Sup. Paddick
(1970) Perfect Friday
as Smith
(1965) Ferry Cross the Mersey
as Jack Hanson
(1976) Beasts: Baby
as Dick Pummery
(1977) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
as Simon Dedalus
(1965) Young Cassidy
as Tom
(1967) Ulysses
as Buck Mulligan
(1965) Deirdre
as ---
(1970) The Rivals
as Sir Lucius O'Trigger
(2000) Monarch
as Henry VIII
(1961) Freedom to Die
as Mike
(1981) Random Moments in a May Garden
as Digby
(1990) Shoot to Kill
as Chief Constable Sir John Harmon
(1969) Blood of the Lamb
as Joe Katz
(1991) Events at Drimaghleen
as Father Sallins
(1969) Anne of the Thousand Days
as Norris
(1985) The Doctor and the Devils
as O'Connor
(1973) A Warm December
as Man (uncredited)
(1977) Love Lies Bleeding
as Geoffrey
(1982) Crimes
as Melvyn
(1984) Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
as Dennis Naylor
(1988) Unreported Incident
as Michael
(1978) Exposure
as Dan
(1978) A Child's Voice
as Ainsley Rupert Macreadie
(1964) Downfall
as ---
(1960) The Siege of Sidney Street
as Lapidos
(1970) The 5th Day of Peace
as Nick
(1986) Strong Medicine
as Dr. Sweeting
(1992) The Law Lord
as Judge Selwyn
(1989) Valmont
as Baron
(1983) The Scarlet and the Black
as Himmler
(1974) The Changeling
as Tomazo de Piracquo
(1983) To the Lighthouse
as Augustus Carmichael
(1988) Pascali's Island
as Dr. Hogan
(2000) Longitude
as Edmund Burke
(1988) Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
as Captain Cook
(1980) Silver Dream Racer
as Bank Manager
(1968) The Charge of the Light Brigade
as William Russel
(1975) All Creatures Great and Small
as Soames
(1984) Memed My Hawk
as Dursan
(2004) The Libertine
as Black Rod
(2003) The Boys & Girl from County Clare
as The Announcer
(1971) Percy
as Meet The People Compere
(1989) Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
as Dr. Grahame
(1980) The Outsider
as John Russell
(1962) The Quare Fellow
as Walsh
(2003) Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut
as Self - Actor / Major John Scott
(1976) Stones
as Harvey Fenton-Jones
(1982) Britannia Hospital
as Theatre Surgeon
(1984) Moving on the Edge
as Liam
(1980) Pasmore
as Helen's husband
(1973) Lady Killer
as Jack Hardisty
(1975) The Next Victim
as Frampton
(1979) Deasey (Desperate)
as FG
The World of James Joyce: His Life & Work
as Self - Narrator
(1961) Johnny Nobody
as Garda
(1973) Thriller
as Jack Hardisty
(1975) The Sweeney
as Det. Supt. Grant
(1978) Blake's 7
as Sarkoff
(1963) Doctor Who
as The Captain
(1961) The Avengers
as Grant
(1992) Heartbeat
as Michael O'Leary
(1971) Jason King
as ---
(1979) Minder
as J.J.Mooney
(1972) Crown Court
as ---
(1975) Rumpole of the Bailey
as ---
(1962) The Saint
as Tony
(1967) Callan
as ---
(1986) Lovejoy
as Bertram Montserrat
(2001) Waking the Dead
as Phil Brown
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Soames
(1976) Beasts
as Dick Pummery
(1962) Dr. Finlay's Casebook
as ---
(1975) The Venturers
as ---
(1959) No Hiding Place
as ---
(1977) Target
as ---
(1976) The Duchess of Duke Street
as ---
(1981) Levkas Man
as Holroyd
(1974) Fall of Eagles
as Count Conrad von Hotzendorf
(1967) Man in a Suitcase
as ---
(1983) Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
as ---
(1980) Lady Killers
as Sir Hardinge Giffard Q.C.
(1975) Looking for Clancy
as ---
(1965) BBC Play of the Month
as Sir Lucius O'Trigger
(1975) Quiller
as Buchanan
(1974) Father Brown
as ---
(1974) Napoleon and Love
as ---
(1973) Thriller
as Frampton
(1965) BBC Play of the Month
as Kommissarov
(1971) Justice
as Supt. George Lester
(1986) Casualty
as Arthur Jackson
(1986) Casualty
as Dr. Archie Whitlock
(1993) Scarlet and Black
as Marquis de la Mole
(1988) Jack the Ripper
as O'Connor
(1998) Kings in Grass Castles
as Lord Dunraven
(1970) Manhunt
as Louis Sampere
(1990) Shoot to Kill
as Chief Constable Sir John Hermon
(2000) Longitude
as Edmund Burke
(1981) The Manions of America
as Harry Clement
(1996) Testament: The Bible in Animation
as God (voice)
(1972) Crown Court
as Henry Burnett
(1987) Inspector Morse
as Professor Sir Lionel Phelps
(1984) Miss Marple
as Dr. Grahame
(1985) Bleak House
as Harold Skimpole
(1988) The Play on One
as Michael Flynn
(1964) The Wednesday Play
as John Joe Moran
(1988) The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
as Citizen
(1978) Holocaust
as Blobel
(1994) Liberation
as Lloyd George, P.M. of England