T. P. McKenna
Born September 7, 1929 · 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.
Notable Appearances
Movies
Valmont
Straw Dogs
The Libertine
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Red Scorpion
Anne of the Thousand Days
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
The Doctor and the Devils
The Scarlet and the Black
Britannia Hospital
The Fifth Day of Peace
Pascali's Island
Longitude
Girl with Green Eyes
The Boys & Girl from County Clare
Perfect Friday
Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut
Memed My Hawk
The Changeling
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
All Creatures Great and Small
Villain
Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
The Beast in the Cellar
Young Cassidy
Percy's Progress
Silver Dream Racer
Percy
The Outsider
A Warm December
The Law Lord
The Siege of Sidney Street
Shoot to Kill
Pasmore
Strong Medicine
Ulysses
To the Lighthouse
Lady Killer
Ferry Cross the Mersey
Crimes
Johnny Nobody
Moving on the Edge
Freedom to Die
The Quare Fellow
Unreported Incident
Stones
Beasts: Baby
A Child's Voice
Deasey (Desperate)
Downfall
Random Moments in a May Garden
The Next Victim
Events at Drimaghleen
Monarch
The World of James Joyce: His Life & Work
TV Shows
BBC Play of the Month
Crown Court
Heartbeat
Waking the Dead
The Saint
The Sweeney
Theatre 625
The Wednesday Play
ITV Playhouse
Playhouse
No Hiding Place
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Rumpole of the Bailey
The Troubleshooters
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
Blake's 7
Thriller
ScreenPlay
The Duchess of Duke Street
Justice
Lovejoy
The Play on One
The Chief
Callan
Churchill's People
Man in a Suitcase
Lady Killers
Espionage
Detective
Target
Strangers
Father Brown
Jason King
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
Fall of Eagles
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Holocaust
Testament: The Bible in Animation
Manhunt
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Liberation
Jack the Ripper
Rockface
Napoleon and Love
Longitude
Beasts
Bleak House
The Manions of America
Quiller
Scarlet and Black
Kings in Grass Castles
Armchair Theatre
My Brother Jonathan
Levkas Man
Play for Tomorrow