T. P. McKenna

Acting

Born: 1929-09-07 in Mullagh, County Cavan, Ireland

Died: 2011-02-13

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

Straw Dogs

Maj. John Scott

Villain

Frank Fletcher

Red Scorpion

General Vortek

Percy's Progress

London News Editor

Girl with Green Eyes

The Priest

The Beast in the Cellar

Det. Chief Sup. Paddick

Perfect Friday

Smith

Ferry Cross the Mersey

Jack Hanson

Beasts: Baby

Dick Pummery

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Simon Dedalus

Young Cassidy

Tom

Ulysses

Buck Mulligan

Deirdre

The Rivals

Sir Lucius O'Trigger

Monarch

Henry VIII

Freedom to Die

Mike

Random Moments in a May Garden

Digby

Shoot to Kill

Chief Constable Sir John Harmon

Blood of the Lamb

Joe Katz

Anne of the Thousand Days

Norris

The Doctor and the Devils

O'Connor

Events at Drimaghleen

Father Sallins

A Warm December

Man (uncredited)

Love Lies Bleeding

Geoffrey

Crimes

Melvyn

Unreported Incident

Michael

Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle

Dennis Naylor

Exposure

Dan

A Child's Voice

Ainsley Rupert Macreadie

Downfall

Martin Somers

The Siege of Sidney Street

Lapidos

The Fifth Day of Peace

Nick

Strong Medicine

Dr. Sweeting

The Law Lord

Judge Selwyn

Valmont

Baron

The Scarlet and the Black

Himmler

The Changeling

Tomazo de Piracquo

To the Lighthouse

Augustus Carmichael

Pascali's Island

Dr. Hogan

Longitude

Edmund Burke

Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy

Captain Cook

Silver Dream Racer

Bank Manager

The Charge of the Light Brigade

William Russel

All Creatures Great and Small

Soames

Memed My Hawk

Dursan

The Libertine

Black Rod

The Boys & Girl from County Clare

The Announcer

Percy

Meet The People Compere

Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery

Dr. Grahame

The Outsider

John Russell

The Quare Fellow

Walsh

Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut

Self - Actor / Major John Scott

Stones

Harvey Fenton-Jones

Britannia Hospital

Theatre Surgeon

Moving on the Edge

Liam

Pasmore

Helen's husband

Lady Killer

Jack Hardisty

The Next Victim

Frampton

Deasey (Desperate)

The World of James Joyce: His Life & Work

Self - Narrator

Johnny Nobody

Garda

The Christmas Tree

Bill