T. P. McKenna
Born: 1929-09-07 in Mullagh, County Cavan, Ireland
Died: 2011-02-13
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2004
- The Libertine as Black Rod
2003
- The Boys & Girl from County Clare as The Announcer
- Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut as Self - Actor / Major John Scott
2002
- Rockface as Liam
2001
- Waking the Dead as Phil Brown
1998
- Kings in Grass Castles as Lord Dunraven
1996
- Testament: The Bible in Animation as God (voice)
1994
- Liberation as Lloyd George, P.M. of England
1993
- Scarlet and Black as Marquis de la Mole
1992
- Heartbeat as Michael O'Leary
- The Law Lord as Judge Selwyn
1991
- Events at Drimaghleen as Father Sallins
1990
- The Chief as Colin Fowler
- Shoot to Kill as Chief Constable Sir John Harmon
- Shoot to Kill as Chief Constable Sir John Hermon
1989
- Valmont as Baron
- Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery as Dr. Grahame
1988
- The Play on One as Michael Flynn
- Jack the Ripper as O'Connor
- The Modern World: Ten Great Writers as Citizen
- Red Scorpion as General Vortek
- Pascali's Island as Dr. Hogan
- Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy as Captain Cook
- Unreported Incident as Michael
1986
- Casualty as Arthur Jackson
- ScreenPlay as Father Sallins
- Lovejoy as Bertram Montserrat
- Strong Medicine as Dr. Sweeting
- The Christmas Tree as Bill
1985
- Bleak House as Harold Skimpole
- My Brother Jonathan as Lloyd Moore
- The Doctor and the Devils as O'Connor
1984
- Memed My Hawk as Dursun
- Moving on the Edge as Liam
- Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle as Dennis Naylor
1983
- Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
- The Scarlet and the Black as Himmler
- To the Lighthouse as Augustus Carmichael
1982
- Play for Tomorrow as Melvyn
- Britannia Hospital as Theatre Surgeon
- Crimes as Melvyn
- The World of James Joyce: His Life & Work as Self - Narrator
1981
- The Manions of America as Harry Clement
- Levkas Man as Holroyd
- Random Moments in a May Garden as Digby
1980
- Lady Killers as Sir Hardinge Giffard Q.C.
- Silver Dream Racer as Bank Manager
- Pasmore as Helen's husband
1979
- Minder as J.J.Mooney
- The Outsider as John Russell
- Deasey (Desperate) as FG
1978
- Blake's 7 as Sarkoff
- Holocaust as Blobel
- Strangers as Chief Constable
- A Child's Voice as Ainsley Rupert Macreadie
- Exposure as Dan
1977
- Target as Ruby Daniels
- A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man as Simon Dedalus
- Love Lies Bleeding as Geoffrey
1976
- The Duchess of Duke Street as Sir Martin Mallory
- Beasts as Dick Pummery
- Beasts: Baby as Dick Pummery
- Stones as Harvey Fenton-Jones
1975
- Rumpole of the Bailey as Jean Pierre O'Higgins
- The Sweeney as Det. Supt. Grant
- Quiller as Buchanan
- Looking for Clancy as Marcus Selby
- All Creatures Great and Small as Soames
- The Next Victim as Frampton
1974
- Playhouse as Harvey Fenton-Jones
- Churchill's People as Dr Layton
- Fall of Eagles as Count Conrad von Hotzendorf
- Father Brown as DI Boyne
- Napoleon and Love as Paul Barras
- Percy's Progress as London News Editor
- The Changeling as Tomazo de Piracquo
1973
- Thriller as Jack Hardisty
- A Warm December as Man (uncredited)
- Lady Killer as Jack Hardisty
1972
1971
- Justice as Supt. George Lester
- Jason King
- Straw Dogs as Maj. John Scott
- Villain as Frank Fletcher
- Percy as Meet The People Compere
- The Beast in the Cellar as Det. Chief Sup. Paddick
1970
- Manhunt as Louis Sampere
- The Fifth Day of Peace as Nick
- Perfect Friday as Smith
- The Rivals as Sir Lucius O'Trigger
1969
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre as Sontee
- Anne of the Thousand Days as Norris
- Blood of the Lamb as Joe Katz
1968
- The Charge of the Light Brigade as William Russel
1967
- ITV Playhouse as Dr. Murphy
- Callan
- Man in a Suitcase
- Sam and Janet as Fingers Magee
- Ulysses as Buck Mulligan
1965
- BBC Play of the Month as Sir Lucius O'Trigger
- The Troubleshooters as Geoffrey Arles
- Young Cassidy as Tom
- Ferry Cross the Mersey as Jack Hanson
- Deirdre
1964
- Theatre 625 as Jerry
- The Wednesday Play as John Joe Moran
- Story Parade as Matthew Finch
- Detective as Detective Wilks
- Thursday Theatre as Charles Sturrock
- Girl with Green Eyes as The Priest
- Downfall as Martin Somers
1963
- Doctor Who as The Captain
- Espionage as Tom Gorman
1962
- The Saint as Tony
- Dr. Finlay's Casebook
- The Quare Fellow as Walsh
1961
- The Avengers as Grant
- Johnny Nobody as Garda
- Freedom to Die as Mike
1960
- The Siege of Sidney Street as Lapidos
1959
1956
- Armchair Theatre as Mena Donelli
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Soames