
T. P. McKenna
Acting • Born 1929-09-07 – 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.
Filmography
124 credits
Straw Dogs
Movie • 1971
Maj. John Scott

Villain
Movie • 1971
Frank Fletcher

Red Scorpion
Movie • 1988
General Vortek

Percy's Progress
Movie • 1974
London News Editor

Girl with Green Eyes
Movie • 1964
The Priest

The Beast in the Cellar
Movie • 1971
Det. Chief Sup. Paddick

Perfect Friday
Movie • 1970
Smith

Ferry Cross the Mersey
Movie • 1965
Jack Hanson

Beasts: Baby
Movie • 1976
Dick Pummery

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Movie • 1977
Simon Dedalus

Young Cassidy
Movie • 1965
Tom

Ulysses
Movie • 1967
Buck Mulligan

Deirdre
Movie • 1965

The Rivals
Movie • 1970
Sir Lucius O'Trigger

Monarch
Movie • 2000
Henry VIII

Freedom to Die
Movie • 1961
Mike

Random Moments in a May Garden
Movie • 1981
Digby

Shoot to Kill
Movie • 1990
Chief Constable Sir John Harmon

Anne of the Thousand Days
Movie • 1969
Norris

The Doctor and the Devils
Movie • 1985
O'Connor

Events at Drimaghleen
Movie • 1991
Father Sallins

Blood of the Lamb
Movie • 1969
Joe Katz

A Warm December
Movie • 1973
Man (uncredited)

Love Lies Bleeding
Movie • 1977
Geoffrey

Crimes
Movie • 1982
Melvyn

Unreported Incident
Movie • 1988
Michael

Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
Movie • 1984
Dennis Naylor

Exposure
Movie • 1978
Dan

A Child's Voice
Movie • 1978
Ainsley Rupert Macreadie

Downfall
Movie • 1964
Martin Somers

The Siege of Sidney Street
Movie • 1960
Lapidos

The Fifth Day of Peace
Movie • 1970
Nick

Strong Medicine
Movie • 1986
Dr. Sweeting

The Law Lord
Movie • 1992
Judge Selwyn

Valmont
Movie • 1989
Baron

The Scarlet and the Black
Movie • 1983
Himmler

The Changeling
Movie • 1974
Tomazo de Piracquo

To the Lighthouse
Movie • 1983
Augustus Carmichael

Pascali's Island
Movie • 1988
Dr. Hogan

Longitude
Movie • 2000
Edmund Burke

Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
Movie • 1988
Captain Cook

Silver Dream Racer
Movie • 1980
Bank Manager

The Charge of the Light Brigade
Movie • 1968
William Russel

All Creatures Great and Small
Movie • 1975
Soames

Memed My Hawk
Movie • 1984
Dursan

The Libertine
Movie • 2004
Black Rod

The Boys & Girl from County Clare
Movie • 2003
The Announcer

Percy
Movie • 1971
Meet The People Compere

Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
Movie • 1989
Dr. Grahame

The Outsider
Movie • 1979
John Russell

The Quare Fellow
Movie • 1962
Walsh

Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut
Movie • 2003
Self - Actor / Major John Scott

Stones
Movie • 1976
Harvey Fenton-Jones

Britannia Hospital
Movie • 1982
Theatre Surgeon

Moving on the Edge
Movie • 1984
Liam

Pasmore
Movie • 1980
Helen's husband

Lady Killer
Movie • 1973
Jack Hardisty

The Next Victim
Movie • 1975
Frampton

Deasey (Desperate)
Movie • 1979
FG

The World of James Joyce: His Life & Work
Movie
Self - Narrator

Johnny Nobody
Movie • 1961
Garda

The Christmas Tree
Movie • 1986
Bill

Thriller
TV • 1973
Jack Hardisty

The Sweeney
TV • 1975
Det. Supt. Grant

Blake's 7
TV • 1978
Sarkoff

Doctor Who
TV • 1963
The Captain

The Avengers
TV • 1961
Grant

Heartbeat
TV • 1992
Michael O'Leary

Jason King
TV • 1971

Minder
TV • 1979
J.J.Mooney

Crown Court
TV • 1972

The Saint
TV • 1962
Tony

Callan
TV • 1967

Lovejoy
TV • 1986
Bertram Montserrat

Waking the Dead
TV • 2001
Phil Brown

Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Soames

Beasts
TV • 1976
Dick Pummery

Dr. Finlay's Casebook
TV • 1962

No Hiding Place
TV • 1959

Levkas Man
TV • 1981
Holroyd

Fall of Eagles
TV • 1974
Count Conrad von Hotzendorf

Man in a Suitcase
TV • 1967

Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
TV • 1983

Lady Killers
TV • 1980
Sir Hardinge Giffard Q.C.

BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Sir Lucius O'Trigger

Quiller
TV • 1975
Buchanan

Father Brown
TV • 1974

Thriller
TV • 1973
Frampton

Justice
TV • 1971
Supt. George Lester

Casualty
TV • 1986
Arthur Jackson

Casualty
TV • 1986
Dr. Archie Whitlock

Scarlet and Black
TV • 1993
Marquis de la Mole

Jack the Ripper
TV • 1988
O'Connor

Kings in Grass Castles
TV • 1998
Lord Dunraven

Manhunt
TV • 1970
Louis Sampere

Shoot to Kill
TV • 1990
Chief Constable Sir John Hermon

Longitude
TV • 2000
Edmund Burke

The Manions of America
TV • 1981
Harry Clement

Testament: The Bible in Animation
TV • 1996
God (voice)

Crown Court
TV • 1972
Henry Burnett

Bleak House
TV • 1985
Harold Skimpole

The Play on One
TV • 1988
Michael Flynn

The Wednesday Play
TV • 1964
John Joe Moran

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
TV • 1988
Citizen

Holocaust
TV • 1978
Blobel

Liberation
TV • 1994
Lloyd George, P.M. of England

The Troubleshooters
TV • 1965
Geoffrey Arles

Playhouse
TV • 1974
Harvey Fenton-Jones

Playhouse
TV • 1974
Digby

BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Kommissarov

BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Tomazo de Piracquo

The Chief
TV • 1990
Colin Fowler

Story Parade
TV • 1964
Matthew Finch

Sam and Janet
TV • 1967
Fingers Magee

Target
TV • 1977
Ruby Daniels

Looking for Clancy
TV • 1975
Marcus Selby

Theatre 625
TV • 1964
Jerry

Churchill's People
TV • 1974
Dr Layton

Rumpole of the Bailey
TV • 1975
Jean Pierre O'Higgins

Napoleon and Love
TV • 1974
Paul Barras

The Duchess of Duke Street
TV • 1976
Sir Martin Mallory

Detective
TV • 1964
Detective Wilks

Play for Tomorrow
TV • 1982
Melvyn

Strangers
TV • 1978
Chief Constable