Acting

T. P. McKenna

Born 1929-09-07 · Mullagh, County Cavan, Ireland

Died 2011-02-13

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.

Credits

Newest first

The Libertine
as Black Rod
2004
The Boys & Girl from County Clare
as The Announcer
2003
Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut
as Self - Actor / Major John Scott
2003
Rockface
as Liam
2002
Waking the Dead
as Phil Brown
2001
Monarch
as Henry VIII
2000
Longitude
as Edmund Burke
2000
Longitude
as Edmund Burke
2000
Kings in Grass Castles
as Lord Dunraven
1998
Testament: The Bible in Animation
as God (voice)
1996
Liberation
as Lloyd George, P.M. of England
1994
Scarlet and Black
as Marquis de la Mole
1993
Heartbeat
as Michael O'Leary
1992
The Law Lord
as Judge Selwyn
1992
Events at Drimaghleen
as Father Sallins
1991
Shoot to Kill
as Chief Constable Sir John Harmon
1990
Shoot to Kill
as Chief Constable Sir John Hermon
1990
The Chief
as Colin Fowler
1990
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
as Dr. Grahame
1989
Valmont
as Baron
1989
Red Scorpion
as General Vortek
1988
Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
as Captain Cook
1988
Jack the Ripper
as O'Connor
1988
Pascali's Island
as Dr. Hogan
1988
Unreported Incident
as Michael
1988
The Play on One
as Michael Flynn
1988
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
as Citizen
1988
The Christmas Tree
as Bill
1986
Casualty
as Arthur Jackson
1986
Casualty
as Dr. Archie Whitlock
1986
ScreenPlay
as Father Sallins
1986
Lovejoy
as Bertram Montserrat
1986
Strong Medicine
as Dr. Sweeting
1986
The Doctor and the Devils
as O'Connor
1985
My Brother Jonathan
as Lloyd Moore
1985
Bleak House
as Harold Skimpole
1985
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
as Dennis Naylor
1984
Memed My Hawk
as Dursun
1984
Moving on the Edge
as Liam
1984
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
1983
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
as Randolph Wilmot
1983
To the Lighthouse
as Augustus Carmichael
1983
The Scarlet and the Black
as Himmler
1983
Britannia Hospital
as Theatre Surgeon
1982
Crimes
as Melvyn
1982
Play for Tomorrow
as Melvyn
1982
The World of James Joyce: His Life & Work
as Self - Narrator
1982
The Manions of America
as Harry Clement
1981
Random Moments in a May Garden
as Digby
1981
Levkas Man
as Holroyd
1981
Pasmore
as Helen's husband
1980
Lady Killers
as Sir Hardinge Giffard Q.C.
1980
Silver Dream Racer
as Bank Manager
1980
Deasey (Desperate)
as FG
1979
The Outsider
as John Russell
1979
Minder
as J.J.Mooney
1979
Exposure
as Dan
1978
A Child's Voice
as Ainsley Rupert Macreadie
1978
Strangers
as Chief Constable
1978
Holocaust
as Blobel
1978
Blake's 7
as Sarkoff
1978
Target
as Ruby Daniels
1977
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
as Simon Dedalus
1977
Love Lies Bleeding
as Geoffrey
1977
Beasts: Baby
as Dick Pummery
1976
Stones
as Harvey Fenton-Jones
1976
Beasts
as Dick Pummery
1976
The Duchess of Duke Street
as Sir Martin Mallory
1976
Rumpole of the Bailey
as Jean Pierre O'Higgins
1975
The Next Victim
as Frampton
1975
Quiller
as Buchanan
1975
All Creatures Great and Small
as Soames
1975
Looking for Clancy
as Marcus Selby
1975
The Sweeney
as Det. Supt. Grant
1975
Churchill's People
as Dr Layton
1974
Father Brown
as DI Boyne
1974
Percy's Progress
as London News Editor
1974
Fall of Eagles
as Count Conrad von Hotzendorf
1974
Playhouse
as Harvey Fenton-Jones
1974
Playhouse
as Digby
1974