T. P. McKenna
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.
Movies
The Libertine
Black Rod
The Boys & Girl from County Clare
The Announcer
Monarch
Henry VIII
Longitude
Edmund Burke
The Law Lord
Judge Selwyn
Events at Drimaghleen
Father Sallins
Shoot to Kill
Chief Constable Sir John Harmon
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
Dr. Grahame
Valmont
Baron
Red Scorpion
General Vortek
Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
Captain Cook
Pascali's Island
Dr. Hogan
Unreported Incident
Michael
The Christmas Tree
Bill
Strong Medicine
Dr. Sweeting
The Doctor and the Devils
O'Connor
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
Dennis Naylor
Memed My Hawk
Dursan
Moving on the Edge
Liam
To the Lighthouse
Augustus Carmichael
The Scarlet and the Black
Himmler
Britannia Hospital
Theatre Surgeon
Crimes
Melvyn
Random Moments in a May Garden
Digby
Pasmore
Helen's husband
Silver Dream Racer
Bank Manager
Deasey (Desperate)
FG
The Outsider
John Russell
Exposure
Dan
A Child's Voice
Ainsley Rupert Macreadie
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Simon Dedalus
Love Lies Bleeding
Geoffrey
Beasts: Baby
Dick Pummery
Stones
Harvey Fenton-Jones
The Next Victim
Frampton
All Creatures Great and Small
Soames
Percy's Progress
London News Editor
The Changeling
Tomazo de Piracquo
A Warm December
Man (uncredited)
Lady Killer
Jack Hardisty
Straw Dogs
Maj. John Scott
Villain
Frank Fletcher
The Beast in the Cellar
Det. Chief Sup. Paddick
Percy
Meet The People Compere
Perfect Friday
Smith
The Rivals
Sir Lucius O'Trigger
The Fifth Day of Peace
Nick
Anne of the Thousand Days
Norris
Blood of the Lamb
Joe Katz
The Charge of the Light Brigade
William Russel
Ulysses
Buck Mulligan
Young Cassidy
Tom
Ferry Cross the Mersey
Jack Hanson
Deirdre
Girl with Green Eyes
The Priest
Downfall
Martin Somers
The Quare Fellow
Walsh
Johnny Nobody
Garda
Freedom to Die
Mike
The Siege of Sidney Street
Lapidos
TV Series
Waking the Dead
Phil Brown
2 Episodes
Longitude
Edmund Burke
2 Episodes
Kings in Grass Castles
Lord Dunraven
2 Episodes
Testament: The Bible in Animation
God (voice)
1 Episode
Liberation
Lloyd George, P.M. of England
6 Episodes
Scarlet and Black
Marquis de la Mole
3 Episodes
Heartbeat
Michael O'Leary
1 Episode
Shoot to Kill
Chief Constable Sir John Hermon
2 Episodes
The Chief
Colin Fowler
10 Episodes
Jack the Ripper
O'Connor
2 Episodes
The Play on One
Michael Flynn
1 Episode
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Citizen
1 Episode
Casualty
Arthur Jackson
1 Episode
Lovejoy
Bertram Montserrat
1 Episode
Bleak House
Harold Skimpole
4 Episodes
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
1 Episode
The Manions of America
Harry Clement
3 Episodes
Levkas Man
Holroyd
1 Episode
Lady Killers
Sir Hardinge Giffard Q.C.
1 Episode
Minder
J.J.Mooney
1 Episode
Holocaust
Blobel
3 Episodes
Blake's 7
Sarkoff
1 Episode
Target
Ruby Daniels
1 Episode
Beasts
Dick Pummery
1 Episode
The Duchess of Duke Street
1 Episode
Rumpole of the Bailey
1 Episode
Quiller
Buchanan
1 Episode
Looking for Clancy
Marcus Selby
3 Episodes
The Venturers
1 Episode
The Sweeney
Det. Supt. Grant
1 Episode
Churchill's People
Dr Layton
1 Episode
Father Brown
1 Episode
Fall of Eagles
Count Conrad von Hotzendorf
1 Episode
Playhouse
Harvey Fenton-Jones
1 Episode
Napoleon and Love
3 Episodes
Thriller
Jack Hardisty
1 Episode
Crown Court
2 Episodes
Justice
Supt. George Lester
1 Episode
Jason King
1 Episode
Manhunt
Louis Sampere
1 Episode
Man in a Suitcase
1 Episode
Callan
1 Episode
Sam and Janet
Fingers Magee
1 Episode
BBC Play of the Month
Sir Lucius O'Trigger
1 Episode
The Troubleshooters
Geoffrey Arles
1 Episode
The Wednesday Play
John Joe Moran
1 Episode
Theatre 625
Jerry
1 Episode
Story Parade
Matthew Finch
1 Episode
Doctor Who
The Captain
3 Episodes
The Saint
Tony
2 Episodes
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
2 Episodes
The Avengers
Grant
3 Episodes
No Hiding Place
1 Episode
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Soames
1 Episode