T. P. McKenna
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.
As actor 126
Doctor Who
1963
The Avengers
1961
Casualty
1986
Crown Court
1972
Minder
1979
BBC Play of the Month
1965
The Saint
1962
Waking the Dead
2001
The Wednesday Play
1964
Heartbeat
1992
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
Blake's 7
1978
No Hiding Place
1959
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
ITV Playhouse
1967
Theatre 625
1964
The Sweeney
1975
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962
Playhouse
1974
ScreenPlay
1986
The Duchess of Duke Street
1976
Lady Killers
1980
Man in a Suitcase
1967
The Troubleshooters
1965
Lovejoy
1986
Thriller
1973
Churchill's People
1974
Detective
1964
The Chief
1990
Jack the Ripper
1988
Justice
1971
Strangers
1978
Father Brown
1974
The Play on One
1988
Valmont
1989
Espionage
1963
Jason King
1971
Straw Dogs
1971
Story Parade
1964
Fall of Eagles
1974
Red Scorpion
1988
Target
1977
Rockface
2002
Holocaust
1978
Callan
1967
Longitude
2000
Manhunt
1970
Liberation
1994
The Libertine
2004
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
1983
Testament: The Bible in Animation
1996
Bleak House
1985
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Napoleon and Love
1974
The Doctor and the Devils
1985
Beasts
1976
The Manions of America
1981
Quiller
1975
Sam and Janet
1967
Knock on Any Door
1965
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
1989
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1968
The Scarlet and the Black
1983
Longitude
2000
Looking for Clancy
1975
Britannia Hospital
1982
The Fifth Day of Peace
1970
All Creatures Great and Small
1975
Scarlet and Black
1993
Memed My Hawk
1984
My Brother Jonathan
1985
Perfect Friday
1970
Armchair Theatre
1956
Pascali's Island
1988
Levkas Man
1981
Kings in Grass Castles
1998
Silver Dream Racer
1980
Young Cassidy
1965
Villain
1971
Play for Tomorrow
1982
The Law Lord
1992
Percy
1971
Deirdre
1965
The Boys & Girl from County Clare
2003
A Warm December
1973
The Outsider
1979
Percy's Progress
1974
Girl with Green Eyes
1964
The Quare Fellow
1962
Shoot to Kill
1990
The Beast in the Cellar
1971
Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
1988
Beasts: Baby
1976
The Changeling
1974
Ulysses
1967
Deasey (Desperate)
1979
Downfall
1964
Strong Medicine
1986
To the Lighthouse
1983
Unreported Incident
1988
The Rivals
1970
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
1984
Lady Killer
1973
Johnny Nobody
1961
Shoot to Kill
1990
Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut
2003
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
1977
Pasmore
1980
The Siege of Sidney Street
1960
The Next Victim
1975
Freedom to Die
1961
Love Lies Bleeding
1977
The Christmas Tree
1986
Random Moments in a May Garden
1981
Ferry Cross the Mersey
1965
Stones
1976
Monarch
2000
Events at Drimaghleen
1991
Moving on the Edge
1984
A Child's Voice
1978
Blood of the Lamb
1969
Exposure
1978
Crimes
1982
The World of James Joyce: His Life & Work
1982