Name
T. P. McKenna
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1929-09-07
Deathday
2011-02-13 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
Mullagh, County Cavan, Ireland
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.
Known For
Straw Dogs
(1,107 Votes)
7.149
David Sumner, a mild-mannered academic from the United States, marries Amy, an Englishwoma...
Relase Date : 25 Nov, 1971
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Red Scorpion
(319 Votes)
5.994
A Soviet commando is sent to eliminate a rebel leader in Africa. Soon he finds himself do...
Relase Date : 24 Dec, 1988
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The Doctor and the Devils
(59 Votes)
6.237
In Victorian England, graverobbers supply a wealthy doctor with bodies to research anatomy...
Relase Date : 4 Oct, 1985
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The Libertine
(499 Votes)
5.931
The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously d...
Relase Date : 16 Sep, 2004
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Anne of the Thousand Days
(135 Votes)
7.144
Henry VIII of England discards his wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a ...
Relase Date : 18 Dec, 1969
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Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
(42 Votes)
6.6
While on vacation at a resort hotel in the West Indies, Miss Marple correctly suspects tha...
Relase Date : 25 Dec, 1989
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The Charge of the Light Brigade
(79 Votes)
6.2
During the Crimean War between Britain and Russia in the 1850s, a British cavalry division...
Relase Date : 10 Apr, 1968
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Movies
Tv Shows
- 1971 Straw Dogs as Maj. John Scott
- 1971 Villain as Frank Fletcher
- 1988 Red Scorpion as General Vortek
- 1974 Percy's Progress as London News Editor
- 1964 Girl with Green Eyes as The Priest
- 1971 The Beast in the Cellar as Det. Chief Sup. Paddick
- 1970 Perfect Friday as Smith
- 1965 Ferry Cross the Mersey as Jack Hanson
- 1976 Beasts: Baby as Dick Pummery
- 1977 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man as Simon Dedalus
- 1965 Young Cassidy as Tom
- 1967 Ulysses as Buck Mulligan
- 1965 Deirdre
- 1970 The Rivals as Sir Lucius O'Trigger
- 2000 Monarch as Henry VIII
- 1961 Freedom to Die as Mike
- 1981 Random Moments in a May Garden as Digby
- 1990 Shoot to Kill as Chief Constable Sir John Harmon
- 1969 Blood of the Lamb as Joe Katz
- 1969 Anne of the Thousand Days as Norris
- 1985 The Doctor and the Devils as O'Connor
- 1991 Events at Drimaghleen as Father Sallins
- 1973 A Warm December as Man (uncredited)
- 1977 Love Lies Bleeding as Geoffrey
- 1982 Crimes as Melvyn
- 1988 Unreported Incident as Michael
- 1984 Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle as Dennis Naylor
- 1978 Exposure as Dan
- 1978 A Child's Voice as Ainsley Rupert Macreadie
- 1964 Downfall as Martin Somers
- 1960 The Siege of Sidney Street as Lapidos
- 1970 The Fifth Day of Peace as Nick
- 1986 Strong Medicine as Dr. Sweeting
- 1992 The Law Lord as Judge Selwyn
- 1989 Valmont as Baron
- 1983 The Scarlet and the Black as Himmler
- 1974 The Changeling as Tomazo de Piracquo
- 1983 To the Lighthouse as Augustus Carmichael
- 1988 Pascali's Island as Dr. Hogan
- 2000 Longitude as Edmund Burke
- 1988 Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy as Captain Cook
- 1980 Silver Dream Racer as Bank Manager
- 1968 The Charge of the Light Brigade as William Russel
- 1975 All Creatures Great and Small as Soames
- 1984 Memed My Hawk as Dursun
- 2004 The Libertine as Black Rod
- 2003 The Boys & Girl from County Clare as The Announcer
- 1971 Percy as Meet The People Compere
- 1989 Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery as Dr. Grahame
- 1979 The Outsider as John Russell
- 1962 The Quare Fellow as Walsh
- 2003 Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut as Self - Actor / Major John Scott
- 1976 Stones as Harvey Fenton-Jones
- 1982 Britannia Hospital as Theatre Surgeon
- 1984 Moving on the Edge as Liam
- 1980 Pasmore as Helen's husband
- 1973 Lady Killer as Jack Hardisty
- 1975 The Next Victim as Frampton
- 1979 Deasey (Desperate) as FG
- 1982 The World of James Joyce: His Life & Work as Self - Narrator
- 1961 Johnny Nobody as Garda
- 1986 The Christmas Tree as Bill
- 1975 The Sweeney ( 1 episode ) as Det. Supt. Grant
- 1973 Thriller ( 1 episode ) as Jack Hardisty
- 1978 Blake's 7 ( 1 episode ) as Sarkoff
- 1963 Doctor Who ( 4 episodes ) as The Captain
- 1961 The Avengers ( 3 episodes ) as Grant
- 1992 Heartbeat ( 1 episode ) as Michael O'Leary
- 1971 Jason King ( 1 episode )
- 1979 Minder ( 1 episode ) as J.J.Mooney
- 1972 Crown Court ( 2 episodes )
- 1962 The Saint ( 2 episodes ) as Tony
- 1967 Callan ( 1 episode )
- 1986 Lovejoy ( 1 episode ) as Bertram Montserrat
- 2001 Waking the Dead ( 2 episodes ) as Phil Brown
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Soames
- 1976 Beasts ( 1 episode ) as Dick Pummery
- 1962 Dr. Finlay's Casebook ( 2 episodes )
- 1959 No Hiding Place ( 1 episode )
- 1981 Levkas Man ( 1 episode ) as Holroyd
- 1974 Fall of Eagles ( 1 episode ) as Count Conrad von Hotzendorf
- 1967 Man in a Suitcase ( 1 episode )
- 1983 Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime ( 1 episode )
- 1980 Lady Killers ( 1 episode ) as Sir Hardinge Giffard Q.C.
- 1965 BBC Play of the Month ( 1 episode ) as Sir Lucius O'Trigger
- 1975 Quiller ( 1 episode ) as Buchanan
- 1973 Thriller ( 1 episode ) as Frampton
- 1971 Justice ( 1 episode ) as Supt. George Lester
- 1986 Casualty ( 1 episode ) as Arthur Jackson
- 1986 Casualty ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Archie Whitlock
- 1993 Scarlet and Black ( 3 episodes ) as Marquis de la Mole
- 1988 Jack the Ripper ( 2 episodes ) as O'Connor
- 1998 Kings in Grass Castles ( 2 episodes ) as Lord Dunraven
- 1970 Manhunt ( 1 episode ) as Louis Sampere
- 2000 Longitude ( 2 episodes ) as Edmund Burke
- 1972 Crown Court ( 3 episodes ) as Henry Burnett
- 1990 Shoot to Kill ( 2 episodes ) as Chief Constable Sir John Hermon
- 1996 Testament: The Bible in Animation ( 1 episode ) as God (voice)
- 1981 The Manions of America ( 3 episodes ) as Harry Clement
- 1985 Bleak House ( 4 episodes ) as Harold Skimpole
- 1964 The Wednesday Play ( 1 episode ) as John Joe Moran
- 1988 The Modern World: Ten Great Writers ( 1 episode ) as Citizen
- 1978 Holocaust ( 3 episodes ) as Blobel
- 1994 Liberation ( 6 episodes ) as Lloyd George, P.M. of England
- 1965 The Troubleshooters ( 1 episode ) as Geoffrey Arles
- 1974 Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Harvey Fenton-Jones
- 1974 Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Digby
- 1965 BBC Play of the Month ( 1 episode ) as Kommissarov
- 1965 BBC Play of the Month ( 1 episode ) as Tomazo de Piracquo
- 1990 The Chief ( 10 episodes ) as Colin Fowler
- 1964 Story Parade ( 1 episode ) as Matthew Finch
- 1967 Sam and Janet ( 1 episode ) as Fingers Magee
- 1977 Target ( 1 episode ) as Ruby Daniels
- 1975 Looking for Clancy ( 3 episodes ) as Marcus Selby
- 1964 Theatre 625 ( 1 episode ) as Jerry
- 1974 Churchill's People ( 1 episode ) as Dr Layton
- 1975 Rumpole of the Bailey ( 1 episode ) as Jean Pierre O'Higgins
- 1974 Napoleon and Love ( 3 episodes ) as Paul Barras
- 1976 The Duchess of Duke Street ( 1 episode ) as Sir Martin Mallory
- 1964 Detective ( 1 episode ) as Detective Wilks
- 1982 Play for Tomorrow ( 1 episode ) as Melvyn
- 1978 Strangers ( 1 episode ) as Chief Constable
- 1956 Armchair Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Mena Donelli
- 1967 ITV Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Murphy
- 1985 My Brother Jonathan ( 2 episodes ) as Lloyd Moore
- 1963 Espionage ( 1 episode ) as Tom Gorman
- 1988 The Play on One ( 1 episode ) as Michael Flynn
- 1969 ITV Saturday Night Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Sontee
- 1986 ScreenPlay ( 1 episode ) as Father Sallins
- 2002 Rockface ( 1 episode ) as Liam
- 1964 The Wednesday Play ( 1 episode ) as Joe Katz
- 1974 Father Brown ( 1 episode ) as DI Boyne
- 1965 Knock on Any Door ( 1 episode ) as Mr Sands
