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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 7, 1929
Died
February 13, 2011
Place of Birth
Mullagh, County Cavan, Ireland
Also Known As
- T.P. McKenna
- Thomas Patrick McKenna
T. P. McKenna
0.5 Popularity
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
5.9
Black Rod
The Libertine
2004
5.8
The Announcer
The Boys & Girl from County Clare
2003
7.0
Self - Actor / Major John Scott
Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut
2003
7.2
Phil Brown
Waking the Dead
2001
6.0
Henry VIII
Monarch
2000
7.0
Edmund Burke
Longitude
2000
7.4
Edmund Burke
Longitude
2000
10.0
Lord Dunraven
Kings in Grass Castles
1998
6.4
God (voice)
Testament: The Bible in Animation
1996
7.8
Lloyd George, P.M. of England
Liberation
1994
Credits
The Libertine
as Black Rod
2004
5.9
The Boys & Girl from County Clare
as The Announcer
2003
5.8
Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut
as Self - Actor / Major John Scott
2003
7.0
Waking the Dead
as Phil Brown
2001
7.2
Monarch
as Henry VIII
2000
6.0
Longitude
as Edmund Burke
2000
7.0
Longitude
as Edmund Burke
2000
7.4
Kings in Grass Castles
as Lord Dunraven
1998
10.0
Testament: The Bible in Animation
as God (voice)
1996
6.4
Liberation
as Lloyd George, P.M. of England
1994
7.8
Scarlet and Black
as Marquis de la Mole
1993
5.9
Heartbeat
as Michael O'Leary
1992
7.1
The Law Lord
as Judge Selwyn
1992
0.0
Events at Drimaghleen
as Father Sallins
1991
0.0
Shoot to Kill
as Chief Constable Sir John Hermon
1990
5.5
Shoot to Kill
as Chief Constable Sir John Harmon
1990
0.0
The Chief
as Colin Fowler
1990
6.0
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
as Dr. Grahame
1989
6.3
Valmont
as Baron
1989
6.7
Red Scorpion
as General Vortek
1988
6.0
Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
as Captain Cook
1988
7.4
Jack the Ripper
as O'Connor
1988
7.1
Pascali's Island
as Dr. Hogan
1988
6.2
Unreported Incident
as Michael
1988
0.0
The Play on One
as Michael Flynn
1988
6.0
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
as Citizen
1988
0.0
🎬
The Christmas Tree
as Bill
1986
0.0
Casualty
as Arthur Jackson
1986
6.1
Casualty
as Dr. Archie Whitlock
1986
6.1
Lovejoy
as Bertram Montserrat
1986
7.3
Strong Medicine
as Dr. Sweeting
1986
7.0
The Doctor and the Devils
as O'Connor
1985
6.2
Bleak House
as Harold Skimpole
1985
6.0
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
as Dennis Naylor
1984
0.0
Memed My Hawk
as Dursan
1984
5.0
Moving on the Edge
as Liam
1984
0.0
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
1983
6.3
To the Lighthouse
as Augustus Carmichael
1983
4.8
The Scarlet and the Black
as Himmler
1983
7.0
Britannia Hospital
as Theatre Surgeon
1982
6.2
Crimes
as Melvyn
1982
0.0
The Manions of America
as Harry Clement
1981
5.5
Random Moments in a May Garden
as Digby
1981
0.0
Levkas Man
as Holroyd
1981
0.0
Pasmore
as Helen's husband
1980
0.0
Lady Killers
as Sir Hardinge Giffard Q.C.
1980
5.0
Silver Dream Racer
as Bank Manager
1980
5.1
Deasey (Desperate)
as FG
1979
0.0
The Outsider
as John Russell
1979
5.2
Minder
as J.J.Mooney
1979
6.8
🎬
Exposure
as Dan
1978
0.0
A Child's Voice
as Ainsley Rupert Macreadie
1978
10.0
Holocaust
as Blobel
1978
7.3
Blake's 7
as Sarkoff
1978
7.3
Target
as Ruby Daniels
1977
6.3
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
as Simon Dedalus
1977
5.9
🎬
Love Lies Bleeding
as Geoffrey
1977
0.0
Beasts: Baby
as Dick Pummery
1976
10.0
Stones
as Harvey Fenton-Jones
1976
0.0
Beasts
as Dick Pummery
1976
7.0
The Duchess of Duke Street
1976
8.0
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
6.9
The Next Victim
as Frampton
1975
0.0
🎬
Quiller
as Buchanan
1975
0.0
All Creatures Great and Small
as Soames
1975
6.6
🎬
Looking for Clancy
as Marcus Selby
1975
0.0
🎬
The Venturers
1975
0.0
The Sweeney
as Det. Supt. Grant
1975
7.8
Churchill's People
as Dr Layton
1974
1.0
Father Brown
1974
6.6
Percy's Progress
as London News Editor
1974
3.4
Fall of Eagles
as Count Conrad von Hotzendorf
1974
6.9
Playhouse
as Harvey Fenton-Jones
1974
7.0
Playhouse
as Digby
1974
7.0
Napoleon and Love
1974
0.0
The Changeling
as Tomazo de Piracquo
1974
7.0
A Warm December
as Man (uncredited)
1973
6.4
Thriller
as Jack Hardisty
1973
6.6
Thriller
as Frampton
1973
6.6
Lady Killer
as Jack Hardisty
1973
6.7
Crown Court
1972
5.4
Crown Court
as Henry Burnett
1972
5.4
Straw Dogs
as Maj. John Scott
1971
7.1
Justice
as Supt. George Lester
1971
6.0
Jason King
1971
7.6
Villain
as Frank Fletcher
1971
6.1
The Beast in the Cellar
as Det. Chief Sup. Paddick
1971
4.8
Percy
as Meet The People Compere
1971
3.8
Perfect Friday
as Smith
1970
6.1
🎬
The Rivals
as Sir Lucius O'Trigger
1970
6.0
The Fifth Day of Peace
as Nick
1970
5.4
Manhunt
as Louis Sampere
1970
6.5
Anne of the Thousand Days
as Norris
1969
7.1
🎬
Blood of the Lamb
as Joe Katz
1969
0.0
The Charge of the Light Brigade
as William Russel
1968
6.0
Man in a Suitcase
1967
7.0
Callan
1967
7.0
🎬
Sam and Janet
as Fingers Magee
1967
0.0
Ulysses
as Buck Mulligan
1967
5.8
BBC Play of the Month
as Sir Lucius O'Trigger
1965
5.0
BBC Play of the Month
as Kommissarov
1965
5.0
BBC Play of the Month
as Tomazo de Piracquo
1965
5.0
The Troubleshooters
as Geoffrey Arles
1965
5.0
Young Cassidy
as Tom
1965
6.4
Ferry Cross the Mersey
as Jack Hanson
1965
6.1
🎬
Deirdre
1965
0.0
The Wednesday Play
as John Joe Moran
1964
4.5
Girl with Green Eyes
as The Priest
1964
6.7
Theatre 625
as Jerry
1964
7.2
🎬
Story Parade
as Matthew Finch
1964
8.0
Downfall
as Martin Somers
1964
6.5
Doctor Who
as The Captain
1963
7.9
The Saint
as Tony
1962
7.4
The Quare Fellow
as Walsh
1962
5.3
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962
6.0
Johnny Nobody
as Garda
1961
6.5
The Avengers
as Grant
1961
7.7
Freedom to Die
as Mike
1961
5.2
The Siege of Sidney Street
as Lapidos
1960
2.0
No Hiding Place
1959
3.7
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Soames
1951
8.6
The World of James Joyce: His Life & Work
as Self - Narrator
N/A
0.0