
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.
124 acting credits
Acting · 124

The Avengers
1961

Doctor Who
1963

Casualty
1986

The Saint
1962

Crown Court
1972

Minder
1979

Heartbeat
1992

Waking the Dead
2001

BBC Play of the Month
1965

Rumpole of the Bailey
1975

Playhouse
1974

The Sweeney
1975

ITV Playhouse
1967

Theatre 625
1964

The Wednesday Play
1964

No Hiding Place
1959

Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962

Blake's 7
1978

Thriller
1973

Lovejoy
1986

Justice
1971

The Chief
1990

Churchill's People
1974

ScreenPlay
1986

Callan
1967

Espionage
1963

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969

The Duchess of Duke Street
1976

Man in a Suitcase
1967

Strangers
1978

Valmont
1989

Fall of Eagles
1974

The Troubleshooters
1965

Jason King
1971

Holocaust
1978

The Play on One
1988

Detective
1964

Lady Killers
1980

Target
1977

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988

Father Brown
1974

Longitude
2000
Story Parade
1964

Jack the Ripper
1988

Manhunt
1970

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
1983

Testament: The Bible in Animation
1996

Bleak House
1985
Quiller
1975

Straw Dogs
1971

Beasts
1976

Napoleon and Love
1974

Scarlet and Black
1993

Armchair Theatre
1956

Red Scorpion
1988

The Libertine
2004

Anne of the Thousand Days
1969

Villain
1971

Liberation
1994

Kings in Grass Castles
1998
Looking for Clancy
1975

The Manions of America
1981

Longitude
2000

Britannia Hospital
1982
Sam and Janet
1967

Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
1989

My Brother Jonathan
1985

The Charge of the Light Brigade
1968

The Doctor and the Devils
1985

The Boys & Girl from County Clare
2003

The Scarlet and the Black
1983

Percy
1971

All Creatures Great and Small
1975

Girl with Green Eyes
1964

Levkas Man
1981

Shoot to Kill
1990

Pascali's Island
1988

The Changeling
1974

Young Cassidy
1965

Play for Tomorrow
1982

Perfect Friday
1970

The Beast in the Cellar
1971

A Warm December
1973

Silver Dream Racer
1980

The Fifth Day of Peace
1970

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
1977

Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
1984

Strong Medicine
1986

Monarch
2000

Ulysses
1967

Lady Killer
1973

Pasmore
1980

The Outsider
1979

Memed My Hawk
1984

To the Lighthouse
1983

Johnny Nobody
1961

Percy's Progress
1974

Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
1988

Downfall
1964

Shoot to Kill
1990

The Next Victim
1975

Unreported Incident
1988

Ferry Cross the Mersey
1965

The Siege of Sidney Street
1960

The Law Lord
1992

Deasey (Desperate)
1979

The Quare Fellow
1962
Blood of the Lamb
1969

Events at Drimaghleen
1991

Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut
2003

Beasts: Baby
1976

Stones
1976

Crimes
1982
The Rivals
1970

Moving on the Edge
1984
Love Lies Bleeding
1977

A Child's Voice
1978
Deirdre
1965

Freedom to Die
1961
Exposure
1978

Random Moments in a May Garden
1981

The World of James Joyce: His Life & Work
1982
The Christmas Tree
1986