T. P. McKenna
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.
Filmography
Espionage
1963 · 10.0
Quiller
1975 · 10.0
Beasts: Baby
1976 · 10.0
A Child's Voice
1978 · 9.5
Detective
1964 · 9.0
Kings in Grass Castles
1998 · 9.0
Stones
1976 · 9.0
Deasey (Desperate)
1979 · 9.0
The Christmas Tree
1986 · 9.0
Exposure
1978 · 9.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · 8.8
The Changeling
1974 · 8.5
The Sweeney
1975 · 8.1
Story Parade
1964 · 8.0
The Duchess of Duke Street
1976 · 8.0
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988 · 8.0
Liberation
1994 · 8.0
The Next Victim
1975 · 8.0
Strong Medicine
1986 · 8.0
The Rivals
1970 · 8.0
Doctor Who
1963 · 7.9
The Avengers
1961 · 7.8
Jason King
1971 · 7.8
Lady Killers
1980 · 7.5
Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
1988 · 7.5
Lovejoy
1986 · 7.4
Longitude
2000 · 7.4
The Saint
1962 · 7.4
Blake's 7
1978 · 7.3
The Troubleshooters
1965 · 7.3
Justice
1971 · 7.3
Holocaust
1978 · 7.3
Minder
1979 · 7.2
Waking the Dead
2001 · 7.2
Theatre 625
1964 · 7.2
Man in a Suitcase
1967 · 7.2
Strangers
1978 · 7.2
The Manions of America
1981 · 7.2
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969 · 7.2
Straw Dogs
1971 · 7.1
Heartbeat
1992 · 7.1
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975 · 7.1
Father Brown
1974 · 7.1
The Scarlet and the Black
1983 · 7.1
ITV Playhouse
1967 · 7.0
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · 7.0
Playhouse
1974 · 7.0
Thriller
1973 · 7.0
The Chief
1990 · 7.0
Target
1977 · 7.0
Callan
1967 · 7.0
Fall of Eagles
1974 · 7.0
Jack the Ripper
1988 · 7.0
Testament: The Bible in Animation
1996 · 7.0
Longitude
2000 · 7.0
Napoleon and Love
1974 · 7.0
Play for Tomorrow
1982 · 7.0
Shoot to Kill
1990 · 7.0
Monarch
2000 · 7.0
Manhunt
1970 · 6.8
Lady Killer
1973 · 6.8
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962 · 6.7
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
1983 · 6.7
Valmont
1989 · 6.7
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
1989 · 6.7
Girl with Green Eyes
1964 · 6.7
All Creatures Great and Small
1975 · 6.6
Johnny Nobody
1961 · 6.6
A Warm December
1973 · 6.5
Downfall
1964 · 6.5
Beasts
1976 · 6.4
Bleak House
1985 · 6.4
Young Cassidy
1965 · 6.4
The Doctor and the Devils
1985 · 6.3
Pascali's Island
1988 · 6.3
Casualty
1986 · 6.2
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1968 · 6.2
Scarlet and Black
1993 · 6.2
Britannia Hospital
1982 · 6.2
Perfect Friday
1970 · 6.2
Villain
1971 · 6.1
Ferry Cross the Mersey
1965 · 6.1
Freedom to Die
1961 · 6.1
ScreenPlay
1986 · 6.0
The Play on One
1988 · 6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956 · 6.0
My Brother Jonathan
1985 · 6.0
Memed My Hawk
1984 · 6.0
The Boys & Girl from County Clare
2003 · 6.0
Red Scorpion
1988 · 6.0
The Libertine
2004 · 5.9
Ulysses
1967 · 5.9
The Outsider
1979 · 5.8
Crown Court
1972 · 5.7
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
1977 · 5.7
The Quare Fellow
1962 · 5.7
Silver Dream Racer
1980 · 5.6
The Fifth Day of Peace
1970 · 5.5
The Wednesday Play
1964 · 5.2
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · 5.2
To the Lighthouse
1983 · 5.2
Churchill's People
1974 · 5.0
No Hiding Place
1959 · 4.8
The Beast in the Cellar
1971 · 4.8
The Siege of Sidney Street
1960 · 4.5
Percy
1971 · 4.4
Percy's Progress
1974 · 4.0
All in Good Faith
1985 · 2.3
Rockface
2002 · 0.0
Knock on Any Door
1965 · 0.0
Sam and Janet
1967 · 0.0
Looking for Clancy
1975 · 0.0
Levkas Man
1981 · 0.0
Shoot to Kill
1990 · 0.0
Deirdre
1965 · 0.0
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
1984 · 0.0
Crimes
1982 · 0.0
Love Lies Bleeding
1977 · 0.0