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.
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CREDITS
PHOTOS
TV Series
Thriller
6.6
The Sweeney
7.739
Blake's 7
7.2
Doctor Who
7.9
The Avengers
7.734
Heartbeat
7
Jason King
7.3
Minder
6.8
Crown Court
5.4
Rumpole of the Bailey
7.1
The Saint
7.3
Callan
7
Lovejoy
7.3
Waking the Dead
7.244
Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.571
Beasts
7
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
6
The Venturers
0
No Hiding Place
3.7
Target
6.5
The Duchess of Duke Street
7.8
Levkas Man
0
Fall of Eagles
6.8
Man in a Suitcase
7
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
6.1
Lady Killers
5
Looking for Clancy
0
BBC Play of the Month
5
Quiller
0
Father Brown
6.6
Napoleon and Love
0
Thriller
6.6
BBC Play of the Month
5
Justice
6
Casualty
6.1
Casualty
6.1
Scarlet and Black
6.3
Jack the Ripper
7.104
Kings in Grass Castles
10
Manhunt
6.5
Shoot to Kill
5.5
Longitude
7
The Manions of America
5.5
Testament: The Bible in Animation
6.4
Crown Court
5.4
Bleak House
6
The Play on One
6
The Wednesday Play
4.5
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
0
Holocaust
7.4
Liberation
7.8
The Troubleshooters
5
Playhouse
7
Movies
Straw Dogs
7.2
Villain
6.3
Red Scorpion
5.924
Percy's Progress
3.6
Girl with Green Eyes
6.6
The Beast in the Cellar
4.7
Perfect Friday
6.278
Ferry Cross the Mersey
6.1
Beasts: Baby
0
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
6
Young Cassidy
6.2
Ulysses
6
Deirdre
0
The Rivals
6
Monarch
6
Freedom to Die
5.2
Random Moments in a May Garden
0
Shoot to Kill
0
Anne of the Thousand Days
7.1
The Doctor and the Devils
6.3
Events at Drimaghleen
0
Blood of the Lamb
0
A Warm December
6.4
Love Lies Bleeding
0
Crimes
0
Unreported Incident
0
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
0
Exposure
0
A Child's Voice
10
Downfall
6.7
The Siege of Sidney Street
2
The 5th Day of Peace
5.2
Strong Medicine
7
The Law Lord
0
Valmont
6.704
The Scarlet and the Black
7
The Changeling
7
To the Lighthouse
5.4
Pascali's Island
6.4
Longitude
7.25
Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
7.4
Silver Dream Racer
5.4
The Charge of the Light Brigade
6.104
All Creatures Great and Small
6.6
Memed My Hawk
5
The Libertine
5.922
The Boys & Girl from County Clare
6
Percy
4
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
6.5
The Outsider
5.6
The Quare Fellow
5.8
Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut
7
Stones
0
Britannia Hospital
6.3
Moving on the Edge
0
Pasmore
0
Lady Killer
6.7
The Next Victim
0
Deasey (Desperate)
0
The World of James Joyce: His Life & Work
0
Johnny Nobody
6.5