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
The Sweeney
7.75
Thriller
6.6
Blake's 7
7.2
Doctor Who
7.867
The Avengers
7.725
Heartbeat
7.125
Jason King
7.3
Minder
6.833
Crown Court
5.4
Rumpole of the Bailey
7.222
The Saint
7.312
Callan
7
Lovejoy
7.35
Waking the Dead
7.2
Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.571
Beasts
7
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
6
The Venturers
0
No Hiding Place
3.7
The Duchess of Duke Street
8
Levkas Man
0
Fall of Eagles
6.9
Man in a Suitcase
7
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
6.313
Lady Killers
5
BBC Play of the Month
5
Quiller
0
Father Brown
6.556
Napoleon and Love
0
Thriller
6.6
Justice
6
Casualty
6.139
Casualty
6.139
Scarlet and Black
6.3
Jack the Ripper
7.123
Kings in Grass Castles
10
Manhunt
6.5
Longitude
7
Crown Court
5.4
Shoot to Kill
5.5
Testament: The Bible in Animation
6.4
The Manions of America
5.5
Bleak House
6
The Play on One
6
The Wednesday Play
4.5
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
0
Holocaust
7.331
Liberation
7.8
The Troubleshooters
5
Playhouse
7
Playhouse
7
BBC Play of the Month
5
BBC Play of the Month
5
The Chief
6
Story Parade
8
Sam and Janet
0
Target
6.333
Looking for Clancy
0
Movies
Straw Dogs
7.2
Villain
6.308
Red Scorpion
5.9
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
6.25
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
Blood of the Lamb
0
Anne of the Thousand Days
7.088
The Doctor and the Devils
6.3
Events at Drimaghleen
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
6.7
The Scarlet and the Black
6.983
The Changeling
7
To the Lighthouse
5.4
Pascali's Island
6.4
Longitude
7.2
Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
7.4
Silver Dream Racer
5.4
The Charge of the Light Brigade
6.1
All Creatures Great and Small
6.6
Memed My Hawk
5
The Libertine
5.9
The Boys & Girl from County Clare
6
Percy
4
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
6.452
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