T. P. McKenna
Known for: Actor
Born: 7 September 1929, Mullagh, County Cavan, Ireland
Died: 13 February 2011
Credits: 60+ titles
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
The Libertine
The Boys & Girl from County Clare
Rockface
Waking the Dead
Monarch
Longitude
Longitude
Kings in Grass Castles
Testament: The Bible in Animation
Liberation
Scarlet and Black
Heartbeat
The Law Lord
Events at Drimaghleen
Shoot to Kill
Shoot to Kill
The Chief
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
Valmont
Red Scorpion
Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
Jack the Ripper
Pascali's Island
Unreported Incident
The Play on One
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
The Christmas Tree
Casualty
ScreenPlay
Lovejoy
Strong Medicine
All in Good Faith
The Doctor and the Devils
My Brother Jonathan
Bleak House
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
Memed My Hawk
Moving on the Edge
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
To the Lighthouse
The Scarlet and the Black
Britannia Hospital
Play for Tomorrow
Crimes
The Manions of America
Random Moments in a May Garden
Levkas Man
Pasmore
Lady Killers
Silver Dream Racer
Deasey (Desperate)
The Outsider
Minder
Exposure
A Child's Voice
Strangers
Holocaust
Blake's 7
Target
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man