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T. P. McKenna

T. P. McKenna

Birthday: 1929-09-07 | Place of Birth: Mullagh, County Cavan, Ireland

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2003
Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut

as    Self - Actor / Major John Scott

2000
Monarch

as    Henry VIII

1998
Kings in Grass Castles

as    Lord Dunraven

1994
Liberation

as    Lloyd George, P.M. of England

1993
Scarlet and Black

as    Marquis de la Mole

1991
Events at Drimaghleen

as    Father Sallins

1990
Shoot to Kill

as    Chief Constable Sir John Harmon

1990
Shoot to Kill

as    Chief Constable Sir John Hermon

1989
Valmont

as    Baron

1989
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery

as    Dr. Grahame

1989
Red Scorpion

as    General Vortek

1988
1988
Pascali's Island

as    Dr. Hogan

1988
Unreported Incident

as    Michael

1988
Jack the Ripper

as    O'Connor

1983
To the Lighthouse

as    Augustus Carmichael

1982
Crimes

as    Melvyn

1981
1980
The Outsider

as    John Russell

1979
Deasey (Desperate)

as    FG

1978
A Child's Voice

as    Ainsley Rupert Macreadie

1978
Exposure

as    Dan

1977
Love Lies Bleeding

as    Geoffrey

1977
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

as    Simon Dedalus

1976
Beasts: Baby

as    Dick Pummery