T. P. McKenna

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1929-09-07 (82 years old)

Deathday

2011-02-13

Place of Birth

Mullagh, County Cavan, Ireland

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.

Acting

1971

Straw Dogs

as Maj. John Scott

1971

Villain

as Frank Fletcher

1988

Red Scorpion

as General Vortek

1974

Percy's Progress

as London News Editor

1964

1970

The Beast in the Cellar

as Det. Chief Sup. Paddick

1970

1965

1976

Beasts: Baby

as Dick Pummery

1965

1967

Ulysses

as Buck Mulligan

1970

The Rivals

as Sir Lucius O'Trigger

2000

Monarch

as Henry VIII

1961

1990

Shoot to Kill

as Chief Constable Sir John Harmon

1991

Events at Drimaghleen

as Father Sallins

1969

1973

A Warm December

as Man (uncredited)

1977

1982

Crimes

as Melvyn

1988

1978

Exposure

as Dan

1978

A Child's Voice

as Ainsley Rupert Macreadie

1986

Strong Medicine

as Dr. Sweeting

1992

The Law Lord

as Judge Selwyn

1989

Valmont

as Baron

1974

The Changeling

as Tomazo de Piracquo

1983

To the Lighthouse

as Augustus Carmichael

1988

Pascali's Island

as Dr. Hogan

2000

Longitude

as Edmund Burke

1980

Silver Dream Racer

as Bank Manager

1968

1984

Memed My Hawk

as Dursan

2004

The Libertine

as Black Rod

1971

Percy

as Meet The People Compere

1979

The Outsider

as John Russell

1962

2003

Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut

as Self - Actor / Major John Scott

1976

Stones

as Harvey Fenton-Jones

1982

Britannia Hospital

as Theatre Surgeon

1980

Pasmore

as Helen's husband

1973

Lady Killer

as Jack Hardisty

1975

The Next Victim

as Frampton

1961

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