
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 (55 movies)

Straw Dogs
1971

Villain
1971

Red Scorpion
1988

Percy's Progress
1974

Girl with Green Eyes
1964

The Beast in the Cellar
1971

Perfect Friday
1970

Ferry Cross the Mersey
1965

Beasts: Baby
1976

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
1977

Young Cassidy
1965

Ulysses
1967

Monarch
2000

Freedom to Die
1961

Random Moments in a May Garden
1981

Shoot to Kill
1990

Events at Drimaghleen
1991

Anne of the Thousand Days
1969

The Doctor and the Devils
1985

A Warm December
1973

Crimes
1982

Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
1984

Unreported Incident
1988

A Child's Voice
1978

Downfall
1964

The Siege of Sidney Street
1960

The Fifth Day of Peace
1970

Strong Medicine
1986

The Law Lord
1992

Valmont
1989

The Scarlet and the Black
1983

The Changeling
1974

To the Lighthouse
1983

Pascali's Island
1988

Longitude
2000

Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
1988

Silver Dream Racer
1980

The Charge of the Light Brigade
1968

All Creatures Great and Small
1975

Memed My Hawk
1984

The Libertine
2004

The Boys & Girl from County Clare
2003

Percy
1971

Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
1989

The Outsider
1979

The Quare Fellow
1962

Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut
2003

Stones
1976

Britannia Hospital
1982

Moving on the Edge
1984

Pasmore
1980

Lady Killer
1973

The Next Victim
1975

Deasey (Desperate)
1979

Johnny Nobody
1961
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