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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1929-09-07 (95 years old)

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.

Known For

Acting

2004

The Libertine as Black Rod

2003

Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut as Self - Actor / Major John Scott

2001

Waking the Dead as Phil Brown

2000

Monarch as Henry VIII
Longitude as Edmund Burke
Longitude as Edmund Burke

1998

Kings in Grass Castles as Lord Dunraven

1996

1994

Liberation as Lloyd George, P.M. of England

1993

Scarlet and Black as Marquis de la Mole

1992

The Law Lord as Judge Selwyn
Heartbeat as Michael O'Leary

1991

Events at Drimaghleen as Father Sallins

1990

Shoot to Kill as Chief Constable Sir John Harmon
Shoot to Kill as Chief Constable Sir John Hermon

1989

Valmont as Baron

1988

Red Scorpion as General Vortek
Pascali's Island as Dr. Hogan
Jack the Ripper as O'Connor
The Play on One as Michael Flynn

1987

Inspector Morse as Professor Sir Lionel Phelps

1986

Strong Medicine as Dr. Sweeting
Lovejoy as Bertram Montserrat
Casualty as Arthur Jackson
Casualty as Dr. Archie Whitlock

1985

Bleak House as Harold Skimpole

1984

Memed My Hawk as Dursan
Miss Marple as Dr. Grahame

1983

To the Lighthouse as Augustus Carmichael

1982

Crimes as Melvyn
Britannia Hospital as Theatre Surgeon

1981

Levkas Man as Holroyd
The Manions of America as Harry Clement

1980

Silver Dream Racer as Bank Manager
Pasmore as Helen's husband
Lady Killers as Sir Hardinge Giffard Q.C.

1979

The Outsider as John Russell
Minder as J.J.Mooney

1978

Exposure as Dan
A Child's Voice as Ainsley Rupert Macreadie
Blake's 7 as Sarkoff
Holocaust as Blobel

1977

Love Lies Bleeding as Geoffrey

1976

Beasts: Baby as Dick Pummery
Stones as Harvey Fenton-Jones
Beasts as Dick Pummery

1975

The Next Victim as Frampton
The Sweeney as Det. Supt. Grant
Quiller as Buchanan

1974

Percy's Progress as London News Editor
The Changeling as Tomazo de Piracquo
Fall of Eagles as Count Conrad von Hotzendorf

1973

A Warm December as Man (uncredited)
Lady Killer as Jack Hardisty
Thriller as Jack Hardisty
Thriller as Frampton

1972

Crown Court as Henry Burnett

1971

Straw Dogs as Maj. John Scott
Villain as Frank Fletcher
Percy as Meet The People Compere
Justice as Supt. George Lester

1970

The Beast in the Cellar as Det. Chief Sup. Paddick
The Rivals as Sir Lucius O'Trigger
Manhunt as Louis Sampere

1969

Blood of the Lamb as Joe Katz

1968

1967

Ulysses as Buck Mulligan

1965

Ferry Cross the Mersey as Jack Hanson
BBC Play of the Month as Sir Lucius O'Trigger
BBC Play of the Month as Kommissarov

1964

Girl with Green Eyes as The Priest
The Wednesday Play as John Joe Moran

1963

Doctor Who as The Captain

1962

The Saint as Tony

1961

Johnny Nobody as Garda
The Avengers as Grant

1960

1959

1951

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