Acting credits
109
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
T. P. McKenna
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 56Series: 53
TMDB ID: 14948
IMDb ID: nm0571435
Known for: Acting
Born: September 7, 1929
Died: February 13, 2011
Age: 81
Place of birth: Mullagh, County Cavan, Ireland
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1951 - 2004
Years active: 54
Average TMDB rating: 6.69
Wikidata: Q944296
Also known as
T.P. McKenna • Thomas Patrick 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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with T. P. McKenna.
5.9
The Libertine
as Black Rod
2004 Movie
5.8
The Boys & Girl from County Clare
as The Announcer
2003 Movie
7.0
Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut
as Self - Actor / Major John Scott
2003 Movie
6.0
Monarch
as Henry VIII
2000 Movie
7.4
Longitude
as Edmund Burke
2000 Movie
The Law Lord
as Judge Selwyn
1992 Movie
Events at Drimaghleen
as Father Sallins
1991 Movie
Shoot to Kill
as Chief Constable Sir John Harmon
1990 Movie
6.3
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
as Dr. Grahame
1989 Movie
6.7
Valmont
as Baron
1989 Movie
6.0
Red Scorpion
as General Vortek
1988 Movie
7.5
Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
as Captain Cook
1988 Movie
6.3
Pascali's Island
as Dr. Hogan
1988 Movie
Unreported Incident
as Michael
1988 Movie
7.0
Strong Medicine
as Dr. Sweeting
1986 Movie
6.2
The Doctor and the Devils
as O'Connor
1985 Movie
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
as Dennis Naylor
1984 Movie
5.0
Memed My Hawk
as Dursan
1984 Movie
Moving on the Edge
as Liam
1984 Movie
4.8
To the Lighthouse
as Augustus Carmichael
1983 Movie
7.0
The Scarlet and the Black
as Himmler
1983 Movie
6.2
Britannia Hospital
as Theatre Surgeon
1982 Movie
Crimes
as Melvyn
1982 Movie
Random Moments in a May Garden
as Digby
1981 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with T. P. McKenna.
7.2
Waking the Dead
as Phil Brown • 2 eps
2001 Series
7.0
Longitude
as Edmund Burke • 2 eps
2000 Series
10.0
Kings in Grass Castles
as Lord Dunraven • 2 eps
1998 Series
6.4
Testament: The Bible in Animation
as God (voice) • 1 eps
1996 Series
7.8
Liberation
as Lloyd George, P.M. of England • 6 eps
1994 Series
5.9
Scarlet and Black
as Marquis de la Mole • 3 eps
1993 Series
7.1
Heartbeat
as Michael O'Leary • 1 eps
1992 Series
5.5
Shoot to Kill
as Chief Constable Sir John Hermon • 2 eps
1990 Series
6.0
The Chief
as Colin Fowler • 10 eps
1990 Series
7.1
Jack the Ripper
as O'Connor • 2 eps
1988 Series
6.0
The Play on One
as Michael Flynn • 1 eps
1988 Series
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
as Citizen • 1 eps
1988 Series
6.2
Casualty
as Arthur Jackson • 1 eps
1986 Series
7.3
Lovejoy
as Bertram Montserrat • 1 eps
1986 Series
6.0
Bleak House
as Harold Skimpole • 4 eps
1985 Series
6.3
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
1 eps
1983 Series
5.0
Play for Tomorrow
as Melvyn • 1 eps
1982 Series
5.5
The Manions of America
as Harry Clement • 3 eps
1981 Series
Levkas Man
as Holroyd • 1 eps
1981 Series
5.0
Lady Killers
as Sir Hardinge Giffard Q.C. • 1 eps
1980 Series
7.0
Minder
as J.J.Mooney • 1 eps
1979 Series
7.0
Strangers
as Chief Constable • 1 eps
1978 Series
7.3
Holocaust
as Blobel • 3 eps
1978 Series
7.3
Blake's 7
as Sarkoff • 1 eps
1978 Series