Personal Info
T.P. McKenna
Thomas Patrick McKenna
T. P. McKenna
Acting
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
Filmography
Movies
The Libertine
as Black Rod
The Boys & Girl from County Clare
as The Announcer
Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut
as Self - Actor / Major John Scott
Longitude
as Edmund Burke
Monarch
as Henry VIII
The Law Lord
as Judge Selwyn
Events at Drimaghleen
as Father Sallins
Shoot to Kill
as Chief Constable Sir John Harmon
Valmont
as Baron
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
as Dr. Grahame
TV Shows
Waking the Dead
as Phil Brown · 2 ep.
Longitude
as Edmund Burke · 2 ep.
Kings in Grass Castles
as Lord Dunraven · 2 ep.
Testament: The Bible in Animation
as God (voice) · 1 ep.
Liberation
as Lloyd George, P.M. of England · 6 ep.
Scarlet and Black
as Marquis de la Mole · 3 ep.
Heartbeat
as Michael O'Leary · 1 ep.
The Chief
as Colin Fowler · 10 ep.
Shoot to Kill
as Chief Constable Sir John Hermon · 2 ep.
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
as Citizen · 1 ep.
