T. P. McKenna

T. P. McKenna (81)

1929-09-07 - 2011-02-13 | Mullagh, County Cavan, Ireland

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.

On Movies

  • The Libertine
  • The Boys & Girl from County Clare
  • Monarch
  • Longitude
  • The Law Lord
  • Events at Drimaghleen
  • Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
  • Valmont
  • Red Scorpion
  • Pascali's Island
  • Unreported Incident
  • Strong Medicine
  • The Doctor and the Devils
  • Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
  • Memed My Hawk
  • Moving on the Edge
  • To the Lighthouse
  • The Scarlet and the Black
  • Britannia Hospital
  • Random Moments in a May Garden
  • Pasmore
  • Silver Dream Racer
  • The Outsider
  • Exposure
  • A Child's Voice
  • A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
  • Beasts: Baby
  • Stones
  • The Next Victim
  • All Creatures Great and Small
  • Percy's Progress
  • The Changeling
  • A Warm December
  • Lady Killer
  • Straw Dogs
  • Villain
  • Percy
  • Perfect Friday
  • The Beast in the Cellar
  • The 5th Day of Peace
  • Anne of the Thousand Days
  • Blood of the Lamb
  • The Charge of the Light Brigade
  • Ulysses
  • Young Cassidy
  • Ferry Cross the Mersey
  • Deirdre
  • Girl with Green Eyes
  • Downfall
  • The Quare Fellow
  • Johnny Nobody
  • Freedom to Die
  • The Siege of Sidney Street

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