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.
Born: September 7, 1929
Place of Birth: Mullagh, County Cavan, Ireland
Known For
Beasts: Baby
A young couple move to the countryside and discover a strange mummified animal in the wall of their cottage. The wife increasingly feels that she and her unborn child are in danger. Created as an episode of Nigel Kneale’s “Beasts” horror anthology miniseries.
A Child's Voice
A popular radio personality writes and broadcasts ghost stories over the air. He receives a strange call warning him not to finish his latest story, which is about a child who dies assisting in a magician's show.
Kings in Grass Castles
The life of an Irish immigrant family in Australia in the second half of the 19th century. Based on a 1959 book of history by Dame Mary Durack.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
The Duchess of Duke Street
Set in London between 1900 and 1925, the story follows Louisa Leyton/Trotter, the eponymous "Duchess", who works her way up from servant to renowned cook to proprietress of the upper-class Bentinck Hotel in Duke Street, St. James's.
Doctor Who
The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.
The Sweeney
Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.
Liberation
Epic independence fight in 21st century. Turkish independence war against occupying forces (Greece, England, France, Italy) in her land.
The Avengers
A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assistants throughout the series' run, including Dr. David Keel, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King, to repeatedly save the world from diabolical schemes plotted by equally diabolical evil-doers (among them robots and man-eating monsters).
Jason King
Jason King - a suavely sophisticated former secret agent turned novelist - travels the world searching for material to fill his books, encountering an endless parade of glamorous women, exotic locales, menacing villains and daring intrigue! Before Austin Powers swung into action, Jason King set the standard for the hip crime-fighting international playboy!
Filmography
as Black Rod
as The Announcer
as Self - Actor / Major John Scott
as Phil Brown
as Henry VIII
as Edmund Burke
as Edmund Burke
as Lord Dunraven
as God (voice)
as Lloyd George, P.M. of England
as Marquis de la Mole
as Michael O'Leary
as Judge Selwyn
as Father Sallins
as Chief Constable Sir John Hermon
as Chief Constable Sir John Harmon
as Colin Fowler
as Dr. Grahame
as Baron
as General Vortek
as Captain Cook
as O'Connor
as Dr. Hogan
as Michael
as Michael Flynn
as Citizen
as Arthur Jackson
as Dr. Archie Whitlock
as Bertram Montserrat
as Dr. Sweeting
as O'Connor
as Harold Skimpole
as Dennis Naylor
as Dursan
as Liam
as Augustus Carmichael
as Himmler
as Theatre Surgeon
as Melvyn
as Harry Clement
as Digby
as Holroyd
as Helen's husband
as Sir Hardinge Giffard Q.C.
as Bank Manager
as FG
as John Russell
as J.J.Mooney
as Ainsley Rupert Macreadie
as Blobel
as Sarkoff
as Ruby Daniels
as Simon Dedalus
as Dick Pummery
as Harvey Fenton-Jones
as Dick Pummery
as Jean Pierre O'Higgins
as Frampton
as Soames
as Det. Supt. Grant
as Dr Layton
as London News Editor
as Count Conrad von Hotzendorf
as Harvey Fenton-Jones
as Digby
as Paul Barras
as Tomazo de Piracquo
as Man (uncredited)
as Jack Hardisty
as Frampton
as Jack Hardisty
as Henry Burnett
as Maj. John Scott
as Supt. George Lester
as Frank Fletcher
as Det. Chief Sup. Paddick
as Meet The People Compere
as Smith
as Nick
as Louis Sampere
as Norris
as William Russel
as Buck Mulligan
as Sir Lucius O'Trigger
as Kommissarov
as Tomazo de Piracquo
as Geoffrey Arles
as Tom
as Jack Hanson
as John Joe Moran
as The Priest
as Jerry
as Martin Somers
as The Captain
as Tony
as Walsh
as Garda
as Grant
as Mike
as Lapidos
as Soames
as Self - Narrator