T.P. McKenna
Biography
Thomas Patrick McKenna was an Irish actor with a long career on stage and screen. Born in Mullagh, County Cavan, he was first drawn to acting by an American step-grandmother and first appeared on stage at Dublin's Pike Theatre in 1953. He joined the Abbey Theatre in 1954 and remained for eight years, performing over seventy roles. He later appeared in London and with the Royal Shakespeare Company. His films included Ulysses (1967), Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), Perfect Friday (1970), Straw Dogs (1971), The Scarlet and the Black (1983), and Pascali's Island (1988). On television he was seen in The Avengers, Callan, and Crown Court. He was also a regular voice on BBC Radio, appearing in numerous plays and readings. He won an Emmy for Holocaust in 1978 and was named Actor of the Year by the Evening Herald in 1966. He died in 2011.
81years old at death
- Born Mullagh
- Died Hampstead
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
- Thomas Patrick McKenna (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 12
- Career span
- 25 years1964 to 1989
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A change of course
McKenna worked six years for the Ulster Bank in Granard, Co Longford. In 1954, when his employers posted him to Killeshandra in County Cavan, he refused to go and resigned.
T.P. McKenna movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Vernon Dobtcheff appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Vernon Dobtcheff's page
David Warner's page
Flora Robson's page
Siân Phillips's page
Brook Williams's page
Harry Brogan's page
Also two films together1 more actor
- Joe LynchYoung Cassidy (1965) and Girl with Green Eyes (1964)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.