Thomas Patrick McKenna was born in Mullagh, County Cavan, Ireland, in 1929. He made his stage debut in "Summer and Smoke" by Tennessee Williams at the Pike Theatre in Dublin in 1954.
Personal Details
BornSep 7, 1929 Mullagh, County Cavan, Ireland
Biography
Career
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2004

The Libertine as Black Rod
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2003

The Boys & Girl from County Clare as The Announcer
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2000

Monarch as Henry VIII
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Longitude as Edmund Burke
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1998

The American as Marquis de Bellegarde
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1993

Scarlet and Black as Marquis de la Mole
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1989

Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery as Dr. Grahame
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Valmont as Baron
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1988

Pascali's Island as Dr. Hogan
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Red Scorpion as General Vortek
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Jack the Ripper as O'Connor
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1986

Strong Medicine as Dr. Sweeting
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1985

The Doctor and the Devils as O'Connor
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1984

Play for Today as Liam
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Memed My Hawk as Dursan
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1983

The Scarlet and the Black as Himmler
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1982

Britannia Hospital as Theatre Surgeon
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1980

Play for Today as Helen's Husband
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The Outsider as John Russell
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Silver Dream Racer as Bank Manager
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1978

Holocaust as Blobel
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1977

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man as Simon Dedalus
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1976

BBC2 Playhouse as Harvey Fenton-Jones
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1975

All Creatures Great and Small as Soames
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Thriller as Frampton
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1974

BBC Play of the Month as Tomazo de Piracquo
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It's Not the Size That Counts as London News Editor
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1973

Thriller as Jack Hardisty
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A Warm December as Man (uncredited)
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1971

Villain as Frank Fletcher
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Straw Dogs as Maj. John Scott
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Percy as Meet The People Compere
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1970

The Beast in the Cellar as Det. Chief Sup. Paddick
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Perfect Friday as Smith
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BBC Play of the Month as Sir Lucius O'Trigger
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The Fifth Day of Peace as Nick
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1969

Anne of the Thousand Days as Norris
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1968

The Charge of the Light Brigade as William Russel
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1967

Ulysses as Buck Mulligan
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1965

Ferry Cross the Mersey as Jack Hanson
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Young Cassidy as Tom
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1964

Girl with Green Eyes as The Priest
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Downfall as Martin Somers
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1962

The Quare Fellow as Walsh
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1961

Freedom to Die as Mike
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Johnny Nobody as Garda
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1960

The Siege of Sidney Street as Lapidos
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2003