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name: "T. P. McKenna"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/t-p-mckenna"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "7 September 1929"
died: "13 February 2011"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T16:48:20.272919+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# T. P. McKenna

Actor. Born 7 September 1929 in Mullagh, County Cavan, Ireland. Died 13 February 2011.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 7 September 1929, Mullagh, County Cavan, Ireland
- **Died:** 13 February 2011
- **Also known as:** T.P. McKenna, Thomas Patrick McKenna

## Biography

T. P. McKenna was an Irish actor. Born Thomas Patrick McKenna in Mullagh, County Cavan, he made his stage debut in 1954 in Tennessee Williams's *Summer and Smoke* at the Pike Theatre in Dublin and later joined the Abbey Theatre company, appearing in more than seventy roles.

McKenna had an extensive career in film and television from the 1960s onwards. His credits include *Straw Dogs* (1971), *Anne of the Thousand Days* (1969), *Valmont* (1989) and *The Libertine* (2004), as well as appearances in *The Avengers*, *Doctor Who*, *Inspector Morse* and *The Sweeney* (1975), where he played Det. Supt. Grant. He died in London in 2011.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com, dib.ie.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Sweeney* (1975), Fi1m 84, as Det. Supt. Grant — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sweeney.md)

## Also known for

- *Straw Dogs* (1971), Maj. John Scott
- *Doctor Who* (1963), The Captain — [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)
- *The Libertine* (2004), Black Rod
- *Red Scorpion* (1988), General Vortek
- *Valmont* (1989), Baron
- *The Avengers* (1961), Grant
- *Anne of the Thousand Days* (1969), Norris
- *The Saint* (1962), Tony

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