Guest actors appearing in
THE GREATEST SHOW IN THE GALAXY who have previously appeared in the show:
- Sophie Aldred (Ace)
- Dean Hollingsworth (Bus Conductor)
- Hugh Spight (Robot Clown)
Who: Before And After #888
Name: T. P. McKenna [1929 - 2011] [Born Thomas Patrick McKenna]
Year(s): 1988 - 1989
Stories: The Greatest Show In The Galaxy part 1 – The Greatest Show In The Galaxy part 4
Character(s): Captain Cook
Note(s): Was previously considered for the roles of Lord Ravensworth in the 1985 story 'The Mark of the Rani', Orcini in the 1985 story 'Revelation of the Daleks' and the Chief Caretaker in the 1987 story 'Paradise Towers
Before Who:
Films: Broth of a Boy (1959), Home Is the Hero (1959), Shake Hands with the Devil (1959), The Night Fighters (1960), The Siege of Sidney Street (1960), Das schwarze Schaf (1960), Johnny Nobody (1961), Freedom to Die (1961), The Quare Fellow (1962), Girl with Green Eyes (1964), Ferry Cross the Mersey (1964), Young Cassidy (1965), Deirdre (1965), Ulysses (1967),
The Charge of the Light Brigade* [as William Russel] (1968), Combination (1968), Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), The Fifth Day of Peace (1970), Perfect Friday (1970), Percy (1971), The Beast in the Cellar (1971), Villain (1971),
Straw Dogs* (1971), A Warm December (1973), Fixation (1973), Percy's Progress (1974), Cause for Concern (1974), All Creatures Great and Small (1975), A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1977), Exposure (1978), The Outsider (1979), Silver Dream Racer (1980), Britannia Hospital (1982), The Scarlet and the Black [as Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler] (1983), To the Lighthouse (1983), Memed My Hawk (1984), Honour, Profit & Pleasure (1985), The Doctor and the Devils (1985), Behind Enemy Lines (1985), Strong Medicine (1986), The Christmas Tree (1986), Pascali's Island (1988), Red Scorpion (1988)
Television: BBC Sunday-Night Play: The Fly Sham (1963) / First Night: The Strain (1963) / Festival: Stephen D (1963) / Espionage: He Rises on Sunday and We on Monday (1963) / The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre: Downfall (1964) / The Avengers: Trojan Horse (1964) / Love Story [5 episodes, different characters (1964-1968)] / Thursday Theatre: Write Me a Murder (1964) / Dixon of Dock Green: Edward the Confessor (1965) / No Hiding Place: The Link (1965) / Story Parade: The Bachelors (1965) / The Sullavan Brothers: The Humanist (1965) / The Avengers: Death at Bargain Prices (1965) / Danger Man: To Our Best Friend (1965) / The Troubleshooters: This Is Where I Came In (1966) / Knock on Any Door: We Don't Often Lose a Boffin (1966) / The Saint: The Angel's Eye (1966) / Adam Adamant Lives!: A Sinister Sort of Service (1967) / Theatre 625: The Winner (1967) / Armchair Theatre: Quite an Ordinary Knife (1967) / The Fellows: No Cage for This Bird (1967) / Man in a Suitcase: Day of Execution (1967) / Sam and Janet (1968) / Detective: Born Victim (1968) / The Saint: Legacy for the Saint (1968) /
The Avengers: Noon Doomsday* (1968) / Dr. Finlay's Casebook: Action, Dr. Cameron (1969) / The Wednesday Play: Blood of the Lamb (1969) / Manhunt: Break-Up (1970) / Randall And Hopkirk (Deceased): Money to Burn (1970) / Jason King: A Thin Band of Air (1972) / Callan [4 episodes as Richmond (1972)] / Stage 2: The Duchess of Malfi (1972) / Justice: Conspiracy (1973) / Omnibus: The British Hero (1973) / Thriller: Lady Killer (1973) / The Wide World of Mystery [2 episodes (1973-1975)] / BBC Play of the Month: The Changeling (1974) / Napoleon and Love [3 episodes as Barras (1974)] / ITV Sunday Night Theatre: Geography of a Horse Dreamer (1974) /
Fall of Eagles: Indian Summer of an Emperor* (1974) / Comedy Playhouse: Pygmalion Smith (1974) / Father Brown: The Dagger with Wings (1974) / The Venturers: The Rich Lunch (1975) Crown Court [17 episodes as Patrick Canty QC (1975-1982)] / Rooms: Peter (1975) / The Sweeney: Night Out (1975) / Churchill's People: The Whip of Heaven (1975) / Looking for Clancy [3 episodes as Marcus Selby (1975)] / Quiller: Sacrifice to Survival (1975) / Making Faces: Trinity Term 1960 - Paradise Lost (1975) / Thriller: The Next Victim (1976) /
Beasts: Baby* (1976) / Fathers and Families [2 episodes as Charles Matthews (1977)] / The Mackinnons: Working Weekend (1977) / The Duchess of Duke Street: The Passing Show (1977) / Target: Lady Luck (1977) / Blake's 7: Bounty (1978) /
Holocaust* [3 episodes as Blobel (1978)] / ITV Playhouse: Forty Weeks (1978) / Strangers: Marriages, Deaths and Births (1979) / The Onedin Line [2 episodes as Fergus Doyle (1979)] / Premiere: Deasey (1979) / Ladykillers: Not for the Nervous (1980) / The Greeks: A Journey in Space and Time: Heroes and Men [as Agamemnon] (1980) / Jackanory: Celtic Tales [5 episodes as the Storyteller (1980)] / Levkas Man [6 episodes as Holroyd (1981)] / BBC2 Playhouse: Random Moments in a May Garden (1981) / Goodbye Darling: Barbara (1981) / The Manions of America (1981) / Nancy Astor: A House in Buckinghamshire (1982) / Play for Tomorrow: Crimes (1982) / The Brack Report (1982) / The Year of the French (1982) / Sweet Sixteen (1983) / Partners in Crime: The Ambassador's Boots (1983) / Minder: Sorry Pal, Wrong Number (1984) / Play for Today: Moving on the Edge (1984) / Give us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle (1984) / Masterpiece Theatre: Bleak House [5 episodes as Harold Skimpole (1985)] / C.A.T.S. Eyes: Fingers (1985) / My Brother Jonathan [2 episodes as Lloyd Moore (1985)] / Boon: Northwest Passage to Acock's Green (1986) / All in Good Faith [3 episodes as Oscar Randolph (1987)] / Ten Great Writers of the Modern World: James Joyce's 'Ulysses' (1988) / Jack the Ripper [2 episodes as O'Connor (1988)]
After Who:
Films: Valmont (1989), Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery (1989), Shoot to Kill (1990), The American (1998), Longitude (2000), Monarch [as Henry VIII] (2000), The Boys & Girl from County Clare (2003), The Libertine [as Black Rod] (2004), Raphael: A Mortal God [as Pope Julius II] (2004)
Television: Parnell & the Englishwoman [2 episodes as Justin McCarthy (1991)] / Screenplay: Events at Drimaghleen (1991) / The Chief [10 episodes as Colin Fowler (1991-1994)] / Rumpole of the Bailey: Rumpole a la Carte (1991) / Screen Two: The Law Lord (1992) / Lovejoy: Irish Stew (1993) / Heartbeat: Going Home (1993) / Scarlet and Black [3 episodes as the Marquis de la Mole (1993)] / Kurtulus [6 episodes as Lloyd George, P.M. of England (1994)] / Testament - The Bible in Animation: Abraham [as the voice of God] (1996) / Kavanagh QC: A Stranger in the Family (1996) / Casualty: Out of Control (1997) / The Ambassador: Innocent Passage (1998) / Kings in Grass Castles [2 episodes as Lord Dunraven (1998)] / DDU: Unforgiven(1999) /
Inspector Morse: The Remorseful Day* (2000) / Ballykissangel: Smoke Signals (2001) / The Bill: The Jury's Out (2001) / Any Time Now (2002) / Rockface (2003) / Waking the Dead: Anger Management (2004) / Fair City [2 episodes as Tom Mitchell (2004)]