Alan McKenna is a British actor, known for his roles in Happy Valley , Save Me , The Spanish Princess , and Belle as well as for playing Patrick McGuire in the BBC soap opera Doctors , Tony Andrews in the BBC soap opera EastEnders , and Gus Malcolm in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale .
McKenna attended John Ruskin College.
His great aunt was Odette Hallowes (1912–1995), noted Allied heroine of World War II and immortalised in the film Odette , directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle and Trevor Howard.
McKenna portrayed Patrick McGuire in the BBC soap opera Doctors on a recurring basis in 2000, 2003 and from 2010 to 2012. [1] McKenna's other TV work includes Yorkshire Television's The Brides in the Bath , Waking the Dead , The Bill , Judge John Deed , Spooks , Lead Balloon , Waterloo Road , and Life Begins . McKenna also appeared as a recurring character in Little Miss Jocelyn , as well as playing Detective Inspector Phil Crabtree in the 2014 crime drama Happy Valley . [2] and DCI Ian Thorpe in Save Me . He voiced various characters in the video game Titanfall . [3] In 2015, he played Rhodri Probert in the ITV TV series Midsomer Murders episode 17.2 "Murder by Magic". He also wrote, produced and starred in the underwater action film Pressure . [4] Then in 2023, he was cast in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale as Gus Malcolm. [4] Most recently Alan has played Inspector Frederick Abberline in Jack The Ripper Written in Blood and Chris in Brighton Storeys.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | An American Werewolf in Paris | Lycanthrope | |
| 2003 | Plunge: The Movie | Richard | |
| 2004 | Blessed | Detective Connors | |
| 2005 | Zemanovaload | Tom Gaviscon | |
| 2006 | Second in Command | Cpt. John Baldwin | |
| 2007 | Dangerous Parking | Motorway Cop | |
| 2009 | Malice in Wonderland | Griffin | |
| 2010 | Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll | Policeman | |
| 2010 | 4.3.2.1. | Mr. Jones | |
| 2011 | 5 Days of War | Alexander Lomaia | |
| 2011 | 7 Lives | Office Salesman | |
| 2011 | The Somnambulists | Man 9 | |
| 2012 | Deviation | Tough Cop | |
| 2012 | Offender | Officer Al | |
| 2012 | Grey Wolf: The Escape of Adolf Hitler | Voice | |
| 2013 | Belle | Harry | |
| 2013 | Wayland's Song | Detective A. Jones | |
| 2014 | Here With Me | Suicidal man | short film |
| 2014 | ABCs of Death 2 | Bob | |
| 2015 | Pressure | Hurst | |
| 2016 | Without Name | Eric | |
| 2017 | The Hitman's Bodyguard | Interpol Agent | |
| 2018 | Macbeth | Ross | |
| 2019 | The Corrupted | Isaac Gale |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000, 2009 | The Bill | Danny Maier / Joe Linus | 2 episodes |
| 2000, 2003, 2010–2012 | Doctors | Patrick McGuire | Recurring role |
| 2001 | Bad Girls | PO Latham | Episode: "Back from the Brink" |
| 2001 | Perfect | Tony Hollaway | Television film |
| 2003 | Loving You | John | |
| 2003 | Waking the Dead | Martin Lovell | 2 episodes |
| 2003 | The Crooked Man | Alex Simpson | Television film |
| 2003 | The Brides in the Bath | D.I. Arthur Neil | |
| 2003, 2006 | Holby City | Tris Hodges / Josh Jackson | 2 episodes |
| 2004 | England Expects | Housing Officer | Television film |
| 2005 | Ahead of the Class | Simon Linder | |
| 2005 | Judge John Deed | Paul Peacock | 2 episodes |
| 2005 | Ian Fleming: Bondmaker | Mortuary Attendant | Television film |
| 2006 | Hotel Babylon | Airline Pilot | Episode #1.6 |
| 2006 | Spooks | Lee MacKenzie | Episode: "Gas and Oil: Part 1" |
| 2006 | Life Begins | Roger Tonding | Episode #3.6 |
| 2006–2007 | EastEnders | Tony Andrews | Recurring role |
| 2007 | Lead Balloon | Policeman | Episode: "Giraffe" |
| 2007 | Britney: Off the Rails | Narrator | Television film |
| 2008 | Paradise or Bust | 5 episodes | |
| 2009 | Waterloo Road | Mr. Parker | 3 episodes |
| 2009 | Inspector George Gently | Maurice Hilton | Episode: "Gently Through the Mill" |
| 2009 | Criminal Justice | Desk Sergeant | 2 episodes |
| 2010 | New Tricks | Mick Shaw | Episode: "Dark Chocolate" |
| 2011 | I Shouldn't Be Alive | Lincoln Hall | Episode: "Left for Dead on Everest" |
| 2012–2014 | DCI Banks | Dr. Burns | 4 episodes |
| 2013 | Law & Order: UK | Dr. Holdsworth | Episode: "Tracks" |
| 2013 | Doc Martin | Sergeant Pledge | Episode: "Listen with Mother" |
| 2014 | Silk | PC Adam Butcher | Episode #3.1 |
| 2014 | Happy Valley | Phil Crabtree | 3 episodes |
| 2014 | Chasing Shadows | Graham Legg | 2 episodes |
| 2015 | Midsomer Murders | Rhodri Probert | Episode: "Murder by Magic" |
| 2015 | Arthur & George | Inspector Campbell | 3 episodes |
| 2017 | Broken | Tom Fitzsimmons | Episode: "Christina" |
| 2018 | Coronation Street | Ronan Truman | 6 episodes |
| 2018–2020 | Save Me | DCI Ian Thorpe | 5 episodes |
| 2019 | The Spanish Princess | Sir Richard Pole | |
| 2019 | Treadstone | Dr. Sachs | Episode: "The McKenna Erasure" |
| 2020 | Moving On | Patrick | Episode: "Home" |
| 2020 | The Liberator | Colonel Bart Abrams | Episode: "One Word: Anzio" |
| 2022 | No Return | Brendan | 2 episodes |
| 2023-2024 | Emmerdale | Gus Malcolm | Regular role |
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