Alan McKenna

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 Malcolms in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale.

Personal life 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.

Career McKenna portrayed Patrick McGuire in the BBC soap opera Doctors on a recurring basis in 2000, 2003 and from 2010 to 2012. 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. and DCI Ian Thorpe in Save Me. He voiced various characters in the video game Titanfall. 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. Then in 2023, he was cast in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale as Gus Malcolm. Most recently Alan has played Inspector Frederick Abberline in Jack The Ripper Written in Blood and Chris in Brighton Storeys.

Filmography Film

Television