T.P. 'Tap' Keenan — Streets of New York Character Profile

About T.P. 'Tap' Keenan

Jimmy's notorious criminal brother who offers to fund his legal education. After killing a man, he hides at Jimmy's home, attempts to flee, shoots through a door injuring Gimpy, and is eventually wrestled down and arrested by the police.

Character Facts

Played by

Dick Purcell

Appears in

Streets of New York (1939)

Role

Supporting

More characters from Streets of New York

• James Michael 'Jimmy' Keenan (Jackie Cooper)
• William McKinley 'Gimpy' Smith (Martin Spellman)
• Anne Carroll (Marjorie Reynolds)
• Judge Joseph Carroll (George Irving)
• Pop O'Toole (George Cleveland)
• Jiggsy (Sidney Miller)
• Spike Morgan (David Durand)
• Flatfoot (Buddy Pepper)
• Police Officer Burke (Robert Emmett O'Connor)
• Roger Wilson (uncredited) (Robert Emmett Keane)
• Beansy (uncredited) (Bobby Stone)
• Gang Member (uncredited) (Kent Rogers)