Peter Egan
Acting
🎂 1946-09-28
Peter Joseph Egan is a British actor known for his TV roles, including Hogarth in Big Breadwinner Hog, the future King George IV of the United Kingdom in Prince Regent (1979); smooth neighbour Paul Ryman in the sitcom Ever Decreasing Circles (1984–89); and Hugh "Shrimpie" MacClare, Marquess of Flintshire, in Downton Abbey (2012–15). He is married to retired actress Myra Frances. Egan was born in Hampstead, London, the son of Doris (née Pick) and Michael Thomas Egan, who is of Irish descent.[1][2] He was educated at St. George's Roman Catholic Comprehensive School, Maida Vale. He also attended the London Oratory School and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
Cast credits(79)
Norman Swanscombe
1997
Grady Palmerston
1997
Hugh 'Shrimpie' MacClare
2010
Purdie
1970
Keith
1979
Faulkland
1965
Freddie
1965
Martin
2015
Archie Johnson
2014
Richard Darrow
1992
Dr. Trenarrow
2002
Rev. Henry Archery
1987
Self
1999
Lord Walton
1997
Thomas Howard
2019
Eric
2009
Victor
2007
Peter
1977
Copyist
1977
Fothergill
1983
Simon Duval
1990
Victor Ellis
2005
Duke of Sutherland
1981
Williams
1975
Himself
2010
Self / Narrator
2023
Henry James Prince
1976
Toby Meres
1974
Philip Pickering
2005
Sir Edward Gwithian
1996
David
2024
Heydrich
1984
Dr. Griffin Pratt
2000
King Cuthbert (voice)
2002
Frederick
1994
Earl of Southampton
1971
Sorin
2016
Peter Villiers
1997
1978
Adam Fairley
1985
Henry Simcox
1986
Theodore
2013
Bunny/Trevor/Miss Trevor/Dinah
1976
Edward Ellison
1998
Doctor Truman
2004
Self
2025
Purdie
1981
1998
Steve Baker
1982
Derek
2024
2003
Magnus Pym
1987
1984
Peter
1977
John Everett Millais
1975
Richard Cramer
1995
Michael Gethin
1974
Mr. Dugdale
2018
2006
Gyllenhaal
2005
1971
Captain Hugh Cantrip
1973
1983
Henry James Prince
1976
Tony Weston
1974
George Augustus Simcox
1986
Dennis Guant
1990
Seth Starkadder
1968
George, Prince of Wales / King George IV
1979
1989
Richard Pershore
1972
George
2016
2024
Prince Philip
2005
Raoul
1983
Faulkland
1970
Sergius
1983
The Copyist
1978
Narrator
1998
