Peter Egan
Peter Joseph Egan (born 28 September 1946) 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.
80 acting credits
Acting · 80
Midsomer Murders
1997
Play for Today
1970
Downton Abbey
2010
A Touch of Frost
1992
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Grantchester
2014
ITV Playhouse
1967
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002
Unforgotten
2015
Loose Women
1999
Moving On
2009
Remembers…
2022
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
The Spanish Princess
2019
The Chief
1990
Bean
1997
A Woman of Substance
1985
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983
Chariots of Fire
1981
Lillie
1978
Elizabeth R
1971
Death at a Funeral
2007
Jericho
2005
Truelove
2024
Chiller
1995
Hold the Sunset
2018
Comedy Connections
2003
Paradise Postponed
1986
The Wedding Date
2005
Victorian Scandals
1976
Zodiac
1974
The Love School
1975
The Ambassador
1998
A Perfect Spy
1987
The I Inside
2004
Ever Decreasing Circles
1984
2001: A Space Travesty
2000
Cold Comfort Farm
1968
Plays for Britain
1976
The Inheritors
1974
The Organization
1972
Hennessy
1975
And Mrs.
2024
The Dark Side of the Sun
1983
MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
1994
Our Ex-Wife
2016
Man to Man
2005
Prince Regent
1979
The Peacock Spring
1996
Home Again
2006
To Catch a King
1984
The Hireling
1973
Joint Account
1989
Gobble
1997
Callan
1974
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
2016
The King's Beard
2002
The Cater Street Hangman
1998
Paradise Postponed
1986
The Price of the Bride
1990
Cry Wolf
2000
Dear Brutus
1981
Whatever Love Means
2005
The Copyist
1978
The Kitchen
1977
The Lifeswappers
1976
Arms and the Man
1983
One Brief Summer
1971
National Theatre Live: People
2013
The Rivals
1970
Dogspiracy
2025
Beloved
1976
American Cafe
2010
Pierre Bonnard: A Love Exposed
1998
The Dark Side of the Sun
1983
Strangled
1982
Our Father
2024
Harambe
2023