Peter Egan
Born: 1946-09-28
• Hampstead, London, England, UK
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.
Filmography
Dogspiracy
Our Father
And Mrs.
Harambe
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
National Theatre Live: People
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American Cafe
Death at a Funeral
Whatever Love Means
Man to Man
The Wedding Date
The I Inside
The King's Beard
2001: A Space Travesty
The Cater Street Hangman
Pierre Bonnard: A Love Exposed
Bean
Gobble
The Peacock Spring
MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
The Price of the Bride
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Paradise Postponed
To Catch a King
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Arms and the Man
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The Dark Side of the Sun
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Strangled
Chariots of Fire
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Dear Brutus
The Copyist
The Kitchen
Beloved
The Lifeswappers
Hennessy
Callan
The Hireling
One Brief Summer
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The Rivals