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...
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As Lord Walton
Death at a Funeral
As Victor
Man to Man
As Gyllenhaal
2001: A Space Travesty
As Dr. Griffin Pratt
The Wedding Date
As Victor Ellis
Chariots of Fire
As Duke of Sutherland
MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
As Frederick
Dear Brutus
As Purdie
The Peacock Spring
As Sir Edward Gwithian
Gobble
As Peter Villiers
The Hireling
As Captain Hugh Cantrip
The King's Beard
As King Cuthbert (voice)
Pierre Bonnard: A Love Exposed
As Narrator
The Lifeswappers
As Bunny/Trevor/Miss Trevor/Dinah
To Catch a King
As Heydrich
Harambe
As Self / Narrator
National Theatre Live: People
As Theodore
The I Inside
As Doctor Truman
Callan
As Toby Meres
The Dark Side of the Sun
As Raoul
The Rivals
As Faulkland
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
As Sorin
And Mrs.
As Derek
The Kitchen
As Peter
The Cater Street Hangman
As Edward Ellison
Hennessy
As Williams
The Price of the Bride
As Dennis Guant
Whatever Love Means
As Prince Philip
One Brief Summer
Paradise Postponed
As Henry Simcox
The Copyist
As The Copyist
Beloved
As Henry James Prince
Our Father
Strangled
As Steve Baker
Dogspiracy
As Self
American Cafe
As Himself
Arms and the Man
As Sergius
Ever Decreasing Circles
Elizabeth R
As Earl of Southampton
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
As Dr. Trenarrow
Tales of the Unexpected
As Keith
Comedy Connections
A Touch of Frost
As Richard Darrow
The Dark Side of the Sun
Home Again
Jericho
As Philip Pickering
Lillie
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
As Rev. Henry Archery
Paradise Postponed
As George Augustus Simcox
Joint Account
A Woman of Substance
As Adam Fairley
The Inheritors
As Michael Gethin
A Perfect Spy
As Magnus Pym
Moving On
As Eric
Unforgotten
As Martin
Chiller
As Richard Cramer
The Ambassador
Our Ex-Wife
As George
Downton Abbey
As Hugh 'Shrimpie' MacClare
Hold the Sunset
As Mr. Dugdale
Cold Comfort Farm
As Seth Starkadder
The Organization
As Richard Pershore
Truelove
As David
Midsomer Murders
As Norman Swanscombe
Play for Today
As Purdie
Loose Women
As Self
The Spanish Princess
As Thomas Howard
Reilly: Ace of Spies
As Fothergill
Victorian Scandals
As Henry James Prince
Grantchester
As Archie Johnson
Prince Regent
As George, Prince of Wales / King George IV
BBC Play of the Month
As Faulkland
BBC2 Play of the Week
As Peter
The Chief
As Simon Duval
The Love School
As John Everett Millais
Zodiac
As Tony Weston