Peter Egan
Acting
Biography
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.
As actor 89
Midsomer Murders
1997
Loose Women
1999
Play for Today
1970
Downton Abbey
2010
BBC Play of the Month
1965
ITV Playhouse
1967
Grantchester
2014
A Touch of Frost
1992
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
Unforgotten
2015
The Spanish Princess
2019
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
The Troubleshooters
1965
Moving On
2009
Remembers…
2022
The Chief
1990
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
Elizabeth R
1971
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983
A Woman of Substance
1985
Bean
1997
Death at a Funeral
2007
W. Somerset Maugham
1969
Dear Brutus
1981
Chariots of Fire
1981
Comedy Connections
2003
Truelove
2024
Paradise Postponed
1986
Lillie
1978
Prince Regent
1979
Ever Decreasing Circles
1984
The Wedding Date
2005
Plays for Britain
1976
Jericho
2005
Hold the Sunset
2018
The Love School
1975
2001: A Space Travesty
2000
The Inheritors
1974
Chiller
1995
Saturday Night Thriller
1982
A Perfect Spy
1987
Beloved
1976
Dogspiracy
2025
Cry Wolf
2000
Victorian Scandals
1976
More Great Comedy Moments
2003
Zodiac
1974
Hennessy
1975
The Ambassador
1998
The I Inside
2004
The King's Beard
2002
The Velvet Glove
1977
The Organization
1972
A Taste of Honey
1984
The Man Who Didn't Believe in Ghosts
1995
Cold Comfort Farm
1968
The Peacock Spring
1996
Big Breadwinner Hog
1969
MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
1994
The Dark Side of the Sun
1983
And Mrs.
2024
The Lifeswappers
1976
Strangled
1982
A Taste of Honey
1984
Arms and the Man
1983
Our Ex-Wife
2016
To Catch a King
1984
Joint Account
1989
Home Again
2006
The Cater Street Hangman
1998
Man to Man
2005
Our Father
2024
National Theatre Live: People
2013
Pierre Bonnard: A Love Exposed
1998
Callan
1974
Whatever Love Means
2005
The Price of the Bride
1990
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
2016
The Dark Side of the Sun
1983
One Brief Summer
1971
The Hireling
1973
The Kitchen
1977
Gobble
1997
Paradise Postponed
1986
The Rivals
1970
The Copyist
1978
American Cafe
2010
Harambe
2023
