Peter Egan
Acting • Born 1946-09-28
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.
Filmography
82 credits
Bean
Movie • 1997
Lord Walton
Death at a Funeral
Movie • 2007
Victor
Man to Man
Movie • 2005
Gyllenhaal
2001: A Space Travesty
Movie • 2000
Dr. Griffin Pratt
The Wedding Date
Movie • 2005
Victor Ellis
Chariots of Fire
Movie • 1981
Duke of Sutherland
MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
Movie • 1994
Frederick
Dear Brutus
Movie • 1981
Purdie
The Peacock Spring
Movie • 1996
Sir Edward Gwithian
Gobble
Movie • 1997
Peter Villiers
The Hireling
Movie • 1973
Captain Hugh Cantrip
The King's Beard
Movie • 2002
King Cuthbert (voice)
Pierre Bonnard: A Love Exposed
Movie • 1998
Narrator
The Lifeswappers
Movie • 1976
Bunny/Trevor/Miss Trevor/Dinah
To Catch a King
Movie • 1984
Heydrich
Harambe
Movie • 2023
Self / Narrator
National Theatre Live: People
Movie • 2013
Theodore
The I Inside
Movie • 2004
Doctor Truman
Callan
Movie • 1974
Toby Meres
The Dark Side of the Sun
Movie • 1983
Raoul
The Rivals
Movie • 1970
Faulkland
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
Movie • 2016
Sorin
And Mrs.
Movie • 2024
Derek
The Kitchen
Movie • 1977
Peter
The Cater Street Hangman
Movie • 1998
Edward Ellison
Hennessy
Movie • 1975
Williams
The Price of the Bride
Movie • 1990
Dennis Guant
Whatever Love Means
Movie • 2005
Prince Philip
One Brief Summer
Movie • 1971
Paradise Postponed
Movie • 1986
Henry Simcox
The Copyist
Movie • 1978
The Copyist
Beloved
Movie • 1976
Henry James Prince
Our Father
Movie • 2024
Strangled
Movie • 1982
Steve Baker
Dogspiracy
Movie • 2025
Self
American Cafe
Movie • 2010
Himself
Arms and the Man
Movie • 1983
Sergius
Ever Decreasing Circles
TV • 1984
Elizabeth R
TV • 1971
Earl of Southampton
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
TV • 2002
Dr. Trenarrow
Tales of the Unexpected
TV • 1979
Keith
Comedy Connections
TV • 2003
A Touch of Frost
TV • 1992
Richard Darrow
The Dark Side of the Sun
TV • 1983
Home Again
TV • 2006
Jericho
TV • 2005
Philip Pickering
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
TV • 1987
Rev. Henry Archery
Paradise Postponed
TV • 1986
George Augustus Simcox
A Woman of Substance
TV • 1985
Adam Fairley
Joint Account
TV • 1989
The Inheritors
TV • 1974
Michael Gethin
A Perfect Spy
TV • 1987
Magnus Pym
Moving On
TV • 2009
Eric
Unforgotten
TV • 2015
Martin
The Ambassador
TV • 1998
Our Ex-Wife
TV • 2016
George
Downton Abbey
TV • 2010
Hugh 'Shrimpie' MacClare
Hold the Sunset
TV • 2018
Mr. Dugdale
Cold Comfort Farm
TV • 1968
Seth Starkadder
The Organization
TV • 1972
Richard Pershore
Truelove
TV • 2024
David
Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Norman Swanscombe
Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Grady Palmerston
Play for Today
TV • 1970
Purdie
Loose Women
TV • 1999
Self
The Spanish Princess
TV • 2019
Thomas Howard
Reilly: Ace of Spies
TV • 1983
Fothergill
Grantchester
TV • 2014
Archie Johnson
Prince Regent
TV • 1979
George, Prince of Wales / King George IV
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Faulkland
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Freddie
BBC2 Play of the Week
TV • 1977
Peter
BBC2 Play of the Week
TV • 1977
Copyist
The Chief
TV • 1990
Simon Duval
The Love School
TV • 1975
John Everett Millais
Zodiac
TV • 1974
Tony Weston
Lillie
TV • 1978
Oscar Wilde
Cry Wolf
TV • 2000
Dr Anthony Hook
Chiller
TV • 1995
Richard Cramer
Remembers…
TV • 2022
Remembers…
TV • 2022
Self
Victorian Scandals
TV • 1976
Henry James Prince