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 Self
as Derek
as David(6 eps)
as Self / Narrator
as Self(1 ep)
as Thomas Howard(3 eps)
as Mr. Dugdale(12 eps)
as George(1 ep)
as Martin(24 eps)
as Archie Johnson(1 ep)
as Theodore
as Himself
as Hugh 'Shrimpie' MacClare(2 eps)
as Eric(1 ep)
as Victor
as Prince Philip
as Philip Pickering(1 ep)
as Gyllenhaal
as Victor Ellis
as Doctor Truman
as Paul Ryman (archive footage)
as King Cuthbert (voice)
as Dr. Trenarrow(1 ep)
as Dr. Griffin Pratt
as Dr Anthony Hook(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Edward Ellison
as Narrator
as Lord Walton
as Norman Swanscombe(1 ep)
as Grady Palmerston(1 ep)
as Peter Villiers
as Sir Edward Gwithian
as Richard Cramer
as Richard Cramer(1 ep)
as Frederick
as Richard Darrow(1 ep)
as Dennis Guant
as Simon Duval(1 ep)
as Magnus Pym(7 eps)
as Rev. Henry Archery(6 eps)
as George Augustus Simcox(14 eps)
as Henry Simcox
as Adam Fairley(3 eps)
as Peter
as Peter(3 eps)
as Heydrich
as Fothergill(4 eps)
as Sergius
as Raoul
as Steve Baker
as Steve Baker(1 ep)
as Duke of Sutherland
as Purdie
as George, Prince of Wales / King George IV(8 eps)
as Keith(1 ep)
as Oscar Wilde(9 eps)
as The Copyist
as Peter
as Peter(1 ep)
as Copyist(1 ep)
as Eddy(1 ep)
as Henry James Prince
as Henry James Prince(1 ep)
as Bunny/Trevor/Miss Trevor/Dinah
as Bunny / Trevor / Miss Trevor / Dinah(1 ep)
as Williams
as John Everett Millais(3 eps)
as Michael Gethin(6 eps)
as Toby Meres
as Tony Weston(1 ep)
as Captain Hugh Cantrip
as Richard Pershore(7 eps)
as Earl of Southampton(1 ep)
as Purdie(1 ep)
as Faulkland
as Tito(1 ep)
as Hog(8 eps)
as Seth Starkadder(3 eps)
as Peter Morris(1 ep)
as Faulkland(1 ep)
as Freddie(1 ep)
as Reporter(1 ep)