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.
Acted in 71
2020s
- 2024
Our Father
Movie
Truelove
David · 6 episodes
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
Hold the Sunset
Mr. Dugdale · 12 episodes
- 2016
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
Sorin
Our Ex-Wife
George · 1 episode
- 2015
- 2014
- 2013
National Theatre Live: People
Theodore
- 2010
2000s
- 2009
- 2007
- 2005
Whatever Love Means
Prince Philip
Jericho
Philip Pickering · 1 episode
Man to Man
Gyllenhaal
- 2004
- 2003
Comedy Connections
TV
More Great Comedy Moments
Paul Ryman (archive footage)
- 2002
The King's Beard
King Cuthbert (voice)
- 2000
1990s
- 1998
The Cater Street Hangman
Edward Ellison
The Ambassador
TV
- 1997
Gobble
Peter Villiers
- 1996
The Peacock Spring
Sir Edward Gwithian
- 1995
- 1994
MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
Frederick
- 1992
- 1990
The Price of the Bride
Dennis Guant
1980s
- 1989
Joint Account
TV
- 1987
A Perfect Spy
Magnus Pym · 7 episodes
- 1986
Paradise Postponed
George Augustus Simcox · 14 episodes
- 1985
- 1984
A Taste of Honey
Peter
A Taste of Honey
Peter · 3 episodes
Ever Decreasing Circles
TV
To Catch a King
Heydrich
- 1983
The Dark Side of the Sun
TV
- 1981
1970s
- 1979
Prince Regent
George, Prince of Wales / King George IV · 8 episodes
- 1978
The Copyist
The Copyist
- 1977
The Kitchen
Peter
- 1976
Beloved
Henry James Prince
Victorian Scandals
Henry James Prince · 1 episode
The Lifeswappers
Bunny/Trevor/Miss Trevor/Dinah
Plays for Britain
Bunny / Trevor / Miss Trevor / Dinah · 1 episode
- 1975
The Love School
John Everett Millais · 3 episodes
- 1974
Callan
Toby Meres
Zodiac
Tony Weston · 1 episode
- 1973
The Hireling
Captain Hugh Cantrip
- 1972
The Organization
Richard Pershore · 7 episodes
- 1971
One Brief Summer
Movie
- 1970
1960s
- 1969
Big Breadwinner Hog
Hog · 8 episodes
- 1968
Cold Comfort Farm
Seth Starkadder · 3 episodes
- 1967
- 1965
Wrote 8
2000s
- 2005
- 2004
- 2003
Produced 1
2020s
- 2024
I Could Never Go Vegan
Executive Producer
Appearances5
2020s
- 2025
- 2023
Harambe
Self / Narrator
- 2022
1990s
- 1999
- 1998
Pierre Bonnard: A Love Exposed
Narrator
