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