Peter Egan
Date of birth: 1946-09-28
Place of birth: Hampstead, London, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Peter Joseph Egan
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.
Movie Credits
Bean
1997-07-03
Childlike Englishman, Mr. Bean, is an incompetent watchman at the Royal National Gallery. After the
Death at a Funeral
2007-08-17
A myriad of outrageous calamities befalls an eccentric English clan with more than a few skeletons i
Man to Man
2005-04-13
An epic about anthropologists who hunt and capture pygmies for study back in Europe, in an attempt t
2001: A Space Travesty
2000-10-31
When odd reports are received through official channels stating that the President of the United Sta
The Wedding Date
2005-02-04
With the wedding of her younger sister fast approaching, Kat Ellis faces the undesirable prospect of
Chariots of Fire
1981-05-15
In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners tr
MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
1994-11-24
A close friend of MacGyver is murdered. In searching for a reason for this assassination MacGyver di
Dear Brutus
1981-01-27
"They say that in the wood you get what nearly everybody here is longing for – a second chance." J.
The Peacock Spring
1996-01-01
Filmed in India, Rumer Godden’s story has been adapted and directed by the Jewel in the Crown team.
Gobble
1997-02-15
As Christmas celebrations get under way, Britain is rocked by a deadly new food scare - "mad turkey
The Hireling
1973-06-10
Based on the novel by L. P. Hartley, The Hireling is a dissection of antiquated but hardly dormant B
The King's Beard
2002-10-02
A king whose beard is long and beloved. An aspiring barber looking for acknowledgement. A kingdom un
Pierre Bonnard: A Love Exposed
1998-10-18
The tender and tragic love story of French painter Pierre Bonnard and his wife and lifelong model Ma
The Lifeswappers
1976-04-12
Who would you be if you could choose? Princess Anne? Linda Lovelace? The Prime Minister? Since thing
To Catch a King
1984-01-20
Robert Wagner plays an American who owns a Lisbon nightclub and Teri Garr is a slightly dippy chante
Harambe
2023-09-24
This powerful feature length documentary explores animal captivity from a modern perspective through
National Theatre Live: People
2013-03-21
People spoil things; there are so many of them and the last thing one wants is them traipsing throug
The I Inside
2004-03-21
When Simon awakens in the hospital after surviving a near-fatal accident, amnesia has erased the las
Callan
1974-05-23
David Callan, secret agent, is called back to the service after his retirement, to handle the assass
The Dark Side of the Sun
1983-01-01
Supernatural thriller series dealing with a secret society on the Greek island of Rhodes.
The Rivals
1970-05-17
The play by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
2016-10-08
On a summer’s day in a makeshift theatre by a lake, Konstantin’s cutting-edge new play is performed,
And Mrs.
2024-09-20
When a reluctant bride-to-be's fiancé drops dead, she insists on going ahead with the wedding anyway
The Kitchen
1977-11-02
Alvin Rakoff's adaptation of Arnold Wesker's The Kitchen for Play of the Week. The Kitchen, first pr
The Cater Street Hangman
1998-12-19
With the help of a feisty aristocratic woman, a working-class Scotland Yard inspector hunts for a se
Hennessy
1975-12-31
Former Irish Republican Army member Niall Hennessy lives in Belfast, Ireland, with his wife and daug
The Price of the Bride
1990-12-08
After a KGB agent defects to the US, the CIA has the job of not only taking from him his dowry of in
Whatever Love Means
2005-12-05
Strap in for a rollercoaster ride through the emotional worlds of love and royalty in an original WE
One Brief Summer
1971-02-25
The story deals with the situation of a mature man, his mistress, his daughter and a young girl who
Paradise Postponed
1986-06-15
A clergyman noted for his support of left-wing causes, leaves his considerable estate to a Conservat
The Copyist
1978-05-24
A fateful day in the life of a great composer. A play with music
Beloved
1976-10-15
When Henry James Prince is dismissed from his post as a curate, he decides to found his own religion
Our Father
2024-11-16
A young woman struggling with a secret, ponders life's mysteries in the place she knows best... a co
Strangled
1982-12-20
A woman who can use remote viewing to locate the bodies of missing people starts experiencing a feel
Dogspiracy
2025-08-01
An animal welfare campaigner investigates the abuse of dogs and meets like-minded people seeking cha
American Cafe
2010-10-01
"American Cafe" is a look into Cafe Racer motorcycle culture in the United States. Transplanted fro
Arms and the Man
1983-01-16
Adaptation of the play by Bernard Shaw.