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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.
As actor
Dogspiracy
And Mrs.
Our Father
Harambe
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
National Theatre Live: People
American Cafe
Death at a Funeral
Man to Man
The Wedding Date
Whatever Love Means
The I Inside
The King's Beard
2001: A Space Travesty
Pierre Bonnard: A Love Exposed
The Cater Street Hangman
Bean
Gobble
The Peacock Spring
The Man Who Didn't Believe in Ghosts
MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
The Price of the Bride
Paradise Postponed
To Catch a King
The Dark Side of the Sun
Arms and the Man
Strangled
Chariots of Fire
Dear Brutus
The Copyist