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Peter Egan

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British actor

United KingdomActorsBorn 1946 · age 79
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Peter Joseph Egan is an English actor and activist. He is known for television roles including Hogarth in Big Breadwinner Hog (1969), the future King George IV in Prince Regent (1979); Paul Ryman in the sitcom Ever Decreasing Circles (1984-89); Hugh "Shrimpie" MacClare, Marquess of Flintshire, in Downton Abbey...

Filmography 39

Bean1997 · ★ 6.5
Death at a Funeral2007 · ★ 6.9
The Wedding Date2005 · ★ 6.8
Chariots of Fire1981 · ★ 6.8
2001: A Space Travesty2000 · ★ 4.3
The I Inside2004 · ★ 5.9
MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday1994 · ★ 6.0
Man to Man2005
The Hireling1973
And Mrs.2024
Callan1974
Hennessy1975
The King's Beard2002
The Cater Street Hangman1998
Whatever Love Means2005
The Peacock Spring1996
National Theatre Live: People2013
I Could Never Go Vegan2024
To Catch a King1984
The Rivals1970
One Brief Summer1971
Gobble1997
Paradise Postponed1986
The Price of the Bride1990
Dear Brutus1981
The Kitchen1977
National Theatre Live: The Seagull2016
The Copyist1978
American Cafe2010
Arms and the Man1983
Our Father2024
Beloved1976
The Lifeswappers1976
Pierre Bonnard: A Love Exposed1998
The Man Who Didn't Believe in Ghosts1995
The Dark Side of the Sun1983
Dogspiracy2025
Strangled1982
Harambe2023

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Television 24

Midsomer Murders1997
Medium2005
Downton Abbey2010
Play for Today1970
Grantchester2014
A Touch of Frost1992
Tales of the Unexpected1979
BBC Play of the Month1965
Loose Women1999
Unforgotten2015
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries2002
The Spanish Princess2019
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries1987
Medical Investigation2004
Over There2005
Remembers…2022
The Secret World of Alex Mack1994
ITV Playhouse1967
Moving On2009
Postcards from Buster2004
Reilly: Ace of Spies1983
Sweet Valley High1994
A Woman of Substance1985
Playmakers2003

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Peter Joseph Egan is an English actor and activist. He is known for television roles including Hogarth in Big Breadwinner Hog (1969), the future King George IV in Prince Regent (1979); Paul Ryman in the sitcom Ever Decreasing Circles (1984-89); Hugh "Shrimpie" MacClare, Marquess of Flintshire, in Downton Abbey (2012-15); and Martin Hughes in Unforgotten (2015-2021).

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
living
Dates
Born 1946 · age 79
Written about in
15 languages

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