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Peter Egan

  • Born Sept. 28, 1946
  • Hampstead, London, England, UK
  • 80 years old

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 …

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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.

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Lord Walton

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Victor

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Victor Ellis

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Hugh 'Shrimpie' MacClare

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Duke of Sutherland

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Thomas Howard

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Norman Swanscombe / Grady Palmerston

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Dr. Griffin Pratt

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Doctor Truman

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Martin

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Archie Johnson

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Richard Darrow

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Frederick

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Keith

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Dr. Trenarrow

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Gyllenhaal

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Captain Hugh Cantrip

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Fothergill

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Earl of Southampton

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Derek

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Magnus Pym

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David

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Toby Meres

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Williams

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Rev. Henry Archery

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Adam Fairley

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Mr. Dugdale

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Oscar Wilde

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Eric

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Purdie

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Richard Cramer

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Faulkland / Freddie

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Philip Pickering

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Edward Ellison

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King Cuthbert (voice)

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George

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Prince Philip

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Peter Morris

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Theodore

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George, Prince of Wales / King George IV

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Sir Edward Gwithian

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Reporter

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Hog

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Seth Starkadder

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Dr Anthony Hook

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George Augustus Simcox

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Simon Duval

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Richard Pershore

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Faulkland

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Heydrich

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Peter / Copyist

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Peter Villiers

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Henry Simcox

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Bunny / Trevor / Miss Trevor / Dinah

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Dennis Guant

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Henry James Prince

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Tony Weston

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Peter

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Peter

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Henry James Prince

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Purdie

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Sorin

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Narrator

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Steve Baker

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The Copyist

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Michael Gethin

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Peter

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Bunny/Trevor/Miss Trevor/Dinah

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John Everett Millais

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Self

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Self / Narrator

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Paul Ryman (archive footage)