Peter Egan
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as Lord Walton Bean 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.
Filmography
Bean
as Lord Walton
Death at a Funeral
as Victor
The Wedding Date
as Victor Ellis
Chariots of Fire
as Duke of Sutherland
2001: A Space Travesty
as Dr. Griffin Pratt
The I Inside
as Doctor Truman
MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
as Frederick
Man to Man
as Gyllenhaal
The Hireling
as Captain Hugh Cantrip
And Mrs.
as Derek
Callan
as Toby Meres
Hennessy
as Williams
The King's Beard
as King Cuthbert (voice)
The Cater Street Hangman
as Edward Ellison
Whatever Love Means
as Prince Philip
The Peacock Spring
as Sir Edward Gwithian
National Theatre Live: People
as Theodore
To Catch a King
as Heydrich
The Rivals
as Faulkland
