Peter Joseph Egan (born 28 September 1946)[citation needed] is a
British actor known for his television roles, including Hogarth in Big
Breadwinner Hog, the future George IV of the United Kingdom in Prince
Regent (1979); smooth neighbour Paul Ryman in the sitcom Ever
Decreasing Circles (1984â€"89); and Hugh 'Shrimpie' MacClare, Marquess
of Flintshire, in Downton Abbey (2012â€"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. 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.Egan's first stage performance was in Charlie
Girl. His first television role was as the sex-and-cinema-obsessed
Seth Starkadder in a BBC serialisation of Cold Comfort Farm (1968). In
1969, he had come to notoriety as the acid-throwing gangster Hogarth
in the controversial Granada series Big Breadwinner Hog. Later, he had
other starring roles: as John Everett Millais in the BBC serial The
Love School (1975); as Oscar Wilde in the serial Lillie (1978),
starring Francesca Annis as Lillie Langtry; as Magnus Pym in the BBC
dramatisation of John le Carré's A Perfect Spy (1987) and another BBC
sitcom, Joint Account (1989â€"90).
British actor known for his television roles, including Hogarth in Big
Breadwinner Hog, the future George IV of the United Kingdom in Prince
Regent (1979); smooth neighbour Paul Ryman in the sitcom Ever
Decreasing Circles (1984â€"89); and Hugh 'Shrimpie' MacClare, Marquess
of Flintshire, in Downton Abbey (2012â€"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. 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.Egan's first stage performance was in Charlie
Girl. His first television role was as the sex-and-cinema-obsessed
Seth Starkadder in a BBC serialisation of Cold Comfort Farm (1968). In
1969, he had come to notoriety as the acid-throwing gangster Hogarth
in the controversial Granada series Big Breadwinner Hog. Later, he had
other starring roles: as John Everett Millais in the BBC serial The
Love School (1975); as Oscar Wilde in the serial Lillie (1978),
starring Francesca Annis as Lillie Langtry; as Magnus Pym in the BBC
dramatisation of John le Carré's A Perfect Spy (1987) and another BBC
sitcom, Joint Account (1989â€"90).
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