Roger Delgado
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1918-03-01
Day of Death
1973-06-18 (55 years old)
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Roger Delgado
Biography
Roger Delgado (1 March 1918 - 18 June 1973), full name Roger Caesar Marius Bernard de Delgado Torres Castillo Roberto, was a British actor, who will forever be known for being the first actor to play The Master in Doctor Who. Born in Whitechapel, within the sound of Bow Bells, to a Belgian mother and a Spanish father, Delgado was brought up in Bedford Park and attended the LSE before WWII was declared. His war service saw him rise to the rank of a major, serving with both the Leicestershire Regiment and the Royal Signals, despite his dislike of guns. He made his TV debut in 1948 and starred in several TV and film productions before his untimely death at the age of 55 in a car accident whilst filming the Franco/German TV production La Cloche tibétaine in Turkey. He had married twice, firstly to Olga Anthonisz and then, following his divorce. to Kismet Shahani who survived him.
Known For
Acting
(2009)
Roger Delgado: The Master
as (archive footage)
(2008)
The Ties That Bind Us
as The Master (archive footage)
(1993)
Police 5: The Master
as The Master (archive footage)
(1983)
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
as The Master (archive footage) (Special Edition)
(1977)
The Last Appointment!
as Estoban
(1973)
The Adventures Of Don Quixote
as Officer of the Holy Brotherhood
(1973)
Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
as The Master
(1972)
Antony and Cleopatra
as Soothsayer
(1972)
Doctor Who: The Sea Devils
as The Master
(1972)
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
as The Master
(1971)
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
as The Master
(1971)
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
as The Master
(1971)
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
as The Master
(1971)
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
as The Master
(1971)
Doctor Who: Colony in Space
as The Master
(1970)
You Can't Win 'Em All
as Capt. Enver (uncredited) (voice)
(1970)
Underground
as Xavier
(1969)
The Assassination Bureau
as Bureau Member (uncredited)
(1967)
The Mummy's Shroud
as Hasmid
(1966)
Khartoum
as Sheikh Abdul Rahim
(1966)
The Sandwich Man
as Abdul - Carpet Seller
(1964)
Hot Enough for June
as Josef
(1963)
The Running Man
as Spanish Doctor
(1963)
The Mind Benders
as Dr. Jean Bonvoulois (uncredited)
(1962)
In Search of the Castaways
as Patagonian prisoner
(1962)
The Road to Hong Kong
as Jinnah
(1961)
The Terror of the Tongs
as Tang Hao
(1961)
The Singer Not the Song
as Pedro de Cortinez
(1960)
Sands of the Desert
as Abu Nlal
(1959)
First Man into Space
as Mexican Consul - Ramon de Guerrera
(1959)
The Stranglers of Bombay
as Bundar (uncredited)
(1958)
Mark of the Phoenix
as Devron
(1958)
Sea Fury
as Salgado
(1957)
Manuela
as Stranger
(1957)
Man in the Shadow
as Alberto (uncredited)
(1957)
The Case of The Smiling Widow
as Commissario
(1956)
The Battle of the River Plate
as Captain Varela, Uruguayan Navy
(1956)
Bhowani Junction
as Train Driver
(1956)
The Advancing Shadow
as Talibh
(1955)
Storm Over the Nile
as Native Spy
(1954)
Beautiful Stranger
as Police Officer
(1954)
Third Party Risk
as Detective Gonzales
(1953)
Blood Orange
as Marlowe
(1953)
The Captain's Paradise
as Kalikan Policeman
(1953)
The Broken Horseshoe
as Felix Galegos