Roger Delgado

Birthday:
03/01/1918
Place of birth:
London, England, UK:
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.

Credits

Roger Delgado: The Master (2009)
as (archive footage)
The Ties That Bind Us (2008)
as The Master (archive footage)
Police 5: The Master (1993)
as The Master (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead (1983)
as The Master (archive footage) (Special Edition)
The Last Appointment! (1977)
as Estoban
Doctor Who: Frontier in Space (1973)
as The Master
The Adventures Of Don Quixote (1973)
as Officer of the Holy Brotherhood
Pánico en el Transiberiano (1972)
as Inspector Mirov (voice)
Doctor Who: The Time Monster (1972)
as The Master
Doctor Who: The Sea Devils (1972)
as The Master
Antony and Cleopatra (1972)
as Soothsayer
Doctor Who: The Dæmons (1971)
as The Master
Doctor Who: Colony in Space (1971)
as The Master
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos (1971)
as The Master
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil (1971)
as The Master
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons (1971)
as The Master
Underground (1970)
as Xavier
You Can't Win 'Em All (1970)
as Capt. Enver (uncredited) (voice)
The Assassination Bureau (1969)
as Bureau Member (uncredited)
The Mummy's Shroud (1967)
as Hasmid
The Crossfire (1967)
as Dr. Si Cada
The Sandwich Man (1966)
as Abdul - Carpet Seller
Khartoum (1966)
as Sheikh Abdul Rahim
Masquerade (1965)
as Ahmed bin Fayed
Hot Enough for June (1964)
as Josef
The Running Man (1963)
as Spanish Doctor
The Mind Benders (1963)
as Dr. Jean Bonvoulois (uncredited)
In Search of the Castaways (1962)
as Patagonian prisoner
The Road to Hong Kong (1962)
as Jinnah
The Terror of the Tongs (1961)
as Tang Hao
The Singer Not the Song (1961)
as Pedro de Cortinez
Sands of the Desert (1960)
as Abu Nlal
The Stranglers of Bombay (1959)
as Bundar (uncredited)
First Man into Space (1959)
as Mexican Consul - Ramon de Guerrera
Mark of the Phoenix (1958)
as Devron
Sea Fury (1958)
as Salgado
Man in the Shadow (1957)
as Alberto (uncredited)
Manuela (1957)
as Stranger
The Case of The Smiling Widow (1957)
as Commissario
The Battle of the River Plate (1956)
as Captain Varela, Uruguayan Navy
Destination Death (1956)
as Lisbon Police Officer
Bhowani Junction (1956)
as Train Driver
The Advancing Shadow (1956)
as Talibh
Storm Over the Nile (1955)
as Native Spy
Third Party Risk (1954)
as Detective Gonzales
Beautiful Stranger (1954)
as Police Officer
Blood Orange (1953)
as Marlowe
The Captain's Paradise (1953)
as Kalikan Policeman
The Broken Horseshoe (1953)
as Felix Galegos

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