Acting
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.
Movies with Roger Delgado
Khartoum
1966
The Battle of the River Plate
1956
Horror Express
1972
The Crossfire
1967
In Search of the Castaways
1962
Antony and Cleopatra
1972
You Can't Win 'Em All
1970
Hot Enough for June
1964
Bhowani Junction
1956
Manuela
1957
The Running Man
1963
The Assassination Bureau
1969
The Sandwich Man
1966
Beautiful Stranger
1954
The Road to Hong Kong
1962
Storm Over the Nile
1955
The Mummy's Shroud
1967
First Man into Space
1959
The Mind Benders
1963
The Last Appointment!
1977
The Singer Not the Song
1961
The Ties That Bind Us
2008
Underground
1970
Masquerade
1965
The Captain's Paradise
1953
The Stranglers of Bombay
1959
The Terror of the Tongs
1961
Sea Fury
1958
Man in the Shadow
1957
Police 5: The Master
1993
The Broken Horseshoe
1953
Third Party Risk
1954
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
1971
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
1983
Sands of the Desert
1960
Blood Orange
1953
Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
1973
Doctor Who: The Sea Devils
1972
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
1972
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
1971
The Adventures Of Don Quixote
1973
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
1971
Roger Delgado: The Master
2009
The Advancing Shadow
1956
Mark of the Phoenix
1958
The Case of The Smiling Widow
1957
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
1971
Doctor Who: Colony in Space
1971
Destination Death
1956
TV Shows with Roger Delgado
Doctor Who
1963
The Avengers
1961
The Saint
1962
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Z-Cars
1962
The Persuaders!
1971
The Buccaneers
1956
Danger Man
1960
The Champions
1968
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955
Maigret
1960
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
Espionage
1963
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
Sherlock Holmes
1964
The Third Man
1959
Jason King
1971
The World of Hammer
1994
Man in a Suitcase
1967
The Adventures of William Tell
1958
Sir Francis Drake
1961
The Human Jungle
1963
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
1957
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1955
Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
1969
The Zoo Gang
1974
The Odd Man
1960
Codename
1970
The Protectors
1964
Quatermass II
1955
Armchair Theatre
1956
The Man in the Iron Mask
1968
Plateau of Fear
1961