Roger Delgado
Born: 1918-03-01
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.
Known For
The Case of The Smiling Widow
The Battle of the River Plate
First Man into Space
Underground
The Singer Not the Song
Bhowani Junction
Sea Fury
Khartoum
Blood Orange
Masquerade
Manuela
The Sandwich Man
Doctor Who: The Sea Devils
Horror Express
The Adventures Of Don Quixote
The Assassination Bureau
Beautiful Stranger
In Search of the Castaways
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
Antony and Cleopatra
Hot Enough for June
The Running Man
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
The Last Appointment!
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
You Can't Win 'Em All
The Mummy's Shroud
The Stranglers of Bombay
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
Storm Over the Nile
The Terror of the Tongs
The Road to Hong Kong
Mark of the Phoenix
The Captain's Paradise
The Mind Benders
Sands of the Desert
Third Party Risk
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
The Broken Horseshoe
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
Roger Delgado: The Master
The Ties That Bind Us
Man in the Shadow
Doctor Who: Colony in Space
