Roger Delgado
Actor/Actriz
46
Movies
29
TV Shows
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.
As Actor/Actress
Doctor Who
Master
Los vengadores
Kreer
BBC Play of the Month
Officer of the Holy Brotherhood
The Saint
Capt. Rodriguez
Dos Tipos Audaces
Estoban
Z-Cars
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Ambassador
The Champions
Yussef
Danger Man
Von Golling
Sunday Night Theatre
Mark Smeaton
Maigret
Pepito
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Silva
The Third Man
Man in a Suitcase
The Buccaneers
Capt. Mendoza
Espionage
Gebal
The Human Jungle
Wirral
The Adventures of William Tell
Jason King
Sir Francis Drake
Mendoza
The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage)
Sherlock Holmes
Moser
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Andre
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
Tapiro
The Battle of the River Plate
Captain Varela, Uruguayan Navy
The Odd Man
Bernard Berridge
La batalla por Khartoum
Sheikh Abdul Rahim
The Zoo Gang
Antony and Cleopatra
Soothsayer
Pánico en el Transiberiano
Inspector Mirov (voice)