Roger Delgado
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.
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CREDITS
PHOTOS
TV Series
Doctor Who
7.9
Z-Cars
7
The Avengers
7.734
The Persuaders!
7.6
Jason King
7.3
The Saint
7.3
The Champions
6.1
The Buccaneers
5.5
The Zoo Gang
7
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
7.3
Codename
0
Man in a Suitcase
7
Plateau of Fear
0
Sir Francis Drake
4.5
The Adventures of William Tell
6.3
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
7.6
BBC Play of the Month
5
Maigret
6.9
The Third Man
6.7
Quatermass II
5.9
The Adventures of Robin Hood
6.1
Doctor Who
7.9
Sir Francis Drake
4.5
The Buccaneers
5.5
The Protectors
0
Sir Francis Drake
4.5
The Human Jungle
8.2
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
7
The Saint
7.3
Sherlock Holmes
6.4
The Avengers
7.734
Sunday Night Theatre
3.5
Sunday Night Theatre
3.5
Movies
Hot Enough for June
5.886
In Search of the Castaways
6.4
The Mummy's Shroud
5.5
The Battle of the River Plate
6.2
The Assassination Bureau
6.6
The Singer Not the Song
6.75
The Last Appointment!
0
Bhowani Junction
5.8
The Advancing Shadow
0
Underground
6
Sea Fury
6
Mark of the Phoenix
4.8
The Sandwich Man
6.1
Antony and Cleopatra
5.6
First Man into Space
4.906
Storm Over the Nile
6.1
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
7.714
Doctor Who: The Sea Devils
7.5
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
5.7
The Terror of the Tongs
5.8
You Can't Win 'Em All
5.8
The Road to Hong Kong
5.7
Beautiful Stranger
5
Blood Orange
5.3
Manuela
5.7
Sands of the Desert
6.3
Third Party Risk
4.6
The Captain's Paradise
5.5
The Stranglers of Bombay
6.484
The Broken Horseshoe
5
Man in the Shadow
0
The Mind Benders
6.4
Khartoum
6.296
Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
8
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
7.5
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
7.2
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
6.75
Doctor Who: Colony in Space
6.667
The Case of The Smiling Widow
0
The Running Man
6.7
The Adventures Of Don Quixote
0
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
7
Police 5: The Master
0
The Ties That Bind Us
0
Roger Delgado: The Master
0