Roger Delgado
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Acting · Born 1918-03-01 · age 55 at death · London, England, UK
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.
Titles
Doctor Who
Horror Express
The Avengers
The Persuaders!
The Saint
Khartoum
The Assassination Bureau
In Search of the Castaways
The Battle of the River Plate
First Man into Space
The Mummy's Shroud
The Running Man
You Can't Win 'Em All
Bhowani Junction
The Terror of the Tongs
The Road to Hong Kong
The Stranglers of Bombay
The Mind Benders
Hot Enough for June
The Captain's Paradise
The Champions
Danger Man
Antony and Cleopatra
The Singer Not the Song
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Sherlock Holmes
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
Quatermass II
Beautiful Stranger
Masquerade
Maigret
Jason King
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
The Third Man
Storm Over the Nile
Blood Orange
Third Party Risk
Man in a Suitcase
The Sandwich Man
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
Doctor Who: The Sea Devils
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
BBC Play of the Month
Sea Fury
Manuela
Sands of the Desert
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
Doctor Who: Colony in Space
Z-Cars
Sir Francis Drake
Mark of the Phoenix
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Armchair Theatre
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
The Buccaneers
The Human Jungle
The Zoo Gang
The Adventures of William Tell