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.
Hot Enough for June
(Josef)
In Search of the Castaways
(Patagonian prisoner)
The Mummy's Shroud
(Hasmid)
The Battle of the River Plate
(Captain Varela, Uruguayan Navy)
The Assassination Bureau
(Bureau Member (uncredited))
The Singer Not the Song
(Pedro de Cortinez)
The Last Appointment!
(Estoban)
Bhowani Junction
(Train Driver)
The Advancing Shadow
(Talibh)
Underground
(Xavier)
Sea Fury
(Salgado)
Mark of the Phoenix
(Devron)
The Sandwich Man
(Abdul - Carpet Seller)
Antony and Cleopatra
(Soothsayer)
First Man into Space
(Mexican Consul - Ramon de Guerrera)
Jikuu Bouken Doctor Who
(The Master (archive footage))
Storm Over the Nile
(Native Spy)
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
(The Master)
Doctor Who: The Sea Devils
(The Master)
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
(The Master)
The Terror of the Tongs
(Tang Hao)
You Can't Win 'Em All
(Capt. Enver (uncredited) (voice))
The Road to Hong Kong
(Jinnah)
Beautiful Stranger
(Police Officer)
Blood Orange
(Marlowe)
Manuela
(Stranger)
Sands of the Desert
(Abu Nlal)
Third Party Risk
(Detective Gonzales)
The Captain's Paradise
(Kalikan Policeman)
The Stranglers of Bombay
(Bundar (uncredited))
The Broken Horseshoe
(Felix Galegos)
Man in the Shadow
(Alberto (uncredited))
The Mind Benders
(Dr. Jean Bonvoulois (uncredited))
Khartoum
(Sheikh Abdul Rahim)
Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
(The Master)
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
(The Master)
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
(The Master)
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
(The Master)
Doctor Who: Colony in Space
(The Master)
The Case of The Smiling Widow
(Commissario)
The Running Man
(Spanish Doctor)
The Adventures Of Don Quixote
(Officer of the Holy Brotherhood)
Doctor Who
(Master)
Z-Cars
The Avengers
(Kreer)
The Persuaders!
(Estoban)
Jason King
The Saint
(Capt. Rodriguez)
The Champions
(Yussef)
The Buccaneers
(Capt. Mendoza)
The Zoo Gang
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
(Silva)
Codename
(Rogov)
Man in a Suitcase
Plateau of Fear
Sir Francis Drake
(Mendoza)
The Adventures of William Tell
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
(Andre)
BBC Play of the Month
(Officer of the Holy Brotherhood)
Maigret
(Pepito)
The Third Man
Quatermass II
(Hugh Conrad)
The Adventures of Robin Hood
(Ambassador)
Doctor Who
(The Master)
Sir Francis Drake
(The Governor)
The Buccaneers
(Don Ferdinand Esteban)
The Protectors
(Boris Slankin)
Sir Francis Drake
(Spanish Ambassador)
The Human Jungle
(Wirral)
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
(Tapiro)
The Saint
(Hotel Manager)
Sherlock Holmes
(Moser)
The Avengers
(Vasco)
Sunday Night Theatre
(Mark Smeaton)