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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.

Known For: Acting

Born: London, England, UK, 1918-03-01

Died: 1973-06-18

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1953	The Broken Horseshoe	Felix Galegos	50
2	1953	The Captain's Paradise	Kalikan Policeman	55
3	1953	Blood Orange	Marlowe	53
4	1954	Beautiful Stranger	Police Officer	50
5	1954	Third Party Risk	Detective Gonzales	46
6	1955	Storm Over the Nile	Native Spy	61
7	1956	The Advancing Shadow	Talibh	0
8	1956	Bhowani Junction	Train Driver	58
9	1956	The Battle of the River Plate	Captain Varela, Uruguayan Navy	62
10	1957	The Case of The Smiling Widow	Commissario	0
11	1957	Manuela	Stranger	57
12	1957	Man in the Shadow	Alberto (uncredited)	0
13	1958	Sea Fury	Salgado	60
14	1958	Mark of the Phoenix	Devron	48
15	1959	First Man into Space	Mexican Consul - Ramon de Guerrera	49
16	1959	The Stranglers of Bombay	Bundar (uncredited)	65
17	1960	Sands of the Desert	Abu Nlal	63
18	1961	The Singer Not the Song	Pedro de Cortinez	68
19	1961	The Terror of the Tongs	Tang Hao	58
20	1962	The Road to Hong Kong	Jinnah	57
21	1962	In Search of the Castaways	Patagonian prisoner	64
22	1963	The Mind Benders	Dr. Jean Bonvoulois (uncredited)	64
23	1963	The Running Man	Spanish Doctor	67
24	1964	Hot Enough for June	Josef	59
25	1966	Khartoum	Sheikh Abdul Rahim	63
26	1966	The Sandwich Man	Abdul - Carpet Seller	61
27	1967	The Mummy's Shroud	Hasmid	55
28	1969	The Assassination Bureau	Bureau Member (uncredited)	66
29	1970	You Can't Win 'Em All	Capt. Enver (uncredited) (voice)	58
30	1970	Underground	Xavier	60
31	1971	Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons	The Master	77
32	1971	Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil	The Master	72
33	1971	Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos	The Master	68
34	1971	Doctor Who: Colony in Space	The Master	67
35	1971	Doctor Who: The Dæmons	The Master	75
36	1972	Antony and Cleopatra	Soothsayer	56
37	1972	Doctor Who: The Sea Devils	The Master	75
38	1972	Doctor Who: The Time Monster	The Master	57
39	1973	The Adventures Of Don Quixote	Officer of the Holy Brotherhood	0
40	1973	Doctor Who: Frontier in Space	The Master	80
41	1977	The Last Appointment!	Estoban	0
42	1983	Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead	The Master (archive footage) (Special Edition)	70
43	1993	Police 5: The Master	The Master (archive footage)	0
44	2008	The Ties That Bind Us	The Master (archive footage)	0
45	2009	Roger Delgado: The Master	(archive footage)	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1950	Sunday Night Theatre	Mark Smeaton	35
2	1950	Sunday Night Theatre	Father Francisco	35
3	1955	The Adventures of Robin Hood	Ambassador	61
4	1955	The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel	Andre	76
5	1955	Quatermass II	Hugh Conrad	59
6	1956	The Buccaneers	Capt. Mendoza	55
7	1956	The Buccaneers	Don Ferdinand Esteban	55
8	1958	The Adventures of William Tell		63
9	1959	The Third Man		67
10	1960	The Odd Man	Bernard Berridge	0
11	1960	Maigret	Pepito	69
12	1961	The Avengers	Kreer	77
13	1961	The Avengers	Vasco	77
14	1961	Plateau of Fear		0
15	1961	Sir Francis Drake	Mendoza	45
16	1961	Sir Francis Drake	The Governor	45
17	1961	Sir Francis Drake	Spanish Ambassador	45
18	1962	Z-Cars		70
19	1962	The Saint	Capt. Rodriguez	73
20	1962	The Saint	Hotel Manager	73
21	1963	The Human Jungle	Wirral	82
22	1963	Doctor Who	Master	79
23	1963	Doctor Who	The Master	79
24	1964	The Protectors	Boris Slankin	0
25	1964	Sherlock Holmes	Moser	64
26	1965	BBC Play of the Month	Officer of the Holy Brotherhood	50
27	1967	Man in a Suitcase		70
28	1968	The Man in the Iron Mask	M. Fouquet	0
29	1968	The Champions	Yussef	61
30	1969	Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)	Tapiro	70
31	1970	Codename	Rogov	0
32	1971	Jason King		73
33	1971	The Persuaders!	Estoban	76
34	1971	The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes	Silva	73
35	1974	The Zoo Gang		70