Roger Delgado
Date of birth: 1918-03-01
Place of birth: London, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
Biography
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.
Movie Credits
Hot Enough for June
1964-03-10
A young man travels to Prague to join his new employer, unaware that he is being used as an espionag
In Search of the Castaways
1962-12-01
Two teenagers, Mary (Hayley Mills) and Robert (Keith Hamshere) are lead by Professor Paganel (Mauric
The Mummy's Shroud
1967-03-15
Archaeologists discover the final resting place of a boy king, removing the remains to be exhibited
The Battle of the River Plate
1956-10-30
In the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to keep the At
The Assassination Bureau
1969-03-09
In 1908 London, a women's rights campaigner discovers the Assassination Bureau Limited, an organizat
The Singer Not the Song
1961-01-05
A Roman Catholic priest defies a Mexican bandit whose gang kills villagers in alphabetical order.
The Last Appointment!
1977-06-11
Two jet-setting playboys, Brett Sinclair and Danny Wilde, investigate crimes. Two episodes of the T
Bhowani Junction
1956-05-01
Anglo-Indian Victoria Jones seeks her true identity amid the chaos of the British withdrawal from In
The Advancing Shadow
1956-03-08
1950s BBC Drama
Underground
1970-10-07
An American intelligence agent attempts to kidnap a top Nazi general.
Sea Fury
1958-08-26
The captain of a tugboat harboured off a Spanish village is lured into a romantic involvement with a
Mark of the Phoenix
1958-10-31
A jewel thief finds himself a target when a smuggled cigarette case made from a stolen new metal fal
The Sandwich Man
1966-07-15
A man with a sandwich-board (advert) wanders around London meeting many strange characters.
Antony and Cleopatra
1972-03-18
Adaptation of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, a historical drama that attempts to bring an epic
First Man into Space
1959-02-01
The first pilot to leave Earth's atmosphere lands, then vanishes; but something with a craving for b
Storm Over the Nile
1955-12-26
In 1885, while his regiment is sent to the Sudan to battle the rebellious Dervish tribes, British Li
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
1971-01-23
The Master, an old adversary of the Doctor, has arrived on Earth to destroy humanity with the aid of
Doctor Who: The Sea Devils
1972-04-01
The Doctor and Jo visit the Master in his high-security prison on an island off the south coast of E
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
1972-06-24
The Master, in the guise of Professor Thascalos, has constructed at the Newton Institute in Wootton
The Terror of the Tongs
1961-03-15
In 1910, Hong Kong, under the rule of the British Empire, is a prosperous and bustling city, but, hi
You Can't Win 'Em All
1970-07-23
During the 1922 Turkish Civil War, two Americans and a group of foreign mercenaries offer their serv
The Road to Hong Kong
1962-03-29
When Chester accidentally memorises and destroys the only copy of a secret Russian formula for a new
The Captain's Paradise
1953-06-09
Mediterranean ferryboat captain Henry St James has things well organized - a loving and very English
The Broken Horseshoe
1953-01-10
When a hit and run patient is murdered an attending doctor is placed under suspicion.
Blood Orange
1953-10-10
Discharged by his employer, a private eye stays on a jewel theft case after a model with information
Beautiful Stranger
1954-07-13
An ex-chorus girl lives on the Riviera, supported by a married man she doesn't know is a crook.
Third Party Risk
1954-10-08
Vacationing at a resort hotel in Spain, a man discovers he is the only one not mixed up one way or a
Manuela
1957-07-18
James Prothero, forty-three years old and up to his ears in alcohol, is the skipper of a tramp ship
Man in the Shadow
1957-09-01
The wife of a condemned man tries to save him in England by finding the real killer.
The Stranglers of Bombay
1959-12-04
In 1826 British-ruled India, the secret Cult of Thugee demonstrates their worship of their goddess,
Sands of the Desert
1960-09-08
In this British comedy set in Saudi Arabia, a gentle British travel-agency clerk decides that it wou
The Mind Benders
1963-02-01
A British scientist is discovered to have been passing information to the Communists, then kills him
Khartoum
1966-06-09
English General Charles George Gordon is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by the
Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
1973-03-31
In the 26th century, the Doctor and Jo uncover a plot by the Master to provoke an interplanetary war
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
1971-06-19
On the eve of May Day, dark elemental forces begin to disturb the village of Devil's End as the Mast
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
1971-03-06
Professor Emil Keller has created a machine that can pacify even the most dangerous of criminals. Bu
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
1971-04-03
A group of gold-skinned aliens known as the Axons land on Earth and offer wondrous technology in exc
Doctor Who: Colony in Space
1971-05-15
When the Master steals the Time Lords' secret file on the Doomsday Weapon, they grant the Doctor a t
The Case of The Smiling Widow
1957-01-01
From the case files of Scotland Yard, detectives investigate the mysterious death of Peter Adams, ar
The Running Man
1963-10-01
An Englishman with a grudge against an insurance company for a disallowed claim fakes his own death
The Adventures Of Don Quixote
1973-01-07
A self-proclaimed "knight" and his hapless squire travel the Spanish countryside, attacking "giants"
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
1983-02-09
A warp ellipse draws the TARDIS off course. The Fifth Doctor's companions are separated from him not
Police 5: The Master
1993-12-10
Shaw Taylor warns viewers to be on the lookout for a dangerous individual known as the Master.
The Ties That Bind Us
2008-03-03
A look at the subtle (and not so subtle!) links to the show's past and future contained within the s
Roger Delgado: The Master
2009-10-05
A biography of actor Roger Delgado, featuring previously unseen photographs, rare excerpts from his
Destination Death
1956-09-10
When Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a man in the London airport, the trail leads
Horror Express
1972-09-30
Mysterious and unearthly deaths start to occur while Professor Saxton is transporting the frozen rem
Masquerade
1965-04-13
The British send an American and a war hero to kidnap and hide an oil-country prince.
The Crossfire
1967-02-07
Tension increases among French settlers in Algeria. A secret ultranationalist group decides to take