Roger Delgado
Born: 1918-03-01 in London, England, UK
Died: 1973-06-18
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Doctor Who: The Sea Devils as The Master (archive footage)
2009
- Roger Delgado: The Master as (archive footage)
2008
- The Ties That Bind Us as The Master (archive footage)
1997
- Myth Makers 37: Roger Delgado as Self (Archive)
1994
- The World of Hammer as Self (archive footage)
1993
- Police 5: The Master as The Master (archive footage)
1983
- Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead as The Master (archive footage) (Special Edition)
1977
- The Last Appointment! as Estoban
1974
1973
- Doctor Who: Frontier in Space as The Master
- The Adventures Of Don Quixote as Officer of the Holy Brotherhood
1972
- Antony and Cleopatra as Soothsayer
- Doctor Who: The Sea Devils as The Master
- Doctor Who: The Time Monster as The Master
- Horror Express as Inspector Mirov (voice)
1971
- The Persuaders! as Estoban
- The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as Silva
- Jason King
- Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil as The Master
- Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos as The Master
- Doctor Who: The Dæmons as The Master
- Doctor Who: Colony in Space as The Master
- Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons as The Master
1970
- Underground as Xavier
- Codename as Rogov
- You Can't Win 'Em All as Capt. Enver (uncredited) (voice)
1969
- The Assassination Bureau as Bureau Member (uncredited)
- Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) as Tapiro
1968
- The Champions as Yussef
- The Man in the Iron Mask as M. Fouquet
1967
- Man in a Suitcase
- The Mummy's Shroud as Hasmid
1966
- Khartoum as Sheikh Abdul Rahim
- The Sandwich Man as Abdul - Carpet Seller
1965
- BBC Play of the Month as Officer of the Holy Brotherhood
1964
- Sherlock Holmes as Moser
- Hot Enough for June as Josef
- The Protectors as Boris Slankin
1963
- Doctor Who as Master
- The Running Man as Spanish Doctor
- The Human Jungle as Wirral
- The Mind Benders as Dr. Jean Bonvoulois (uncredited)
1962
- The Saint as Capt. Rodriguez
- Z-Cars
- The Road to Hong Kong as Jinnah
- In Search of the Castaways as Patagonian prisoner
1961
- The Avengers as Kreer
- Sir Francis Drake as Mendoza
- The Singer Not the Song as Pedro de Cortinez
- The Terror of the Tongs as Tang Hao
- Plateau of Fear
1960
- Maigret as Pepito
- The Odd Man as Bernard Berridge
- Sands of the Desert as Abu Nlal
1959
- The Third Man
- The Stranglers of Bombay as Bundar (uncredited)
- First Man into Space as Mexican Consul - Ramon de Guerrera
1958
- Sea Fury as Salgado
- The Adventures of William Tell
- Mark of the Phoenix as Devron
1957
- Manuela as Stranger
- The Case of The Smiling Widow as Commissario
- Man in the Shadow as Alberto (uncredited)
- Overseas Press Club - Exclusive! as Argentine Diplomat
1956
- Bhowani Junction as Train Driver
- The Buccaneers as Capt. Mendoza
- The Battle of the River Plate as Captain Varela, Uruguayan Navy
- The Advancing Shadow as Talibh
- Destination Death as Lisbon Police Officer
1955
- The Adventures of Robin Hood as Ambassador
- Storm Over the Nile as Native Spy
- The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel as Andre
- Quatermass II as Hugh Conrad
1954
- Beautiful Stranger as Police Officer
- Third Party Risk as Detective Gonzales
1953
- Blood Orange as Marlowe
- The Captain's Paradise as Kalikan Policeman
- The Broken Horseshoe as Felix Galegos
1950
- Sunday Night Theatre as Mark Smeaton