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 tibΓ©taine 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
1964
Khartoum
1966
Manuela
1957
The Road to Hong Kong
1962
The Battle of the River Plate
1956
Horror Express
1972
The Assassination Bureau
1969
Masquerade
1965
The Ties That Bind Us
2008
Bhowani Junction
1956
You Can't Win 'Em All
1970
Antony and Cleopatra
1972
Storm Over the Nile
1955
The Running Man
1963
The Sandwich Man
1966
Sea Fury
1958
In Search of the Castaways
1962
Beautiful Stranger
1954
Mark of the Phoenix
1958
Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
1973
The Stranglers of Bombay
1959
Underground
1970
The Mind Benders
1963
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
1983
The Singer Not the Song
1961
Blood Orange
1953
Sands of the Desert
1960
First Man into Space
1959
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
1972
The Last Appointment!
1977
The Terror of the Tongs
1961
The Adventures Of Don Quixote
1973
Doctor Who: The Sea Devils
1972
Third Party Risk
1954
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
1971
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
1971
The Mummy's Shroud
1967
The Captain's Paradise
1953
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
1971
The Case of The Smiling Widow
1957