Roger Delgado
Actor
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
Khartoum
as Sheikh Abdul Rahim 1966
The Assassination Bureau
as Bureau Member (uncredited) 1969
In Search of the Castaways
as Patagonian prisoner 1962
The Battle of the River Plate
as Captain Varela, Uruguayan Navy 1956
First Man into Space
as Mexican Consul - Ramon de Guerrera 1959
The Mummy's Shroud
as Hasmid 1967
The Running Man
as Spanish Doctor 1963
You Can't Win 'Em All
as Capt. Enver (uncredited) (voice) 1970
Bhowani Junction
as Train Driver 1956
The Terror of the Tongs
as Tang Hao 1961
The Road to Hong Kong
as Jinnah 1962
The Stranglers of Bombay
as Bundar (uncredited) 1959
The Mind Benders
as Dr. Jean Bonvoulois (uncredited) 1963
Hot Enough for June
as Josef 1964
Antony and Cleopatra
as Soothsayer 1972
The Captain's Paradise
as Kalikan Policeman 1953