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

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

Appearances as themselves (1)

• The World of Hammer — Self (archive footage)