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Roger Delgado

Roger Delgado is known for acting, with popular credits including Hot Enough for June, In Search of the Castaways, The Mummy's Shroud, The Battle of the River Plate.

Born 01 Mar 1918 London, England, UK

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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.

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2009 Roger Delgado: The Master as (archive footage) movie 2008 The Ties That Bind Us as The Master (archive footage) movie 1994 The World of Hammer as Self (archive footage) tv 1993 Police 5: The Master as The Master (archive footage) movie 1983 Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead as The Master (archive footage) (Special Edition) movie 1977 The Last Appointment! as Estoban movie 1974 The Zoo Gang tv 1973 Doctor Who: Frontier in Space as The Master movie 1973 The Adventures Of Don Quixote as Officer of the Holy Brotherhood movie 1972 Horror Express as Inspector Mirov (voice) movie 1972 Doctor Who: The Time Monster as The Master movie 1972 Doctor Who: The Sea Devils as The Master movie 1972 Antony and Cleopatra as Soothsayer movie 1971 The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as Silva tv 1971 The Persuaders! as Estoban tv 1971 Jason King tv 1971 Doctor Who: The Dæmons as The Master movie 1971 Doctor Who: Colony in Space as The Master movie 1971 Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos as The Master movie 1971 Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil as The Master movie 1971 Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons as The Master movie 1970 Underground as Xavier movie 1970 You Can't Win 'Em All as Capt. Enver (uncredited) (voice) movie 1970 Codename as Rogov tv 1969 Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) as Tapiro tv 1969 The Assassination Bureau as Bureau Member (uncredited) movie 1968 The Champions as Yussef tv 1968 The Man in the Iron Mask as M. Fouquet tv 1967 Man in a Suitcase tv 1967 The Mummy's Shroud as Hasmid movie 1967 The Crossfire as Dr. Si Cada movie 1966 The Sandwich Man as Abdul - Carpet Seller movie 1966 Khartoum as Sheikh Abdul Rahim movie 1965 BBC Play of the Month as Officer of the Holy Brotherhood tv 1965 Masquerade as Ahmed bin Fayed movie 1964 Sherlock Holmes as Moser tv 1964 The Protectors as Boris Slankin tv 1964 Hot Enough for June as Josef movie 1963 Doctor Who as Master tv 1963 Doctor Who as The Master tv 1963 Espionage as Gebal tv 1963 The Running Man as Spanish Doctor movie 1963 The Human Jungle as Wirral tv 1963 The Mind Benders as Dr. Jean Bonvoulois (uncredited) movie 1962 In Search of the Castaways as Patagonian prisoner movie 1962 The Saint as Capt. Rodriguez tv 1962 The Saint as Hotel Manager tv 1962 The Road to Hong Kong as Jinnah movie 1962 Z-Cars tv 1961 Sir Francis Drake as Mendoza tv 1961 Sir Francis Drake as The Governor tv 1961 Sir Francis Drake as Spanish Ambassador tv 1961 Plateau of Fear tv 1961 The Terror of the Tongs as Tang Hao movie 1961 The Avengers as Kreer tv 1961 The Avengers as Vasco tv 1961 The Singer Not the Song as Pedro de Cortinez movie 1960 Maigret as Pepito tv 1960 The Odd Man as Bernard Berridge tv 1960 Danger Man as Von Golling tv 1960 Sands of the Desert as Abu Nlal movie 1960 Armchair Mystery Theatre as Curt tv 1959 The Stranglers of Bombay as Bundar (uncredited) movie 1959 The Third Man tv 1959 First Man into Space as Mexican Consul - Ramon de Guerrera movie 1958 Mark of the Phoenix as Devron movie 1958 The Adventures of William Tell tv 1958 Sea Fury as Salgado movie 1957 Man in the Shadow as Alberto (uncredited) movie 1957 Manuela as Stranger movie 1957 Overseas Press Club - Exclusive! as Argentine Diplomat tv 1957 The Case of The Smiling Widow as Commissario movie 1956 The Battle of the River Plate as Captain Varela, Uruguayan Navy movie 1956 The Buccaneers as Capt. Mendoza tv 1956 The Buccaneers as Don Ferdinand Esteban tv 1956 Destination Death as Lisbon Police Officer movie 1956 Armchair Theatre as Antonio tv 1956 Bhowani Junction as Train Driver movie 1956 The Advancing Shadow as Talibh movie 1955 Storm Over the Nile as Native Spy movie

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Roger Delgado is known for acting, with popular credits including Hot Enough for June, In Search of the Castaways, The Mummy's Shroud, The Battle of the River Plate.

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Roger Delgado is 108 years old, based on the birthday listed by TMDB.

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Roger Delgado is known for credits including Hot Enough for June, In Search of the Castaways, The Mummy's Shroud, The Battle of the River Plate, The Assassination Bureau.

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