Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
3/1/1918
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Roger Delgado
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...
Known For
Blood Orange
as Marlowe
Sea Fury
as Salgado
Khartoum
as Sheikh Abdul Rahim
Beautiful Stranger
as Police Officer
Underground
as Xavier
Bhowani Junction
as Train Driver
The Captain's Paradise
as Kalikan Policeman
Doctor Who: The Sea Devils
as The Master (archive footage)
The Singer Not the Song
as Pedro de Cortinez
Manuela
as Stranger
The Running Man
as Spanish Doctor
The Battle of the River Plate
as Captain Varela, Uruguayan Navy
The Assassination Bureau
as Bureau Member (uncredited)
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
as The Master (archive footage) (Special Edition)
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
as The Master
The Mind Benders
as Dr. Jean Bonvoulois (uncredited)
The Stranglers of Bombay
as Bundar (uncredited)
Doctor Who: The Sea Devils
as The Master
The Case of The Smiling Widow
as Commissario
The Ties That Bind Us
as The Master (archive footage)
Career Timeline
1973
1972
1971
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Silva
The Persuaders!
as Estoban
Jason King
Role unknown
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
as The Master
Doctor Who: Colony in Space
as The Master
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
as The Master
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
as The Master
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
as The Master