
Birthday
1918/03/01
Day of death
1973/06/18 (55 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Also know as
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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 Regi...Read more

(1964) Hot Enough for June
as Josef

(1962) In Search of the Castaways
as Patagonian prisoner

(1967) The Mummy's Shroud
as Hasmid

(1956) The Battle of the River Plate
as Captain Varela, Uruguayan Navy

(1969) The Assassination Bureau
as Bureau Member (uncredited)

(1961) The Singer Not the Song
as Pedro de Cortinez

(1977) The Last Appointment!
as Estoban

(1956) Bhowani Junction
as Train Driver
(1956) The Advancing Shadow
as Talibh

(1970) Underground
as Xavier

(1958) Sea Fury
as Salgado

(1958) Mark of the Phoenix
as Devron

(1966) The Sandwich Man
as Abdul - Carpet Seller

(1972) Antony and Cleopatra
as Soothsayer

(1959) First Man into Space
as Mexican Consul - Ramon de Guerrera

(1955) Storm Over the Nile
as Native Spy

(1971) Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
as The Master

(1972) Doctor Who: The Sea Devils
as The Master

(1972) Doctor Who: The Time Monster
as The Master

(1961) The Terror of the Tongs
as Tang Hao

(1970) You Can't Win 'Em All
as Capt. Enver (uncredited) (voice)

(1962) The Road to Hong Kong
as Jinnah

(1954) Beautiful Stranger
as Police Officer

(1953) Blood Orange
as Marlowe

(1957) Manuela
as Stranger

(1960) Sands of the Desert
as Abu Nlal

(1954) Third Party Risk
as Detective Gonzales

(1953) The Captain's Paradise
as Kalikan Policeman

(1959) The Stranglers of Bombay
as Bundar (uncredited)

(1953) The Broken Horseshoe
as Felix Galegos

(1957) Man in the Shadow
as Alberto (uncredited)

(1963) The Mind Benders
as Dr. Jean Bonvoulois (uncredited)

(1966) Khartoum
as Sheikh Abdul Rahim

(1973) Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
as The Master

(1971) Doctor Who: The Dæmons
as The Master

(1971) Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
as The Master

(1971) Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
as The Master

(1971) Doctor Who: Colony in Space
as The Master

(1957) The Case of The Smiling Widow
as Commissario

(1963) The Running Man
as Spanish Doctor

(1973) The Adventures Of Don Quixote
as Officer of the Holy Brotherhood

(1983) Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
as The Master (archive footage) (Special Edition)

(1993) Police 5: The Master
as The Master (archive footage)

(2008) The Ties That Bind Us
as The Master (archive footage)

(2009) Roger Delgado: The Master
as (archive footage)
(1956) Destination Death
as Lisbon Police Officer

(1997) Myth Makers 37: Roger Delgado
as Self (Archive)

(1972) Horror Express
as Inspector Mirov (voice)

(2025) The Sea Devils
as The Master (archive footage)

(1963) Doctor Who
as Master

(1962) Z-Cars
as ---

(1961) The Avengers
as Kreer

(1971) The Persuaders!
as Estoban

(1971) Jason King
as ---

(1962) The Saint
as Capt. Rodriguez

(1968) The Champions
as Yussef

(1956) The Buccaneers
as Capt. Mendoza

(1974) The Zoo Gang
as ---

(1971) The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Silva
(1970) Codename
as Rogov

(1967) Man in a Suitcase
as ---
(1961) Plateau of Fear
as ---

(1961) Sir Francis Drake
as Mendoza

(1955) The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
as Andre

(1958) The Adventures of William Tell
as ---

(1960) Maigret
as Pepito

(1959) The Third Man
as ---

(1955) The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Ambassador

(1963) Doctor Who
as The Master

(1961) Sir Francis Drake
as The Governor

(1956) The Buccaneers
as Don Ferdinand Esteban
(1964) The Protectors
as Boris Slankin

(1961) Sir Francis Drake
as Spanish Ambassador

(1963) The Human Jungle
as Wirral

(1969) Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
as Tapiro

(1962) The Saint
as Hotel Manager

(1964) Sherlock Holmes
as Moser

(1961) The Avengers
as Vasco

(1950) Sunday Night Theatre
as Mark Smeaton

(1950) Sunday Night Theatre
as Father Francisco

(1965) BBC Play of the Month
as Officer of the Holy Brotherhood

(1968) The Man in the Iron Mask
as M. Fouquet
(1957) Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
as Argentine Diplomat

(1960) The Odd Man
as Bernard Berridge

(1955) Quatermass II
as Hugh Conrad

(1994) The World of Hammer
as Self (archive footage)