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Roger Delgado
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.
As actor
Roger Delgado: The Master
The Ties That Bind Us
Police 5: The Master
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
The Last Appointment!
Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
The Adventures Of Don Quixote
Antony and Cleopatra
Doctor Who: The Sea Devils
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
Horror Express
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
Doctor Who: Colony in Space
Underground
You Can't Win 'Em All
The Assassination Bureau
The Mummy's Shroud
The Crossfire
The Sandwich Man
Khartoum
Masquerade
Hot Enough for June
The Mind Benders
The Running Man
In Search of the Castaways
The Road to Hong Kong
The Singer Not the Song