1918-03-01 ( 107 years old ) in London, England, UK
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.
Movies
Police 5: The Master
1993-12-10
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
1983-02-09
The Last Appointment!
1977-06-11
Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
1973-03-31
The Adventures Of Don Quixote
1973-01-07
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
1972-06-24
Doctor Who: The Sea Devils
1972-04-01
Antony and Cleopatra
1972-03-18
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
1971-06-19
Doctor Who: Colony in Space
1971-05-15
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
1971-04-03
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
1971-03-06
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
1971-01-23
Underground
1970-10-07
You Can't Win 'Em All
1970-07-23
The Assassination Bureau
1969-03-09
The Mummy's Shroud
1967-03-15
The Sandwich Man
1966-07-01
Khartoum
1966-06-09
Hot Enough for June
1964-01-01
The Running Man
1963-10-01
The Mind Benders
1963-02-01
In Search of the Castaways
1962-12-01
The Road to Hong Kong
1962-03-29
The Terror of the Tongs
1961-03-15
The Singer Not the Song
1961-01-05
Sands of the Desert
1960-09-08
The Stranglers of Bombay
1959-12-04
First Man into Space
1959-02-27
Mark of the Phoenix
1958-10-31
Sea Fury
1958-08-26
Man in the Shadow
1957-09-01
Manuela
1957-07-18
The Case of The Smiling Widow
1957-01-01
The Battle of the River Plate
1956-10-30
Bhowani Junction
1956-05-01
The Advancing Shadow
1956-03-08
Storm Over the Nile
1955-12-26
Third Party Risk
1954-10-08
Beautiful Stranger
1954-07-13
Blood Orange
1953-10-10
The Captain's Paradise
1953-09-28
The Broken Horseshoe
1953-01-10
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