Roger Delgado
Birthday: 1918-03-01
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
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 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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Hot Enough for June
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In Search of the Castaways
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The Mummy's Shroud
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The Battle of the River Plate
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The Assassination Bureau
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The Singer Not the Song
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The Last Appointment!
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Bhowani Junction
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Sea Fury
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Mark of the Phoenix
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The Sandwich Man
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Antony and Cleopatra
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First Man into Space
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Storm Over the Nile
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Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
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Doctor Who: The Sea Devils
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Doctor Who: The Time Monster
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The Terror of the Tongs
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You Can't Win 'Em All
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The Road to Hong Kong
When Chester accidentally memorises and destroys the only copy of a secret Russian formula for a new...
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The Broken Horseshoe
When a hit and run patient is murdered an attending doctor is placed under suspicion....
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Man in the Shadow
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The Stranglers of Bombay
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The Captain's Paradise
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Beautiful Stranger
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Third Party Risk
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Manuela
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Blood Orange
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Sands of the Desert
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The Mind Benders
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Khartoum
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Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
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Doctor Who: The Dæmons
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Doctor Who: Colony in Space
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Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
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Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
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The Case of The Smiling Widow
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The Running Man
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The Adventures Of Don Quixote
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Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
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Police 5: The Master
Shaw Taylor warns viewers to be on the lookout for a dangerous individual known as the Master....
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The Ties That Bind Us
A look at the subtle (and not so subtle!) links to the show's past and future contained within the s...
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Roger Delgado: The Master
A biography of actor Roger Delgado, featuring previously unseen photographs, rare excerpts from his ...
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Destination Death
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Horror Express
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Masquerade
The British send an American and a war hero to kidnap and hide an oil-country prince....
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