Roger Delgado

Roger Delgado
Delgado as the Master in The Mind of Evil (1971)
Born
Roger Caesar Marius Bernard de Delgado Torres Castillo Roberto

(1918-03-01)1 March 1918
Whitechapel, London, England
Died18 June 1973(1973-06-18) (aged 55)
Nevşehir, Turkey
Resting placeMortlake Crematorium, London, England
OccupationActor
Years active1939–1973
Known forFirst actor to play The Master
in Doctor Who (1971–1973)
Spouse(s)Olga Anthonisz (divorced)
Kismet Shahani
(m. 1957)

Roger Caesar Marius Bernard de Delgado Torres Castillo Roberto (1 March 1918 – 18 June 1973) was a British actor. He played many roles on television, radio and in films, and had "a long history of playing minor villains"[1] before becoming best known as the first actor to play the Master in Doctor Who (1971–73).

  1. ^ Fane Saunders, Tristram (2 January 2020). "The Master of evil: Roger Delgado and the twisted history of Doctor Who's greatest foe". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 4 July 2020.