What is Roger Delgado?
'''Roger Caesar Marius Bernard de Delgado Torres Castillo Roberto''' (1 March 1918 – 18 June 1973), better known as '''Roger Delgado''', was a [[British people|British]] actor. He began his acting [[career]] in 1939. He is best known as the first actor to play [[The Master (Doctor Who)|the Master]] in the [[BBC]] [[science fiction]] series ''[[Doctor Who]]''. He appeared as the Master in 37 episodes from 1971 until his death in 1973. Delgado was born in [[Whitechapel]], [[London]]. He was the son of a [[Belgians|Belgian]] mother and a [[Spaniards|Spanish]] father. He served as a [[major]] during the [[Second World War]]. He was married to Kismet Shahani. On 18 June 1973, Delgado was killed in a [[car accident]] in [[Nevşehir]], [[Turkey]]. He was 55. He died while filming the [[France|French]]-[[Germany|German]] [[Miniseries|TV miniseries]] ''La Cloche tibétaine'' ([[English language|English]]: ''Tibetan Bell'').<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.family-announcements.co.uk/localworld/view/3347299/roger-delgado|title=Roger Delgado|work=Family Announcements|access-date=3 September 2018|archive-date=11 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411012632/http://www.family-announcements.co.uk/localworld/view/3347299/roger-delgado|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb name|0217069}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Delgado, Roger}} [[Category:1918 births]] [[Category:1973 deaths]] [[Category:Actors from London]] [[Category:British military personnel of World War II]] [[Category:English movie actors]] [[Category:English television actors]] [[Category:English stage actors]] [[Category:Road accident deaths]] {{Actor-stub}}