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.

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Khartoum (1966)

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English General Charles George Gordon is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by the Prime Minister. Ordered to evacuate Egyptians from the Sudan, Gordon stays on to protect the people of Khartoum, who are under threat of being conquered by a Muslim army.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Basil Dearden  •  Eliot Elisofon
CAST:  Charlton Heston  •  Laurence Olivier  •  Richard Johnson  •  Ralph Richardson

English General Charles George Gordon is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by the Prime Minister. Ordered to evacuate Egyptians from the Sudan, Gordon stays on to protect the people of Khartoum, who are under threat of being conquered by a Muslim army.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Basil Dearden  •  Eliot Elisofon
CAST:  Charlton Heston  •  Laurence Olivier  •  Richard Johnson  •  Ralph Richardson

The Battle of the River Plate (1956)

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In the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to keep the Atlantic convoy routes open to supply the British Isles, facing the great danger posed by the many German warships, such as the Admiral Graf Spee, which are scouring ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Powell  •  Emeric Pressburger
CAST:  John Gregson  •  Anthony Quayle  •  Peter Finch  •  Ian Hunter

In the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to keep the Atlantic convoy routes open to supply the British Isles, facing the great danger posed by the many German warships, such as the Admiral Graf Spee, which are scouring ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Powell  •  Emeric Pressburger
CAST:  John Gregson  •  Anthony Quayle  •  Peter Finch  •  Ian Hunter

The Mummy's Shroud (1967)

Archaeologists discover the final resting place of a boy king, removing the remains to be exhibited in a museum. By disturbing the sarcophagus they unleash the forces of darkness. The Mummy has returned to discharge a violent retribution on the defilers as the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Gilling
CAST:  André Morell  •  John Phillips  •  David Buck  •  Elizabeth Sellars

Archaeologists discover the final resting place of a boy king, removing the remains to be exhibited in a museum. By disturbing the sarcophagus they unleash the forces of darkness. The Mummy has returned to discharge a violent retribution on the defilers as the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Gilling
CAST:  André Morell  •  John Phillips  •  David Buck  •  Elizabeth Sellars

The Assassination Bureau (1969)

In 1908 London, a women's rights campaigner discovers the Assassination Bureau Limited, an organization that kills for justice. When its motives are called into question, she commissions the assassination of its chairman. Knowing that his colleagues have recently ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Basil Dearden
CAST:  Oliver Reed  •  Diana Rigg  •  Telly Savalas  •  Curd Jürgens

In 1908 London, a women's rights campaigner discovers the Assassination Bureau Limited, an organization that kills for justice. When its motives are called into question, she commissions the assassination of its chairman. Knowing that his colleagues have recently ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Basil Dearden
CAST:  Oliver Reed  •  Diana Rigg  •  Telly Savalas  •  Curd Jürgens

The Captain's Paradise (1953)

Mediterranean ferryboat captain Henry St James has things well organized - a loving and very English wife Maud in Gibraltar, and the loving if rather more hot-blooded Mistress, Nita in Tangiers. A perfect life. As long as neither woman decides to follow him to the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Kimmins
CAST:  Alec Guinness  •  Yvonne De Carlo  •  Celia Johnson  •  Charles Goldner

Mediterranean ferryboat captain Henry St James has things well organized - a loving and very English wife Maud in Gibraltar, and the loving if rather more hot-blooded Mistress, Nita in Tangiers. A perfect life. As long as neither woman decides to follow him to the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Kimmins
CAST:  Alec Guinness  •  Yvonne De Carlo  •  Celia Johnson  •  Charles Goldner

The Road to Hong Kong (1962)

When Chester accidentally memorises and destroys the only copy of a secret Russian formula for a new and improved rocket fuel, he and Harry are thrust into international intrigue, trying to stay alive while keeping the formula out of enemy hands.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Panama
CAST:  Bing Crosby  •  Bob Hope  •  Joan Collins  •  Robert Morley

When Chester accidentally memorises and destroys the only copy of a secret Russian formula for a new and improved rocket fuel, he and Harry are thrust into international intrigue, trying to stay alive while keeping the formula out of enemy hands.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Panama
CAST:  Bing Crosby  •  Bob Hope  •  Joan Collins  •  Robert Morley

Manuela (1957)

James Prothero, forty-three years old and up to his ears in alcohol, is the skipper of a tramp ship due to leave South America for Britain – and he’s sick to death of carting goods back and forth across the world. Then he meets Manuela, a beautiful native girl ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  Trevor Howard  •  Elsa Martinelli  •  Pedro Armendáriz  •  Donald Pleasence

James Prothero, forty-three years old and up to his ears in alcohol, is the skipper of a tramp ship due to leave South America for Britain – and he’s sick to death of carting goods back and forth across the world. Then he meets Manuela, a beautiful native girl ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  Trevor Howard  •  Elsa Martinelli  •  Pedro Armendáriz  •  Donald Pleasence

The Mind Benders (1963)

A British scientist is discovered to have been passing information to the Communists, then kills himself. Another scientist decides that they might have brainwashed him by a sensory deprivation technique, but he doesn’t know if someone really can be convinced to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Basil Dearden
CAST:  Dirk Bogarde  •  Mary Ure  •  John Clements  •  Michael Bryant

A British scientist is discovered to have been passing information to the Communists, then kills himself. Another scientist decides that they might have brainwashed him by a sensory deprivation technique, but he doesn’t know if someone really can be convinced to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Basil Dearden
CAST:  Dirk Bogarde  •  Mary Ure  •  John Clements  •  Michael Bryant

The Singer Not the Song (1961)

A Roman Catholic priest defies a Mexican bandit whose gang kills villagers in alphabetical order.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Ward Baker
CAST:  Dirk Bogarde  •  John Mills  •  Mylène Demongeot  •  Laurence Naismith

A Roman Catholic priest defies a Mexican bandit whose gang kills villagers in alphabetical order.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Ward Baker
CAST:  Dirk Bogarde  •  John Mills  •  Mylène Demongeot  •  Laurence Naismith

The Stranglers of Bombay (1959)

In 1826 British-ruled India, the secret Cult of Thugee demonstrates their worship of their goddess, Kali, by the mutilation and mass murder of thousands of Indians while pirating the shipments of the British East-Indian Tea Company. As the British military ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Fisher
CAST:  Guy Rolfe  •  Allan Cuthbertson  •  Andrew Cruickshank  •  George Pastell

In 1826 British-ruled India, the secret Cult of Thugee demonstrates their worship of their goddess, Kali, by the mutilation and mass murder of thousands of Indians while pirating the shipments of the British East-Indian Tea Company. As the British military ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Fisher
CAST:  Guy Rolfe  •  Allan Cuthbertson  •  Andrew Cruickshank  •  George Pastell

Third Party Risk (1954)

Vacationing at a resort hotel in Spain, a man discovers he is the only one not mixed up one way or another in murder, drugs and microfilm smuggling. But, the police are after him!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Birt
CAST:  Lloyd Bridges  •  Finlay Currie  •  Maureen Swanson  •  Simone Silva

Vacationing at a resort hotel in Spain, a man discovers he is the only one not mixed up one way or another in murder, drugs and microfilm smuggling. But, the police are after him!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Birt
CAST:  Lloyd Bridges  •  Finlay Currie  •  Maureen Swanson  •  Simone Silva

Antony and Cleopatra (1972)

Adaptation of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, a historical drama that attempts to bring an epic visual style to the Bard's original stage play. The story concerns Marc Antony's attempts to rule Rome while maintaining a relationship with the queen of Egypt ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charlton Heston
CAST:  Charlton Heston  •  Hildegard Neil  •  Eric Porter  •  John Castle

Adaptation of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, a historical drama that attempts to bring an epic visual style to the Bard's original stage play. The story concerns Marc Antony's attempts to rule Rome while maintaining a relationship with the queen of Egypt ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charlton Heston
CAST:  Charlton Heston  •  Hildegard Neil  •  Eric Porter  •  John Castle

Mark of the Phoenix (1958)

A jewel thief finds himself a target when a smuggled cigarette case made from a stolen new metal falls into his hands.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maclean Rogers
CAST:  Julia Arnall  •  Sheldon Lawrence  •  Anton Diffring  •  Eric Pohlmann

A jewel thief finds himself a target when a smuggled cigarette case made from a stolen new metal falls into his hands.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maclean Rogers
CAST:  Julia Arnall  •  Sheldon Lawrence  •  Anton Diffring  •  Eric Pohlmann

Sea Fury (1958)

The captain of a tugboat harboured off a Spanish village is lured into a romantic involvement with a young girl at the behest of her father, in the hope of getting his hands on the vessel. Meanwhile, a handsome English sailor, signs on to the boat and before long ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cy Endfield
CAST:  Stanley Baker  •  Victor McLaglen  •  Luciana Paluzzi  •  Grégoire Aslan

The captain of a tugboat harboured off a Spanish village is lured into a romantic involvement with a young girl at the behest of her father, in the hope of getting his hands on the vessel. Meanwhile, a handsome English sailor, signs on to the boat and before long ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cy Endfield
CAST:  Stanley Baker  •  Victor McLaglen  •  Luciana Paluzzi  •  Grégoire Aslan

Sands of the Desert (1960)

In this British comedy set in Saudi Arabia, a gentle British travel-agency clerk decides that it would be a smashing idea to open up a desert resort in Arabia. He heads to the desert and immediately finds himself on the bad side of a local sheik as the fellow tries ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Paddy Carstairs
CAST:  Charlie Drake  •  Peter Arne  •  Sarah Branch  •  Raymond Huntley

In this British comedy set in Saudi Arabia, a gentle British travel-agency clerk decides that it would be a smashing idea to open up a desert resort in Arabia. He heads to the desert and immediately finds himself on the bad side of a local sheik as the fellow tries ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Paddy Carstairs
CAST:  Charlie Drake  •  Peter Arne  •  Sarah Branch  •  Raymond Huntley

Blood Orange (1953)

Discharged by his employer, a private eye stays on a jewel theft case after a model with information for him is murdered.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Fisher
CAST:  Tom Conway  •  Mila Parély  •  Naomi Chance  •  Eric Pohlmann

Discharged by his employer, a private eye stays on a jewel theft case after a model with information for him is murdered.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Fisher
CAST:  Tom Conway  •  Mila Parély  •  Naomi Chance  •  Eric Pohlmann

The Broken Horseshoe (1953)

When a hit and run patient is murdered an attending doctor is placed under suspicion.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martyn C. Webster
CAST:  Robert Beatty  •  Elizabeth Sellars  •  Peter Coke  •  Roger Delgado

When a hit and run patient is murdered an attending doctor is placed under suspicion.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martyn C. Webster
CAST:  Robert Beatty  •  Elizabeth Sellars  •  Peter Coke  •  Roger Delgado

The Running Man (1963)

When pilot Rex Black destroys his plane in a crash the day after his insurance policy expires, the insurance company refuses to give him any money. To strike back at the agency, Rex fakes his death, changes his identity, and escapes to Spain, with 50,000 pounds in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carol Reed
CAST:  Laurence Harvey  •  Lee Remick  •  Alan Bates  •  Felix Aylmer

When pilot Rex Black destroys his plane in a crash the day after his insurance policy expires, the insurance company refuses to give him any money. To strike back at the agency, Rex fakes his death, changes his identity, and escapes to Spain, with 50,000 pounds in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carol Reed
CAST:  Laurence Harvey  •  Lee Remick  •  Alan Bates  •  Felix Aylmer

Beautiful Stranger (1954)

An ex-chorus girl lives on the Riviera, supported by a married man she doesn't know is a crook.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Miller
CAST:  Ginger Rogers  •  Herbert Lom  •  Stanley Baker  •  Jacques Bergerac

An ex-chorus girl lives on the Riviera, supported by a married man she doesn't know is a crook.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Miller
CAST:  Ginger Rogers  •  Herbert Lom  •  Stanley Baker  •  Jacques Bergerac

Hot Enough for June (1964)

A young man travels to Prague to join his new employer, unaware that he is being used as an espionage courier.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Thomas
CAST:  Dirk Bogarde  •  Sylva Koscina  •  Robert Morley  •  Leo McKern

A young man travels to Prague to join his new employer, unaware that he is being used as an espionage courier.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Thomas
CAST:  Dirk Bogarde  •  Sylva Koscina  •  Robert Morley  •  Leo McKern
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