Line #6 Creator/RogerDelgado


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3	Roger Caesar Marius Bernard de Delgado Torres Castillo Roberto (1 March 1918 – 18 June 1973) was an English actor best known for being the first actor to play recurring antagonist the Master in the long-running science fiction series ''Series/DoctorWho''. He had a tendency to be typecast as a villain on shows like ''Series/DangerMan'' and ''Series/TheSaint''.
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5	He appeared as the Master in eight serials over the course of three years. A ninth, to be called ''The Final Game'', was planned but scrapped following Delgado's sudden death. He was killed in a car accident while filming a miniseries in Turkey. His friend Creator/JonPertwee, who played the Third Doctor, said this was a major factor in his decision to leave the series the following year.
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7	!!Works with pages on TV Tropes that he appeared in:
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9	* ''[[Franchise/{{Quatermass}} Quatermass II]]'': episode "The Coming" (1955) -- Hugh Conrad
10	* ''Series/TheAdventuresOfRobinHood'': episode "The Minstrel" (1958) -- Ambassador
11	* ''Series/DangerMan'': episode "Under the Lake" (1961) -- Von Golling
12	* ''Series/ZCars'': episode "Business Trip" (1962) -- Gregori Katsybalis
13	* ''Series/TheSaint'', episodes:
14	** The Golden Journey (1962) -- Hotel Manager
15	** Locate and Destroy (1966) -- Captain Rodriguez
16	* ''Series/ManInASuitcase'': episode "Burden of Proof" (1968) -- Ambassador
17	* ''Series/TheChampions'': episode "Desert Journey" (1968) -- Yussef
18	* ''Series/TheAvengers1960s'', episodes:
19	** "Crescent Moon" (1961) -- Vasco
20	** "Stay Tuned" (1969) -- Kreer
21	* ''Series/ThePersuaders'': episode "To the Death, Baby" (1971) -- Estoban
22	* ''Series/DoctorWho'': 37 episodes / 8 stories[[labelnote:show list]]"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E1TerrorOfTheAutons Terror of the Autons]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E2TheMindOfEvil The Mind of Evil]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E3TheClawsOfAxos The Claws of Axos]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E4ColonyInSpace Colony in Space]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E5TheDaemons The Dæmons]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E3TheSeaDevils The Sea Devils]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E5TheTimeMonster The Time Monster]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS10E3FrontierInSpace Frontier in Space]]"[[/labelnote]] (1971-73) -- The Master
23	* ''Series/TheRivalsOfSherlockHolmes'': episode "Madame Sara" (1971) -- Silva
24	* ''Series/JasonKing'': episode "The Stones of Venice "(1972) -- Capitano Garozzo
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27	* ''Film/TheBellesOfStTrinians'' (1954) -- Sultan's Aide (uncredited)
28	* ''Film/TheTerrorOfTheTongs'' (1961) -- Tang Hao, tong enforcer
29	* ''Film/{{Khartoum}}'' (1966) -- Sheikh Abdul Rahim (uncredited)
30	* ''Film/TheMummysShroud'' (1967) -- Hasmid
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32	!!Tropes associated with this actor include:
33	* BeardOfEvil: He sported this for many roles, including his most famous one as the Master.
34	* UsefulNotes/BritishAccents: Despite his dignified villainous RP accent, his Belgian mother and his Spanish father, he liked to point out he was born in Whitechapel within the sound of the Bow bells, meaning he was a genuine Cockney!
35	* MeanCharacterNiceActor: He generally played villains throughout his career, but all who knew him attest that he was a nice guy in real life. Creator/KatyManning described working with Delgado and Creator/JonPertwee as being under the wing of two kindly fairy godfathers.
36	* {{Typecasting}}: He was usually cast as villains.

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