Marne Maitland
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1914-12-18
Day of Death
1991-12-01 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Marne Maitland
Biography
Distinctive character actor, born in Calcutta and educated at Magdalen College, Cambridge. His acting career was interrupted by wartime service (for six years) in the British Army. He then joined the Old Vic Company and subsequently appeared on screen. With his hooked nose and furtive eyes, he made the perfect sinister villain, playing an assortment of Arabic or Central Asian diamond smugglers, drug dealers or black market racketeers. Occasionally, he was on the right side of the law, notably as commissioner Govindaswami in La croisée des destins (1956), or as a cardinal in Les souliers de Saint-Pierre (1968). Early on in his career, Maitland worked for Hammer Studios where he had memorable roles as Patel Shari, a member of the murderous Kali sect in Les étrangleurs de Bombay (1959), and as an evil Malay servant, dedicated to worshipping La femme reptile (1966).
Marne was also very active on British television (Le Saint
(1962), Département S(1969), and others) in very much the same capacity. He stood out as the mysterious dissident Pandit Baba in the excellent award-winning miniseries The Jewel in the Crown(1984). From the early 1970's until his death, he lived in Rome. - IMDb Mini Biography By: I.S.Mowis
Known For
Acting
(1990)
The King's Whore
as Conte Trevi
(1990)
(1988)
And the Violins Stopped Playing
as Sandu
(1988)
Appuntamento a Liverpool
as Pilar
(1985)
The Assisi Underground
as Rabbi
(1985)
The Key to Rebecca
as Gaafar
(1985)
(1984)
Pope John Paul II
as Mountain Sacristan
(1984)
Memed My Hawk
as Suleyman
(1984)
A Glass Full of Snow
as Nullo
(1983)
The Scarlet and the Black
as Papal Secretary
(1982)
Trail of the Pink Panther
as Deputy Commissioner Lasorde
(1982)
(1980)
The Day Christ Died
as Jacob
(1979)
The Black Stallion
as Drake Captain
(1979)
Ashanti
as Touareg Chief
(1979)
(1977)
March or Die
as Leon
(1974)
The Man with the Golden Gun
as Lazar
(1974)
Street Law
as Records Keeper (uncredited)
(1973)
Shaft in Africa
as Col. Gonder
(1972)
Roma
as Underground Guide
(1972)
Man of La Mancha
as Captain of the Guard
(1969)
Anne of the Thousand Days
as Campeggio
(1969)
The Bushbaby
as The Hadj
(1968)
The Shoes of the Fisherman
as Cardinal Rahamani
(1968)
Duffy
as Abdul
(1968)
If Only the Trains Came
as Mores
(1967)
The Bobo
as Luis Castillo
(1966)
Khartoum
as Sheikh Osman
(1966)
The Reptile
as The Malay
(1965)
Lord Jim
as Elder
(1965)
The Return of Mr. Moto
as Wasir Hussein
(1964)
First Men in the Moon
as Dr. Tok, UN Space Agency (uncredited)
(1964)
Master Spy
as Dr. Asafu
(1963)
Cleopatra
as Euphranor
(1963)
Sammy Going South
as Hassan
(1962)
The Phantom of the Opera
as Xavier
(1961)
The Terror of the Tongs
as The Beggar
(1961)
Middle Course
as Renard
(1961)
Three on a Spree
as Eastern Gentleman
(1961)
The Man Out There
as Deputy Commander
(1960)
Cone of Silence
as Mr. Robinson
(1960)
Visa to Canton
as Han Po
(1959)
I'm All Right Jack
as Mr. Mohammed
(1959)
Tiger Bay
as Doctor
(1959)
The Stranglers of Bombay
as Patel Shari
(1959)
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
as Archipolagos
(1959)
Hazard
as Guido
(1958)
I Was Monty's Double
as Arab Proprietor
(1958)
The Camp on Blood Island
as Captain Sakamura
(1958)
The Wind Cannot Read
as Bahadur
(1958)
Man with a Gun
as Max
(1957)
Interpol
as Guido Martinelli
(1957)
The Mark of the Hawk
as Sandar Lai
(1957)
Seven Thunders
as Hassan (barstaff in the bordello)
(1957)
Windom's Way
as Commissioner Belhedron
(1956)
Bhowani Junction
as Govindaswami
(1955)
Break in the Circle
as The phony Kudnic
(1954)
Svengali
as Stage Manager
(1954)
Father Brown
as Maharajah
(1954)
Diplomatic Passport
as Philip
(1953)
Saadia
as Horse dealer
(1953)
Deadly Nightshade
as Heinz
(1952)
The Dybbuk
as Rabbi Samson
(1951)
Outcast of the Islands
as Ships Mate
(1950)
Cairo Road
as Gohari