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
Ships Mate
Outcast of the Islands
Sandu
And the Violins Stopped Playing
Sandar Lai
The Mark of the Hawk
Underground Guide
Roma
Euphranor
Cleopatra
Maharajah
Father Brown
Leon
March or Die
Rabbi Samson
The Dybbuk
Mr. Mohammed
I'm All Right Jack
The Beggar
The Terror of the Tongs
The Malay
The Reptile
Xavier
The Phantom of the Opera
Bahadur
The Wind Cannot Read
Deputy Commander
The Man Out There
Patel Shari
The Stranglers of Bombay
Wasir Hussein
The Return of Mr. Moto
Guido
Hazard
Captain Sakamura
The Camp on Blood Island
Renard
Middle Course
Luis Castillo
The Bobo
The Hadj
The Bushbaby
Mr. Robinson
Cone of Silence
Pilar
Appuntamento a Liverpool
Gohari
Cairo Road
Mountain Sacristan
Pope John Paul II
Sheikh Osman
Khartoum
Drake Captain
The Black Stallion
Lazar
The Man with the Golden Gun
Doctor
Tiger Bay
Govindaswami
Bhowani Junction
Elder
Lord Jim
Abdul
Duffy
Grog
Captain of the Guard
Man of La Mancha
Mores
If Only the Trains Came
Max
Man with a Gun
Horse dealer
Saadia
Philip
Diplomatic Passport
Viaggio con Anita
Dr. Tok, UN Space Agency (uncredited)
First Men in the Moon
Papal Secretary
The Scarlet and the Black
Suleyman
Memed My Hawk
Nullo
La neve nel bicchiere
Rabbi
The Assisi Underground
Jacob
The Day Christ Died
Records Keeper (uncredited)
Il cittadino si ribella
Heinz
Deadly Nightshade
Sono un fenomeno paranormale
Commissioner Belhedron
Windom's Way
Cardinal Rahamani
The Shoes of the Fisherman
Col. Gonder
Shaft in Africa
Touareg Chief
Ashanti
Guido Martinelli
Interpol
Arab Proprietor
I Was Monty's Double
Han Po
Visa to Canton
Hassan
Sammy Going South
King Victor Emanuel
Mussolini and I
Stage Manager
Svengali
Deputy Commissioner Lasorde
Trail of the Pink Panther
The phony Kudnic
Break in the Circle
Campeggio
Anne of the Thousand Days
Eastern Gentleman
Three on a Spree
Gaafar
The Key to Rebecca
Archipolagos
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
Dr. Asafu
Master Spy
Una vita scellerata
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
66
Gender
Male
Birthday
1914-12-18
Place of Birth
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Also Known As
James Robinson Maitland