Marne Maitland
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
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Movies (73)
The King's Whore
1990 · Conte Trevi
Cellini: A Violent Life
1990 · Blind cardinal
Appuntamento a Liverpool
1988 · Pilar
And the Violins Stopped Playing
1988 · Sandu
The Belly of an Architect
1987 · Battistino
I Am an ESP
1985
The Assisi Underground
1985 · Rabbi
The Key to Rebecca
1985 · Gaafar
A Glass Full of Snow
1984 · Nullo
Memed My Hawk
1984 · Suleyman
Pope John Paul II
1984 · Mountain Sacristan
The Scarlet and the Black
1983 · Papal Secretary
Trail of the Pink Panther
1982 · Deputy Commissioner Lasorde
Grog
1982
The Day Christ Died
1980 · Jacob
The Black Stallion
1979 · Drake Captain
Ashanti
1979 · Touareg Chief
Lovers and Liars
1979
March or Die
1977 · Leon
The Man with the Golden Gun
1974 · Lazar
Street Law
1974 · Records Keeper (uncredited)
Shaft in Africa
1973 · Col. Gonder
Man of La Mancha
1972 · Captain of the Guard
Roma
1972 · Underground Guide
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969 · Campeggio
The Bushbaby
1969 · The Hadj
All at Sea
1969 · Pierre
If Only the Trains Came
1968 · Mores
The Shoes of the Fisherman
1968 · Cardinal Rahamani
Duffy
1968 · Abdul
The Bobo
1967 · Luis Castillo
Khartoum
1966 · Sheikh Osman
The Reptile
1966 · The Malay
The Return of Mr. Moto
1965 · Wasir Hussein
The Fox and the Forest
1965 · Shaw
Lord Jim
1965 · Elder
Master Spy
1964 · Dr. Asafu
First Men in the Moon
1964 · Dr. Tok, UN Space Agency (uncredited)
Cleopatra
1963 · Euphranor
Sammy Going South
1963 · Hassan
The Phantom of the Opera
1962 · Xavier
Middle Course
1961 · Renard
Three on a Spree
1961 · Eastern Gentleman
The Terror of the Tongs
1961 · The Beggar
The Man Out There
1961 · Deputy Commander
Visa to Canton
1960 · Han Po
Sands of the Desert
1960 · Advisor to Sheikh
Cone of Silence
1960 · Mr. Robinson
The Stranglers of Bombay
1959 · Patel Shari
I'm All Right Jack
1959 · Mr. Mohammed
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
1959 · Archipolagos
Tiger Bay
1959 · Doctor
Hazard
1959 · Guido
I Was Monty's Double
1958 · Arab Proprietor
Man with a Gun
1958 · Max
The Wind Cannot Read
1958 · Bahadur
The Camp on Blood Island
1958 · Captain Sakamura
Windom's Way
1957 · Commissioner Belhedron
The Mark of the Hawk
1957 · Sandar Lai
Seven Thunders
1957 · Hassan (barstaff in the bordello)
Interpol
1957 · Guido Martinelli
Bhowani Junction
1956 · Govindaswami
John and Julie
1955 · Indian Prince
The Dark Avenger
1955 · French Peasant (uncredited)
Break in the Circle
1955 · The phony Kudnic
Svengali
1954 · Stage Manager
Diplomatic Passport
1954 · Philip
Father Brown
1954 · Maharajah
Saadia
1953 · Horse dealer
Deadly Nightshade
1953 · Heinz
The Dybbuk
1952 · Rabbi Samson
Outcast of the Islands
1951 · Ships Mate
Cairo Road
1950 · Gohari
TV shows (25)
The Jewel in the Crown
1984 · Pandit Baba
La promessa
1979 · Von Gunthen
Return of the Saint
1978 · Kemal
Department S
1969 · Turkish Caretaker
Journey to the Unknown
1968 · Edward Chardur
The Champions
1968 · Minoes
Boy Meets Girl
1967 · Abdul Ghani
Callan
1967
Out of the Unknown
1965 · Shaw
The Troubleshooters
1965 · Ramu Menon, Da Silva
It's Dark Outside
1964 · Chandra Bhutan
Festival
1963 · Don Gregario Obregon, Cardinal Inquisitor
Espionage
1963 · Bishara
The Saint
1962 · The Guru, Borota, Esteban
Richard the Lionheart
1962 · Saladin
Sir Francis Drake
1961 · Uluch Ali
The Avengers
1961 · Becker
Maigret
1960
Danger Man
1960 · Sheik Ahmed
International Detective
1959 · Inspector Rabat
No Hiding Place
1959
Interpol Calling
1959 · Bhandari
The Buccaneers
1956 · Turk
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Deputy Commander
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
1956 · Thoreau, Waiter