Marne Maitland
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 18 December 1914 · Calcutta, West Bengal, India
- Died
- 1 December 1991
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
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- 1990The King's Whore as Conte Trevi
- 1990Cellini: A Violent Life as Blind cardinal
- 1988Appuntamento a Liverpool as Pilar
- 1988And the Violins Stopped Playing as Sandu
- 1987The Belly of an Architect as Battistino
- 1985I Am an ESP
- 1985The Assisi Underground as Rabbi
- 1985The Key to Rebecca as Gaafar
- 1984A Glass Full of Snow as Nullo
- 1984Memed My Hawk as Suleyman
- 1984Pope John Paul II as Mountain Sacristan
- 1983The Scarlet and the Black as Papal Secretary
- 1982Trail of the Pink Panther as Deputy Commissioner Lasorde
- 1982Grog
- 1980The Day Christ Died as Jacob
- 1979The Black Stallion as Drake Captain
- 1979Ashanti as Touareg Chief
- 1979Lovers and Liars
- 1977March or Die as Leon
- 1974The Man with the Golden Gun as Lazar
- 1974Street Law as Records Keeper (uncredited)
- 1973Shaft in Africa as Col. Gonder
- 1972Man of La Mancha as Captain of the Guard
- 1972Roma as Underground Guide
- 1969Anne of the Thousand Days as Campeggio
- 1969The Bushbaby as The Hadj
- 1969All at Sea as Pierre
- 1968If Only the Trains Came as Mores
- 1968The Shoes of the Fisherman as Cardinal Rahamani
- 1968Duffy as Abdul
- 1967The Bobo as Luis Castillo
- 1966Khartoum as Sheikh Osman
- 1966The Reptile as The Malay
- 1965The Return of Mr. Moto as Wasir Hussein
- 1965The Fox and the Forest as Shaw
- 1965Lord Jim as Elder
- 1964Master Spy as Dr. Asafu
- 1964First Men in the Moon as Dr. Tok, UN Space Agency (uncredited)
- 1963Cleopatra as Euphranor
- 1963Sammy Going South as Hassan
- 1962The Phantom of the Opera as Xavier
- 1961Middle Course as Renard
- 1961Three on a Spree as Eastern Gentleman
- 1961The Terror of the Tongs as The Beggar
- 1961The Man Out There as Deputy Commander
- 1960Visa to Canton as Han Po
- 1960Sands of the Desert as Advisor to Sheikh
- 1960Cone of Silence as Mr. Robinson
- 1959The Stranglers of Bombay as Patel Shari
- 1959I'm All Right Jack as Mr. Mohammed
- 1959Carlton-Browne of the F.O. as Archipolagos
- 1959Tiger Bay as Doctor
- 1959Hazard as Guido
- 1958I Was Monty's Double as Arab Proprietor
- 1958Man with a Gun as Max
- 1958The Wind Cannot Read as Bahadur
- 1958The Camp on Blood Island as Captain Sakamura
- 1957Windom's Way as Commissioner Belhedron
- 1957The Mark of the Hawk as Sandar Lai
- 1957Seven Thunders as Hassan (barstaff in the bordello)
- 1957Interpol as Guido Martinelli
- 1956Bhowani Junction as Govindaswami
- 1955John and Julie as Indian Prince
- 1955The Dark Avenger as French Peasant (uncredited)
- 1955Break in the Circle as The phony Kudnic
- 1954Svengali as Stage Manager
- 1954Diplomatic Passport as Philip
- 1954Father Brown as Maharajah
- 1953Saadia as Horse dealer
- 1953Deadly Nightshade as Heinz
- 1952The Dybbuk as Rabbi Samson
- 1951Outcast of the Islands as Ships Mate
- 1950Cairo Road as Gohari