Marne Maitland

Acting

Born December 18, 1914 — Died December 1, 1991 Calcutta, West Bengal, India

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

Movies(73)

The King's Whore

Conte Trevi

1990

Cellini: A Violent Life

Blind cardinal

1990

Appuntamento a Liverpool

Pilar

1988

And the Violins Stopped Playing

Sandu

1988

The Belly of an Architect

Battistino

1987

I Am an ESP

1985

The Assisi Underground

Rabbi

1985

The Key to Rebecca

Gaafar

1985

A Glass Full of Snow

Nullo

1984

Memed My Hawk

Suleyman

1984

Pope John Paul II

Mountain Sacristan

1984

The Scarlet and the Black

Papal Secretary

1983

Trail of the Pink Panther

Deputy Commissioner Lasorde

1982

Grog

1982

The Day Christ Died

Jacob

1980

The Black Stallion

Drake Captain

1979

Ashanti

Touareg Chief

1979

Lovers and Liars

1979

March or Die

Leon

1977

The Man with the Golden Gun

Lazar

1974

Street Law

Records Keeper (uncredited)

1974

Shaft in Africa

Col. Gonder

1973

Man of La Mancha

Captain of the Guard

1972

Roma

Underground Guide

1972

Anne of the Thousand Days

Campeggio

1969

The Bushbaby

The Hadj

1969

All at Sea

Pierre

1969

If Only the Trains Came

1968

The Shoes of the Fisherman

Cardinal Rahamani

1968

Duffy

Abdul

1968

The Bobo

Luis Castillo

1967

Khartoum

Sheikh Osman

1966

The Reptile

The Malay

1966

The Return of Mr. Moto

Wasir Hussein

1965

The Fox and the Forest

Shaw

1965

Lord Jim

Elder

1965

Master Spy

Dr. Asafu

1964

First Men in the Moon

Dr. Tok, UN Space Agency (uncredited)

1964

Cleopatra

Euphranor

1963

Sammy Going South

Hassan

1963

The Phantom of the Opera

Xavier

1962

Middle Course

Renard

1961

Three on a Spree

Eastern Gentleman

1961

The Terror of the Tongs

The Beggar

1961

The Man Out There

Deputy Commander

1961

Visa to Canton

Han Po

1960

Sands of the Desert

Advisor to Sheikh

1960

Cone of Silence

Mr. Robinson

1960

The Stranglers of Bombay

Patel Shari

1959

I'm All Right Jack

Mr. Mohammed

1959

Carlton-Browne of the F.O.

Archipolagos

1959

Tiger Bay

Doctor

1959

Hazard

Guido

1959

I Was Monty's Double

Arab Proprietor

1958

Man with a Gun

Max

1958

The Wind Cannot Read

Bahadur

1958

The Camp on Blood Island

Captain Sakamura

1958

Windom's Way

Commissioner Belhedron

1957

The Mark of the Hawk

Sandar Lai

1957

Seven Thunders

Hassan (barstaff in the bordello)

1957

Interpol

Guido Martinelli

1957

Bhowani Junction

Govindaswami

1956

John and Julie

Indian Prince

1955

The Dark Avenger

French Peasant (uncredited)

1955

Break in the Circle

The phony Kudnic

1955

Svengali

Stage Manager

1954

Diplomatic Passport

Philip

1954

Father Brown

Maharajah

1954

Saadia

Horse dealer

1953

Deadly Nightshade

Heinz

1953

The Dybbuk

Rabbi Samson

1952

Outcast of the Islands

Ships Mate

1951

Cairo Road

Gohari

1950

Marne Maitland

TV Shows(23)

Movies(73)