Marne Maitland
Actor
Born December 18, 1914 in 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
Filmography
The King's Whore
Conte Trevi
Cellini: A Violent Life
Blind cardinal
Appuntamento a Liverpool
Pilar
And the Violins Stopped Playing
Sandu
The Belly of an Architect
Battistino
I Am an ESP
The Assisi Underground
Rabbi
The Key to Rebecca
Gaafar
Memed My Hawk
Suleyman
Pope John Paul II
Mountain Sacristan
The Jewel in the Crown
Pandit Baba
The Scarlet and the Black
Papal Secretary
Trail of the Pink Panther
Deputy Commissioner Lasorde
Grog
The Day Christ Died
Jacob
La promessa
Von Gunthen
The Black Stallion
Drake Captain
Ashanti
Touareg Chief
Lovers and Liars
Return of the Saint
Kemal
March or Die
Leon
The Man with the Golden Gun
Lazar
Street Law
Records Keeper (uncredited)
Shaft in Africa
Col. Gonder
Man of La Mancha
Captain of the Guard
Roma
Underground Guide
Anne of the Thousand Days
Campeggio
Department S
Turkish Caretaker
The Bushbaby
The Hadj
All at Sea
Pierre
The Shoes of the Fisherman
Cardinal Rahamani
Journey to the Unknown
Edward Chardur
The Champions
Minoes
Duffy
Abdul
Callan
The Bobo
Luis Castillo
Khartoum
Sheikh Osman
The Reptile
The Malay
The Return of Mr. Moto
Wasir Hussein
The Fox and the Forest
Shaw
Out of the Unknown
Shaw
Lord Jim
Elder
Master Spy
Dr. Asafu
First Men in the Moon
Dr. Tok, UN Space Agency (uncredited)
It's Dark Outside
Chandra Bhutan
Espionage
Bishara
Cleopatra
Euphranor
Sammy Going South
Hassan
The Saint
The Guru
The Phantom of the Opera
Xavier
Richard the Lionheart
Saladin
Sir Francis Drake
Uluch Ali
Three on a Spree
Eastern Gentleman
The Terror of the Tongs
The Beggar
The Man Out There
Deputy Commander
The Avengers
Becker
Visa to Canton
Han Po
Maigret
Danger Man
Sheik Ahmed
Sands of the Desert
Advisor to Sheikh
Cone of Silence
Mr. Robinson
The Stranglers of Bombay
Patel Shari
No Hiding Place
Interpol Calling
Bhandari
I'm All Right Jack
Mr. Mohammed
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
Archipolagos
Tiger Bay
Doctor
I Was Monty's Double
Arab Proprietor
Man with a Gun
Max
The Wind Cannot Read
Bahadur
The Camp on Blood Island
Captain Sakamura
Windom's Way
Commissioner Belhedron
The Mark of the Hawk
Sandar Lai
Seven Thunders
Hassan (barstaff in the bordello)
Interpol
Guido Martinelli
The Buccaneers
Turk
Armchair Theatre
Deputy Commander
Bhowani Junction
Govindaswami
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
Thoreau
John and Julie
Indian Prince
The Dark Avenger
French Peasant (uncredited)
Break in the Circle
The phony Kudnic
Svengali
Stage Manager
Diplomatic Passport
Philip
Father Brown
Maharajah
Saadia
Horse dealer
Deadly Nightshade
Heinz
The Dybbuk
Rabbi Samson
Outcast of the Islands
Ships Mate
Cairo Road
Gohari