Marne Maitland

Known for ActingBorn 1914-12-18Died 1991-12-01Calcutta, 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.MowisRead more

Movies & web series

All at Sea

Espionage

Grog

Richard the Lionheart

Festival

Diplomatic Passport

The Avengers

And the Violins Stopped Playing

Pope John Paul II

International Detective

Colonel March of Scotland Yard

Danger Man

The Saint

Roma

A Glass Full of Snow

Interpol Calling

The Scarlet and the Black

The Black Stallion

Tiger Bay

Anne of the Thousand Days

Return of the Saint

Out of the Unknown

Maigret

Cleopatra

The Belly of an Architect

Journey to the Unknown

Callan

The Man Out There

Middle Course

Break in the Circle

The Shoes of the Fisherman

Lord Jim

I Was Monty's Double

Cone of Silence

Deadly Nightshade

The Jewel in the Crown

La promessa

Man of La Mancha

The Camp on Blood Island

Street Law

The Man with the Golden Gun

The Bushbaby

The Champions

I'm All Right Jack

The Day Christ Died

The Stranglers of Bombay

Appuntamento a Liverpool

The Phantom of the Opera