Marne Maitland
Known For
Acting
Born
1914-12-18 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Died
1991-12-01
Biography
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
Most Known For
The Avengers
as Becker
The Saint
as The Guru
The Saint
as Borota
The Saint
as Esteban
No Hiding Place
The Champions
as Minoes
Return of the Saint
as Kemal
The Man with the Golden Gun
as Lazar
Khartoum
as Sheikh Osman
Interpol Calling
as Bhandari
Out of the Unknown
as Shaw
Maigret
Journey to the Unknown
Lord Jim
as Elder
Sir Francis Drake
as Uluch Ali
Roma
as Underground Guide
Festival
as Don Gregario Obregon
Festival
as Cardinal Inquisitor
Cleopatra
as Euphranor
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
as Thoreau