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Marne Maitland

Actor

Marne Maitland

Born December 18, 1914 in Calcutta, West Bengal, IndiaDied December 1, 199172 films

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).

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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

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Essential films

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Filmography

72 films as actor
  1. 1990The King's WhoreConte Trevi
  2. 1990Cellini: A Violent LifeBlind cardinal
  3. 1988Appuntamento a LiverpoolPilar
  4. 1988And the Violins Stopped PlayingSandu
  5. 1987The Belly of an ArchitectBattistino
  6. 1985I Am an ESP
  7. 1985The Assisi UndergroundRabbi
  8. 1985The Key to RebeccaGaafar
  9. 1984A Glass Full of SnowNullo
  10. 1984Memed My HawkSuleyman
  11. 1984Pope John Paul IIMountain Sacristan
  12. 1983The Scarlet and the BlackPapal Secretary
  13. 1982Trail of the Pink PantherDeputy Commissioner Lasorde
  14. 1982Grog
  15. 1980The Day Christ DiedJacob
  16. 1979The Black StallionDrake Captain
  17. 1979AshantiTouareg Chief
  18. 1979Lovers and Liars
  19. 1977March or DieLeon
  20. 1974The Man with the Golden GunLazar
  21. 1974Street LawRecords Keeper (uncredited)
  22. 1973Shaft in AfricaCol. Gonder
  23. 1972Man of La ManchaCaptain of the Guard
  24. 1972RomaUnderground Guide
  25. 1969Anne of the Thousand DaysCampeggio
  26. 1969The BushbabyThe Hadj
  27. 1969All at SeaPierre
  28. 1968If Only the Trains CameMores
  29. 1968The Shoes of the FishermanCardinal Rahamani
  30. 1968DuffyAbdul
  31. 1967The BoboLuis Castillo
  32. 1966KhartoumSheikh Osman
  33. 1966The ReptileThe Malay
  34. 1965The Return of Mr. MotoWasir Hussein
  35. 1965The Fox and the ForestShaw
  36. 1965Lord JimElder
  37. 1964Master SpyDr. Asafu
  38. 1964First Men in the MoonDr. Tok, UN Space Agency (uncredited)
  39. 1963CleopatraEuphranor
  40. 1963Sammy Going SouthHassan
  41. 1962The Phantom of the OperaXavier
  42. 1961Middle CourseRenard
  43. 1961Three on a SpreeEastern Gentleman
  44. 1961The Terror of the TongsThe Beggar
  45. 1961The Man Out ThereDeputy Commander
  46. 1960Visa to CantonHan Po
  47. 1960Sands of the DesertAdvisor to Sheikh
  48. 1960Cone of SilenceMr. Robinson
  49. 1959The Stranglers of BombayPatel Shari
  50. 1959I'm All Right JackMr. Mohammed
  51. 1959Carlton-Browne of the F.O.Archipolagos
  52. 1959Tiger BayDoctor
  53. 1958I Was Monty's DoubleArab Proprietor
  54. 1958Man with a GunMax
  55. 1958The Wind Cannot ReadBahadur
  56. 1958The Camp on Blood IslandCaptain Sakamura
  57. 1957Windom's WayCommissioner Belhedron
  58. 1957The Mark of the HawkSandar Lai
  59. 1957Seven ThundersHassan (barstaff in the bordello)
  60. 1957InterpolGuido Martinelli
  61. 1956Bhowani JunctionGovindaswami
  62. 1955John and JulieIndian Prince
  63. 1955The Dark AvengerFrench Peasant (uncredited)
  64. 1955Break in the CircleThe phony Kudnic
  65. 1954SvengaliStage Manager
  66. 1954Diplomatic PassportPhilip
  67. 1954Father BrownMaharajah
  68. 1953SaadiaHorse dealer
  69. 1953Deadly NightshadeHeinz
  70. 1952The DybbukRabbi Samson
  71. 1951Outcast of the IslandsShips Mate
  72. 1950Cairo RoadGohari