Acting
Marne Maitland
IT, FR, EN cinema · 73 credits
Born
18 December 1914
Died
1 December 1991 (aged 76)
Birthplace
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Also known as James Robinson Maitland · Marne J. Maitland · Марн Мэйтленд · Марне Мейтленд
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
Known for
Filmography
Cellini: A Violent Life
as Blind cardinal
The King's Whore
as Conte Trevi
The Belly of an Architect
as Battistino
The Key to Rebecca
as Gaafar
Pope John Paul II
as Mountain Sacristan
Memed My Hawk
as Suleyman
The Scarlet and the Black
as Papal Secretary
Grog
Actor
Trail of the Pink Panther
as Deputy Commissioner Lasorde
The Day Christ Died
as Jacob
The Black Stallion
as Drake Captain
Ashanti
as Touareg Chief
March or Die
as Leon
Street Law
as Records Keeper (uncredited)
Shaft in Africa
as Col. Gonder
Roma
as Underground Guide
Man of La Mancha
as Captain of the Guard
The Bushbaby
as The Hadj
Anne of the Thousand Days
as Campeggio
All at Sea
as Pierre
Duffy
as Abdul
The Shoes of the Fisherman
as Cardinal Rahamani
The Bobo
as Luis Castillo
The Reptile
as The Malay
Khartoum
as Sheikh Osman
The Return of Mr. Moto
as Wasir Hussein
Lord Jim
as Elder
First Men in the Moon
as Dr. Tok, UN Space Agency (uncredited)
Master Spy
as Dr. Asafu
Cleopatra
as Euphranor
Sammy Going South
as Hassan
The Phantom of the Opera
as Xavier
The Terror of the Tongs
as The Beggar
The Man Out There
as Deputy Commander
Three on a Spree
as Eastern Gentleman
Cone of Silence
as Mr. Robinson
Visa to Canton
as Han Po
Sands of the Desert
as Advisor to Sheikh
I'm All Right Jack
as Mr. Mohammed
The Stranglers of Bombay
as Patel Shari
Hazard
as Guido
Tiger Bay
as Doctor
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
as Archipolagos
The Wind Cannot Read
as Bahadur
The Camp on Blood Island
as Captain Sakamura
I Was Monty's Double
as Arab Proprietor
The Mark of the Hawk
as Sandar Lai
Windom's Way
as Commissioner Belhedron
Interpol
as Guido Martinelli
Seven Thunders
as Hassan (barstaff in the bordello)
Bhowani Junction
as Govindaswami
Break in the Circle
as The phony Kudnic
John and Julie
as Indian Prince
The Dark Avenger
as French Peasant (uncredited)
Father Brown
as Maharajah
Diplomatic Passport
as Philip
Svengali
as Stage Manager
Saadia
as Horse dealer
Deadly Nightshade
as Heinz
The Dybbuk
as Rabbi Samson
Outcast of the Islands
as Ships Mate
Cairo Road
as Gohari