Marne Maitland
Born December 18, 1914 (Age: 111)
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Calcutta, West Bengal, India
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
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
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Filmography
Trail of the Pink Panther
1982
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as Deputy Commissioner Lasorde
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Age: 67
The Black Stallion
1979
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as Drake Captain
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Age: 64
March or Die
1977
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as Leon
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Age: 62
The Man with the Golden Gun
1974
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as Lazar
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Age: 59
Shaft in Africa
1973
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as Col. Gonder
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Age: 58
Man of La Mancha
1972
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as Captain of the Guard
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Age: 57
All at Sea
1969
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as Pierre
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Age: 54
No Image
If Only the Trains Came
1968
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as Mores
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Age: 53
The Fox and the Forest
1965
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as Shaw
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Age: 50
First Men in the Moon
1964
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as Dr. Tok, UN Space Agency (uncredited)
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Age: 49
Cleopatra
1963
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as Euphranor
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Age: 48
No Image
Middle Course
1961
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as Renard
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Age: 46
Three on a Spree
1961
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as Eastern Gentleman
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Age: 46
The Terror of the Tongs
1961
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as The Beggar
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Age: 46
The Man Out There
1961
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as Deputy Commander
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Age: 46
The Stranglers of Bombay
1959
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as Patel Shari
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Age: 44
I'm All Right Jack
1959
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as Mr. Mohammed
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Age: 44
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
1959
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as Archipolagos
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Age: 44
Tiger Bay
1959
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as Doctor
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Age: 44
No Image
Hazard
1959
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as Guido
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Age: 44
Man with a Gun
1958
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as Max
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Age: 43
John and Julie
1955
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as Indian Prince
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Age: 40
Break in the Circle
1955
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as The phony Kudnic
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Age: 40