Marne Maitland
Acting
Born: 1914-12-18 · 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
🎬 Movies (30)
Cellini: A Violent Life
1990
Blind cardinal
The King's Whore
1990
Conte Trevi
And the Violins Stopped Playing
1988
Sandu
Appuntamento a Liverpool
1988
Pilar
The Belly of an Architect
1987
Battistino
The Assisi Underground
1985
Rabbi
I Am an ESP
1985
The Key to Rebecca
1985
Gaafar
Pope John Paul II
1984
Mountain Sacristan
Memed My Hawk
1984
Suleyman
A Glass Full of Snow
1984
Nullo
The Scarlet and the Black
1983
Papal Secretary
Grog
1982
Trail of the Pink Panther
1982
Deputy Commissioner Lasorde
The Day Christ Died
1980
Jacob
The Black Stallion
1979
Drake Captain
Lovers and Liars
1979
Ashanti
1979
Touareg Chief
March or Die
1977
Leon
The Man with the Golden Gun
1974
Lazar
Street Law
1974
Records Keeper (uncredited)
Shaft in Africa
1973
Col. Gonder
Roma
1972
Underground Guide
Man of La Mancha
1972
Captain of the Guard
The Bushbaby
1969
The Hadj
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969
Campeggio
All at Sea
1969
Pierre
Duffy
1968
Abdul
If Only the Trains Came
1968
Mores
The Shoes of the Fisherman
1968
Cardinal Rahamani
📺 TV Shows (23)
The Jewel in the Crown
1984
Pandit Baba
La promessa
1979
Von Gunthen
Return of the Saint
1978
Kemal
Department S
1969
Turkish Caretaker
The Champions
1968
Minoes
Journey to the Unknown
1968
Edward Chardur
Callan
1967
Out of the Unknown
1965
Shaw
It's Dark Outside
1964
Chandra Bhutan
Festival
1963
Cardinal Inquisitor
Espionage
1963
Bishara
The Saint
1962
Esteban
Richard the Lionheart
1962
Saladin
The Avengers
1961
Becker
Sir Francis Drake
1961
Uluch Ali
Maigret
1960
Danger Man
1960
Sheik Ahmed
No Hiding Place
1959
Interpol Calling
1959
Bhandari
International Detective
1959
Inspector Rabat
The Buccaneers
1956
Turk
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
1956
Waiter
Armchair Theatre
1956
Deputy Commander