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Marne Maitland (1920 – March 1992) was an Anglo-Indian character actor in British films and television programmes.
Career
Born in Calcutta, India, Maitland made his film debut in Cairo Road (1950). His sharp, dark features and small stature saw him type cast as villains from the Middle and Far East, particularly for Hammer Film Productions. These include The Camp on Blood Island (1958), The Stranglers of Bombay (1960), The Terror of the Tongs (1961), and as Malay in The Reptile (1965).
Other film roles include Father Brown (1954), Bhowani Junction (1956), Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959), I'm All Right Jack (1959), Cleopatra (1963), Lord Jim (1965), Khartoum (1966), Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), Man of La Mancha (1972), and The Man with the Golden Gun (1974).
He made numerous television appearances in programmes such as The Buccaneers, Danger Man, The Avengers (appearing as a sinister eastern delegate in the episode "Death's Door" in 1967), The Saint, The Champions, Department S, and Randall and Hopkirk. One of his television roles was as Pandit Baba, a scholar agitating for an end to British rule in India, in the Granada series The Jewel in the Crown (1984).
Death
He died in March 1992.
Selected filmography
- Cairo Road (1950) .... Gohari
- Outcast of the Islands (1951) .... Ships Mate
- Deadly Nightshade (1953) .... Heinz
- South of Algiers (1953) .... Thankyou
- Saadia (1953) .... Horse dealer
- Flame and the Flesh (1954) .... Filiberto
- Father Brown (1954) .... Maharajah
- Diplomatic Passport (1954) .... Phlip
- Svengali (1954) .... 2nd Stage Manager
- Break in the Circle (1955) .... The phony Kudnic
- The Dark Avenger (1955) .... French Peasant (uncredited)
- Ramsbottom Rides Again (1956) .... (uncredited)
- Bhowani Junction (1956) .... Govindaswami
- Hour of Decision (1957) .... Club Waiter
- Interpol (1957) .... Guido Martinelli
- Seven Thunders (1957) .... Hassan (uncredited)
- Windom's Way (1957) .... Commissioner Belhedron
- The Mark of the Hawk (1957) .... Sandar Lai
- The Camp on Blood Island (1958) .... Capt. Sakamura
- The Wind Cannot Read (1958) .... Bahadur
- Man with a Gun (1958) .... Max
- I Was Monty's Double (1958) .... Arab Proprietor
- I Only Arsked! (1958) .... King Fazim
- Tiger Bay (1959) .... Dr. Das
- Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959) .... Archipolagos (uncredited)
- I'm Alright Jack (1959) .... Mr. Mohammed
- The Stranglers of Bombay (1959) .... Patel Shari
- Cone of Silence (1960) .... MR. Robinson
- Sands of the Desert (1960) .... Advisor to Sheikh
- The Terror of the Tongs (1961) .... Beggar
- Passport to China (1961) .... Han Po
- Three on a Spree (1961) .... Eastern gentleman
- Middle Course (1961) .... Renard
- The Phantom of the Opera (1962) .... Xavier
- Panic (1963) .... Lantern
- Nine Hours to Rama (1963) .... Karnick
- Master Spy (1963) .... Dr. Asafu
- Sammy Going South (1963) .... Hassan
- Cleopatra (1963) .... Ephranor
- First Men in the Moon (1964) .... Dr. Tok,UN Space Agency (uncredited)
- Lord Jim (1965) .... Elder
- The Return of Mr. Moto (1965) .... Wasir Hussein, the Shahrdar's Assistant
- The Reptile (1965) .... The Malay
- Khartoum (1966) .... Sheikh Osman
- The Bobo (1967) .... Luiz Castillo
- Duffy (1968) .... Abdul
- Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher (1968) .... Junior Policeman
- The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968) .... Cardinal Rahamani
- Journey to Midnight (1968) .... Edward Chardur (episode 'The Indian Spirit Guide')
- The Bushbaby (1969) .... The Hadj
- Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) .... Campeggio
- The Statue (1971) .... UNO Secretary General
- Roma (1972) .... Guide in the Catacombs
- Man of La Mancha (1972) .... Captain of the Guard
- Shaft in Africa (1973) .... Col. Gonder
- Massacre in Rome (1973) .... Pancrazio's secretary (uncredited)
- Street Law (1974) .... Records (uncredited)
- The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) .... Mr. Lazar
- Down the Ancient Staircase (1975)
- The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1977) .... Deputy Commissioner Lasorde (scenes deleted)
- March or Die (1977) .... Leon
- Ashanti (1979) .... Touraeg Chief
- Lovers and Liars (1979)
- The Black Stallion (1979) .... Drake Captain
- Grog (1982)
- Trail of the Pink Panther (1982) .... Deputy Commissioner Lasorde
- Pope John Paul II (1984) .... Mountain Sacristian
- Memed, My Hawk (1984) .... Suleyman
- The Assisi Underground (1985) .... Rabbi
- I Am an ESP (1985)
- The Belly of an Architect (1987) .... Battistino
- Appointment in Liverpool (1988) .... Pilar
- Stradivari (1988) .... Doctor
- And the Violins Stopped Playing (1988) .... Sandu Mirga, Dymitr's father
- A Violent Life (1990) .... Blind cardinal
- The King's Whore (1990) .... Count Trevie (final film role)