Marne Maitland

Born: 1914-12-18

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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The Man with the Golden Gun

as Lazar
Released: 1974-12-04

Cool government operative James Bond searches for a stolen invention that can turn the sun's...

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Cleopatra

as Euphranor
Released: 1963-06-12

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Anne of the Thousand Days

as Campeggio
Released: 1969-12-18

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Trail of the Pink Panther

as Deputy Commissioner Lasorde
Released: 1982-12-03

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The Black Stallion

as Drake Captain
Released: 1979-10-13

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Lord Jim

as Elder
Released: 1965-02-15

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Roma

as Underground Guide
Released: 1972-03-16

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Khartoum

as Sheikh Osman
Released: 1966-06-09

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The Phantom of the Opera

as Xavier
Released: 1962-06-25

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The Scarlet and the Black

as Papal Secretary
Released: 1983-02-02

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March or Die

as Leon
Released: 1977-09-08

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The Reptile

as The Malay
Released: 1966-03-06

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The Bobo

as Luis Castillo
Released: 1967-03-31

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Shaft in Africa

as Col. Gonder
Released: 1973-06-14

Detective John Shaft travels incognito to Ethiopia, then France, to bust a human trafficking ring.

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First Men in the Moon

as Dr. Tok, UN Space Agency (uncredited)
Released: 1964-07-01

The world is delighted when a spacecraft containing a crew made up of the world's astronauts...

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The Shoes of the Fisherman

as Cardinal Rahamani
Released: 1968-11-14

All eyes focus on the Vatican, watching for the traditional puffs of white smoke that signal the...

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Tiger Bay

as Doctor
Released: 1959-03-01

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The Terror of the Tongs

as The Beggar
Released: 1961-03-15

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I'm All Right Jack

as Mr. Mohammed
Released: 1959-08-18

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Bhowani Junction

as Govindaswami
Released: 1956-05-01

Anglo-Indian Victoria Jones seeks her true identity amid the chaos of the British withdrawal...

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The Mark of the Hawk

as Sandar Lai
Released: 1957-12-01

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Ashanti

as Touareg Chief
Released: 1979-02-21

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Man of La Mancha

as Captain of the Guard
Released: 1972-12-12

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Street Law

as Records Keeper (uncredited)
Released: 1974-09-17

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I Am an ESP

as uncredited
Released: 1985-12-24

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The Assisi Underground

as Rabbi
Released: 1985-05-03

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Father Brown

as Maharajah
Released: 1954-06-08

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The Stranglers of Bombay

as Patel Shari
Released: 1959-12-04

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The Camp on Blood Island

as Captain Sakamura
Released: 1958-04-15

Set in a Japanese prisoner of war camp during World War II, the film focuses on the brutality...

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Memed My Hawk

as Suleyman
Released: 1984-05-10

In 1920s Turkey, a young peasant is smitten with a beautiful young girl, who has been promised...

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I Was Monty's Double

as Arab Proprietor
Released: 1958-10-21

The incredible but true story of how an impersonator was recruited to impersonate General...

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Mussolini and I

as King Victor Emanuel
Released: 1985-04-14

A compelling drama/documentary chronicling the life and death of Il Duce himself, from his days...

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And the Violins Stopped Playing

as Sandu
Released: 1988-01-01

This is the true story about a group of Romani's (gypsy) in occupied Poland during World War II...

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Saadia

as Horse dealer
Released: 1953-12-01

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Svengali

as Stage Manager
Released: 1954-09-01

A man hypnotizes a young woman into being an opera singer.

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Visa to Canton

as Han Po
Released: 1960-12-26

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Outcast of the Islands

as Ships Mate
Released: 1951-11-15

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Cairo Road

as Gohari
Released: 1950-06-21

In colonial Egypt, a British police officer sets out on a daring hunt for drug smuggling gangs...

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The Wind Cannot Read

as Bahadur
Released: 1958-06-10

A British officer falls in love with his Japanese instructor at a military language school. They...

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Carlton-Browne of the F.O.

as Archipolagos
Released: 1959-03-10

Great Britain has had an international agreement for the last 50 years with a small pacific...

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Lovers and Liars

as uncredited
Released: 1979-01-05

An American actress on vacation in Italy falls for her friend's married Italian lover.

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Pope John Paul II

as Mountain Sacristan
Released: 1984-04-22

Bio-drama tracing the life and career of Polish cardinal Karol Wojtyla from his days as a young...

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The Key to Rebecca

as Gaafar
Released: 1985-04-29

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Interpol

as Guido Martinelli
Released: 1957-04-02

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The Return of Mr. Moto

as Wasir Hussein
Released: 1965-12-01

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The Day Christ Died

as Jacob
Released: 1980-03-26

A dramatization of the events from the Last Supper through the arrest and trial of Jesus to the...

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Duffy

as Abdul
Released: 1968-09-16

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Cone of Silence

as Mr. Robinson
Released: 1960-05-10

A seasoned pilot is condemned for an error which causes a crash. The pilot later dies in a crash...

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Sammy Going South

as Hassan
Released: 1963-03-18

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Windom's Way

as Commissioner Belhedron
Released: 1957-12-07

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Diplomatic Passport

as Philip
Released: 1954-08-13

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Master Spy

as Dr. Asafu
Released: 1964-08-19

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Man with a Gun

as Max
Released: 1958-08-11

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The Bushbaby

as The Hadj
Released: 1969-09-01

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The Dybbuk

as Rabbi Samson
Released: 1952-10-21

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Grog

as uncredited
Released: 1982-09-03

Two convicts escape from prison and evade the law by taking hostage the middle-class family of a...

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Deadly Nightshade

as Heinz
Released: 1953-03-01

Escapee switches identities but finds the new one quite a handful.

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Appuntamento a Liverpool

as Pilar
Released: 1988-09-02

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Three on a Spree

as Eastern Gentleman
Released: 1961-06-28

A young man will inherit a huge fortune--8 million pounds--but to qualify, he must spend a...

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Break in the Circle

as The phony Kudnic
Released: 1955-01-01

An adventurer is hired by a German millionaire to help a Polish scientist escape to the West.

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The Man Out There

as Deputy Commander
Released: 1961-03-12

A Russian astronaut trapped in space in a faulty rocket, has five hours to live when his radio...

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The Avengers

as Becker
First aired: 1961-01-07

The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr....

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The Saint

as The Guru
First aired: 1962-10-04

Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who...

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The Saint

as Borota
First aired: 1962-10-04

Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who...

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The Saint

as Esteban
First aired: 1962-10-04

Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who...

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The Champions

as Minoes
First aired: 1968-09-25

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No Hiding Place

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-09-16

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Maigret

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-10-31

BBC series based on the novels by Georges Simenon which starred Rupert Davies as Inspector...

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The Buccaneers

as Turk
First aired: 1956-09-19

The adventures of privateer Captain Dan Tempest and his crew of former pirates as they make...

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Interpol Calling

as Bhandari
First aired: 1959-09-13

The adventures of Interpol policemen Duval and Mornay as they fought against international...

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Return of the Saint

as Kemal
First aired: 1978-09-10

Follow the swashbuckling exploits of Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts.

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Department S

as Turkish Caretaker
First aired: 1969-09-09

Department S is a United Kingdom spy-fi adventure series produced by ITC Entertainment. The...

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Sir Francis Drake

as Uluch Ali
First aired: 1961-11-12

Sir Francis Drake was a British adventure television series starring Terence Morgan as Sir...

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Callan

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-07-08

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Colonel March of Scotland Yard

as Thoreau
First aired: 1956-02-22

Colonel March of The Department of Queer Complaints investigates unusual cases, locked-room...

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Colonel March of Scotland Yard

as Waiter
First aired: 1956-02-22

Colonel March of The Department of Queer Complaints investigates unusual cases, locked-room...

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Journey to the Unknown

as uncredited
First aired: 1968-09-26

A British television anthology series. The series has a fantasy, science fiction and...

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La promessa

as Von Gunthen
First aired: 1979-12-11

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