archytele The Vault

Marne Maitland

Acting Born Dec 18, 1914 Calcutta, West Bengal, India 24 credits

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

Ask the Vault

Ask anything about Marne Maitland.

Known for

The Avengers

as Becker

The Saint

as The Guru

The Saint

as Borota

The Saint

as Esteban

Return of the Saint

as Kemal

Crocodile Shoes

as Euphranor
Film

The Man Who Would Be King

as Turkish Caretaker

The Jewel in the Crown

as Pandit Baba

Full filmography

  • The Avengers (1961) as Becker
  • The Saint (1962) as The Guru
  • The Saint (1962) as Borota
  • The Saint (1962) as Esteban
  • Maigret (1960)
  • No Hiding Place (1959)
  • The Champions (1968) as Minoes
  • Danger Man (1960) as Sheik Ahmed
  • The Buccaneers (1956) as Turk
  • Return of the Saint (1978) as Kemal
  • Interpol Calling (1959) as Bhandari
  • Out of the Unknown (1965) as Shaw
  • Festival (1963) as Don Gregario Obregon
  • Festival (1963) as Cardinal Inquisitor
  • Callan (1967)
  • Cleopatra (1963) as Euphranor
  • Espionage (1963) as Bishara
  • Department S (1969) as Turkish Caretaker
  • Richard the Lionheart (1962) as Saladin
  • Sir Francis Drake (1961) as Uluch Ali
  • The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) as Lazar
  • International Detective (1959) as Inspector Rabat
  • The Jewel in the Crown (1984) as Pandit Baba
  • Journey to the Unknown (1968) as Edward Chardur