About
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...
Known for
The AvengersSeries • 1961
The SaintSeries • 1962
No Hiding PlaceSeries • 1959
Danger ManSeries • 1960
The ChampionsSeries • 1968
MaigretSeries • 1960
The BuccaneersSeries • 1956
Richard the LionheartSeries • 1962
Out of the UnknownSeries • 1965
Interpol CallingSeries • 1959
Sir Francis DrakeSeries • 1961
Return of the SaintSeries • 1978
Department SSeries • 1969
CallanSeries • 1967
The Man with the Golden GunMovie • 1974
EspionageSeries • 1963
CleopatraMovie • 1963
The Jewel in the CrownSeries • 1984
RomaMovie • 1972
Trail of the Pink PantherMovie • 1982
Lord JimMovie • 1965
The Black StallionMovie • 1979
The Scarlet and the BlackMovie • 1983
KhartoumMovie • 1966