Marne Maitland
Acting
Born December 18, 1914 · Calcutta, West Bengal, India
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 Sai…
Known For · 40 titles
The Avengers
The Saint
Richard the Lionheart
No Hiding Place
Maigret
The Champions
Danger Man
Interpol Calling
The Buccaneers
Return of the Saint
Out of the Unknown
Festival
Espionage
Cleopatra
Callan
Department S
Sir Francis Drake
The Man with the Golden Gun
International Detective
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
Journey to the Unknown
The Jewel in the Crown
The Black Stallion
Trail of the Pink Panther
It's Dark Outside
Khartoum
Armchair Theatre
Lord Jim
Lovers and Liars
Roma
Anne of the Thousand Days
I Was Monty's Double
The Scarlet and the Black
The Shoes of the Fisherman
First Men in the Moon
The Phantom of the Opera
The Belly of an Architect
Ashanti
Cellini: A Violent Life
March or Die