Distinctive character actor, born in Calcutta and educated at Magdalene
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
Bhowani Junction (1956), or as a
cardinal in
The Shoes of the Fisherman (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
The Stranglers of Bombay (1959),
and as an evil Malay servant, dedicated to worshipping
The Reptile (1966).
Marne was also very active on British television
(
The Saint (1962),
Department 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.
A Season of Giants(1990)as Romolino
The King's Whore(1990)as Count Trevie
Cellini: A Violent Life(1990)as Blind cardinal
The Betrothed(1989)as Vicario Monache
And the Violins Stopped Playing(1988)as Sandu Mirga, Dymitr's father
The House of Clocks(1989)
Casablanca Express(1989)
Un maledetto soldato(1988)
The Adventures of Hercules(1985)
Bakterion(1982)
The Serpent's Tale: The Making of the Reptile(2012)as The Malay
Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'(2000)as Lazar
