Marne Maitland
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Marne Maitland | |
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in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) | |
| Born | James Marne Kumar Maitland 18 December 1914 |
| Died | 24 August 1991 (aged 76) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1937–1990 |
James Marne Kumar Maitland (18 December 1914[1] – 24 August 1991[2]) was an Anglo-Indian character actor in films and television programmes.
Biography
[edit]Maitland was born in Calcutta,[3] and educated at Bedales School before going up to Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he took a BA in 1936.[4][5] He served in the Royal Artillery during the Second World War, commissioned as a second lieutenant on 20 November 1941.[6] He made his film debut in Cairo Road (1950). His sharp, dark features and small stature saw him typecast as villains from the Middle and Far East, particularly for Hammer Film Productions. The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) was his one appearance in a James Bond film.[7]
He made numerous television appearances in programmes such as The Buccaneers, Danger Man, The Avengers (as a sinister Eastern delegate in the 1967 episode "Death's Door"),[8] The Saint, The Champions, Department S, and Randall and Hopkirk, and the Granada series The Jewel in the Crown (1984, as Pandit Baba, a scholar agitating for an end to British rule in India).[9]
Filmography
[edit]- Cairo Road (1950) .... Gohari
- Outcast of the Islands (1951) .... Ships Mate
- Deadly Nightshade (1953) .... Heinz
- South of Algiers (1953) .... Thankyou
- Saadia (1953) .... Horse dealer
- Flame and the Flesh (1954) .... Filiberto
- Father Brown (1954) .... Maharajah
- Diplomatic Passport (1954) .... Philip
- Svengali (1954) .... 2nd Stage Manager
- Break in the Circle (1955) .... The phony Kudnic
- The Dark Avenger (1955) .... French Peasant (uncredited)
- Ramsbottom Rides Again (1956) .... (uncredited)
- Bhowani Junction (1956) .... Govindaswami
- Hour of Decision (1956) ..... Club Waiter
- Interpol (1957) .... Guido Martinelli
- Seven Thunders (1957) .... Hassan (uncredited)
- Windom's Way (1957) .... Commissioner Belhedron
- The Mark of the Hawk (1957) .... Sandar Lai
- The Camp on Blood Island (1958) .... Capt. Sakamura
- The Wind Cannot Read (1958) .... Bahadur
- Man with a Gun (1958) .... Max
- I Was Monty's Double (1958) .... Arab Proprietor
- I Only Arsked! (1958) .... King Fazim
- Tiger Bay (1959) .... Dr. Das
- Dial 999 (TV series) - ('An Inside Job', episode 33) -(1959) ....Kirk
- Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959) .... Archipolagos (uncredited)
- I'm All Right Jack (1959) .... Mr. Mohammed
- The Stranglers of Bombay (1959) .... Patel Shari
- Cone of Silence (1960) .... MR. Robinson
- Sands of the Desert (1960) .... Advisor to Sheikh
- The Terror of the Tongs (1961) .... Beggar
- Passport to China (1961) .... Han Po
- Three on a Spree (1961) .... Eastern gentleman
- Middle Course (1961) .... Renard
- The Phantom of the Opera (1962) .... Xavier
- Panic (1963) .... Lantern
- Nine Hours to Rama (1963) .... Karnick
- Master Spy (1963) .... Dr. Asafu
- Sammy Going South (1963) .... Hassan
- Cleopatra (1963) .... Ephranor
- First Men in the Moon (1964) .... Dr. Tok,UN Space Agency (uncredited)
- Lord Jim (1965) .... Elder
- The Return of Mr. Moto (1965) .... Wasir Hussein, the Shahrdar's Assistant
- The Reptile (1965) .... The Malay
- Khartoum (1966) .... Sheikh Osman
- The Bobo (1967) .... Luiz Castillo
- Duffy (1968) .... Abdul
- Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher (1968) .... Junior Policeman
- The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968) .... Cardinal Rahamani
- Journey to Midnight (1968) .... Edward Chardur (episode 'The Indian Spirit Guide')
- The Bushbaby (1969) .... The Hadj
- Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) .... Cardinal Campeggio
- The Statue (1971) .... UNO Secretary General
- Roma (1972) .... Guide in the Catacombs
- Man of La Mancha (1972) .... Captain of the Guard
- Shaft in Africa (1973) .... Col. Gonder
- Massacre in Rome (1973) .... Pancrazio's secretary (uncredited)
- Street Law (1974) .... Records (uncredited)
- The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) .... Mr. Lazar
- Down the Ancient Staircase (1975)
- The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) .... Deputy Commissioner Lasorde (scenes deleted)
- March or Die (1977) .... Leon
- Ashanti (1979) .... Touraeg Chief
- Lovers and Liars (1979)
- The Black Stallion (1979) .... Drake Captain
- Grog (1982)
- Trail of the Pink Panther (1982) .... Deputy Commissioner Lasorde
- Pope John Paul II (1984) .... Mountain Sacristian
- The Scarlet and the Black (1983).....Papal Secretary
- Memed, My Hawk (1984) .... Suleyman
- The Assisi Underground (1985) .... Rabbi
- I Am an ESP (1985)
- The Belly of an Architect (1987) .... Battistino
- Appointment in Liverpool (1988) .... Pilar
- Stradivari (1988) .... Doctor
- And the Violins Stopped Playing (1988) .... Sandu Mirga, Dymitr's father
- A Violent Life (1990) .... Blind cardinal
- The King's Whore (1990) .... Count Trevie (final film role)
References
[edit]- ^ 1939 England and Wales Register
- ^ ANNOUNCEMENTS: DEATHS, The Daily Telegraph, 20 September 1991 (pg.18)
- ^ "Marne Maitland". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 12 April 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ Bedales School Roll, 1993, published by Bedales School
- ^ The Cambridge University List of Members 1976, Cambridge University Press, 1976, p. 600
- ^ Supplement to the London Gazette 35415, 13 January 1942, p. 226
- ^ "Marne Maitland". TVGuide.com.
- ^ "Death's Door (1967) - BFI". BFI. Archived from the original on 30 May 2016.
- ^ "The Jewel in the Crown Episode 5 Regimental Silver (1984)". BFI. Archived from the original on 13 May 2016.
External links
[edit]- Marne Maitland at IMDb
- Little Margaret Movie
- Maitland tribute on YouTube
- Marne Maitland at Theatricalia
Categories:
- 1914 births
- 1991 deaths
- British male stage actors
- British male film actors
- British male television actors
- Male actors from Kolkata
- Anglo-Indian people
- Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge
- British Army personnel of World War II
- 20th-century British male actors
- People educated at Bedales School
- Royal Artillery officers