Marne Maitland

Marne Maitland
Born	1 May 1920 Calcutta, India
Died	December 1991 Tyne and Wear, England

James Marne Maitland^[1] (1 May 1920–December 1991) was an Anglo-Indian character actor in British films and television programmes.

He made his film debut in Cairo Road (1950), and went onto be type cast as villains from the Far East, particularly for Hammer Film Productions. These include The Camp on Blood Island (1958); The Stranglers of Bombay (1960); The Terror of the Tongs (1961); and most memorably as Malay in The Reptile (1965).

Other film roles include Father Brown (1954); Bhowani Junction (1956); Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959); I'm Alright Jack (1959); Cleopatra (1963); Lord Jim (1965); Khartoum (1966); Anne of the Thousand Days (1969); Man of La Mancha (1972), and The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Little Margaret (1986).

He made numerous television appearances in programmes such as The Buccaneers; Danger Man; The Avengers; The Saint; The Champions; Department S; and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased).

He died in 1991.

Selected filmography

• Cairo Road (1950)
• South of Algiers (1953)
• Flame and the Flesh (1954)
• Father Brown (1954)
• Diplomatic Passport (1954)
• Svengali (1954)
• Bhowani Junction (1956)
• Ramsbottom Rides Again (1956)
• Interpol (1957)
• Hour of Decision (1957)
• Windom's Way (1957)
• The Mark of the Hawk (1957)
• The Wind Cannot Read (1958)
• I Was Monty's Double (1958)
• I Only Arsked! (1958)
• The Camp on Blood Island (1958)
• Tiger Bay (1959)
• I'm Alright Jack (1959)
• The Stranglers of Bombay (1960)
• Sands of the Desert (1960)
• The Middle Course (1961)
• Passport to China (1961)
• Three on a Spree (1961)
• The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
• Panic (1963)
• Cleopatra (1963)
• Master Spy (1964)
• Lord Jim (1965)
• The Return of Mr. Moto (1965)
• Khartoum (1966)
• The Bobo (1967)
• Duffy (1968)
• The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)
• The Bushbaby (1969)
• Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
• The Statue (1971)
• Roma (1972)
• Man of La Mancha (1972)
• Shaft in Africa (1973)
• The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
• Ashanti (1979)

References

1. ^ BFI biodata

External links

• Marne Maitland at the Internet Movie Database
• [1] Little Margaret Movie

Persondata
Name	Maitland, Marne
Alternative names
Short description	Actor
Date of birth	1 May 1920
Place of birth	Calcutta, India
Date of death	December 1991
Place of death	Tyne and Wear, England