Marne Maitland

James Marne Kumar Maitland (18 December 1914 – 24 August 1991) was an Anglo-Indian actor and voice artist. He worked extensively in Britain, mainly in character roles, but also appeared in many Italian productions, after moving there in the 1970s.

Early life Maitland was born in Calcutta, to Anglo-Indian parents. He was educated at Bedales School in Hampshire before going up to Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he took a BA in 1936. He acted in repertory companies before the outbreak of the Second World War led him to enlist in the British Army. He served in the Royal Artillery, commissioned as a second lieutenant on 20 November 1941.

Career After his military discharge, Maitland joined the Old Vic Company. 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. These include The Camp on Blood Island (1958), The Stranglers of Bombay (1960), The Terror of the Tongs (1961), and as Malay in The Reptile (1966).

His other film roles include Father Brown (1954), Bhowani Junction (1956), Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959), I'm All Right Jack (1959), Cleopatra (1963), Lord Jim (1965), Khartoum (1966), Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), and Man of La Mancha (1972). He played the shady gunsmith Lazar in the 1974 James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun.

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"), The Saint, The Champions, Department S, and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), and the Granada series The Jewel in the Crown (1984, as Pandit Baba, a scholar agitating for an end to British rule in India).

In the early 1970s, Maitland moved to Italy and established residence in Rome, whereupon he appeared in many Italian productions, including in Federico Fellini's Roma and Peter Greenaway's The Belly of an Architect. Like several of his fellow UK actors relocated to Italy, like Cyril Cusack and Edmund Purdom, Maitland moonlighted as an English-language dubber.

Personal life Maitland was married to actress Bettine Milne, whom he met working at the Bristol Old Vic. The two often worked alongside each other as dubbers.

Death He died on 24 August 1991 in Rome, at the age of 76.

Partial stage credits

Filmography

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 Sacristan The Scarlet and the Black (1983).....Papal Secretary Memed, My Hawk (1984) .... Suleyman The Assisi Underground (1985) .... Rabbi I Am an ESP (1985) .... Dinner guest 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)