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Marne Maitland | |
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 Maitland inThe Man with the Golden Gun (1974) | |
| Born | James Marne Kumar Maitland (1914-12-18)18 December 1914 |
| Died | 24 August 1991(1991-08-24) (aged 76) Terracina, Rome, Italy |
| Alma mater | Magdalene College, Cambridge (B.A., 1936) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1937–1990 |
James Marne Kumar Maitland (18 December 1914[1] – 24 August 1991) was anAnglo-Indian actor andvoice artist. He worked extensively in Britain, mainly incharacter roles, but also appeared in many Italian productions, after moving there in the 1970s.
Maitland was born inCalcutta,[2] toAnglo-Indian parents. He was educated atBedales School inHampshire before going up toMagdalene College, Cambridge, where he took a BA in 1936.[3][4] He acted in repertory companies before the outbreak of theSecond World War led him to enlist in theBritish Army. He served in theRoyal Artillery, commissioned as a second lieutenant on 20 November 1941.[5]
After his military discharge, Maitland joinedthe Old Vic Company. He made his film debut inCairo Road (1950). His sharp, dark features and small stature saw him typecast as villains from the Middle and Far East, particularly forHammer Film Productions. These includeThe Camp on Blood Island (1958),The Stranglers of Bombay (1960),The Terror of the Tongs (1961), and as Malay inThe Reptile (1966).[6]
His other film roles includeFather 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), andMan of La Mancha (1972). He played the shady gunsmith Lazar in the 1974James Bond filmThe Man with the Golden Gun.[7]
He made numerous television appearances in programmes such asThe Buccaneers,Danger Man,The Avengers (as a sinister Eastern delegate in the 1967 episode "Death's Door"),[8]The Saint,The Champions,Department S, andRandall and Hopkirk (Deceased), and the Granada seriesThe Jewel in the Crown (1984, as Pandit Baba, a scholar agitating for an end to British rule in India).[9]
In the early 1970s, Maitland moved toItaly and established residence inRome, whereupon he appeared in many Italian productions, including inFederico Fellini'sRoma andPeter Greenaway'sThe Belly of an Architect. Like several of his fellow UK actors relocated to Italy, likeCyril Cusack andEdmund Purdom, Maitland moonlighted as an English-languagedubber.
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.
He died on 24 August 1991 in Rome, at the age of 76.[2][10]
| Year | Title | Role | Venue | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937–38 | Macbeth | Ensemble | The Old Vic, London | [11] |
| 1940 | The Tempest | Antonio | [11] | |
| 1946–47 | Throng O’Scarlet | Bristol Old Vic, Bristol | [11] | |
| Much Ado About Nothing | [11] | |||
| 1948 | Captain Brassbound's Conversion | Sidi El Assif | Theatre Royal, Windsor | [11] |
| 1948–49 | Lyric Theatre, London | [11] | ||
| UK tour | [11] | |||
| 1950 | The Purple Fig-Tree | Major Skouze | Theatre Royal, Brighton | [11] |
| Piccadilly Theatre, London | [11] | |||
| The Man with the Umbrella | Police Officer | Duchess Theatre, London | [11] | |
| 1954 | The Immoralist | Arts Theatre, London | [11] | |
| 1956 | Simple Spymen | Mr. Grobchick | Theatre Royal, Windsor | [11] |
| 1961 | The Bird of Time | Mr. Sharma | Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool | [11] |
| Savoy Theatre, London | [11] | |||
| 1962 | Orange Island | Sultan Muglad | Theatre Royal, Windsor | [11] |
