Marc Zuber
Born: 1944-05-05 in Lucknow, India
Died: 2003-05-28
Known For: Acting
Biography
Zubair Ahmed Siddiqi (5 May 1944 – 28 May 2003), better known as Marc Zuber, was an Indian–British actor, who appeared in many British and Hindi films and television dramas. Zubair Ahmed Siddiqi was born on 5 May 1944 in Lucknow, India. He moved to Britain with his family in 1951, joining his father who had become a BBC radio producer there, 2 years prior. Zuber grew up in London and went to Harrow Technical College, before training as an actor at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. He left drama school in 1968 and changed his name to Marc Zuber, on the advice of his agent and began his acting career in theatre with seasons in Chester, Bolton, Richmond, the Shaw Theatre, London and for two years at the Royal Shakespeare Company. He mostly appeared in small roles in film and television, including Coronation Street in 1990, in which he portrayed Mr Khan, but he also starred in the Hindi films, Yeh Nazdeekiyan (1982) and Kamla (1984), and played a leading role in Qatl (1986). His film appearances include: The Satanic Rites of Dracula, The Wind and the Lion, The Sea Wolves, Shirley Valentine and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, while his television credits include: The Onedin Line, Doomwatch, The Regiment, The Changes, Space: 1999, Quiller, Blake's 7, The Sweeney, Minder (Aces High – and Sometimes Very Low), Buccaneer, The Enigma Files, The Chinese Detective, The Bill, Holby City and King & Castle. He also worked with Indian actor Aditya Pancholi and Indian actress Persis Khambatta, in television film Shingora Zuber died on 28 May 2003, in London, England at the age of 59, from a heart attack.
Filmography
2003
- Grease Monkeys as Mo Dhillon
2002
- Bollywood Queen as Chander
2001
- Skin Deep as Father
1997
- Divine Lovers as Prince Kabir
1994
- Two Oranges and a Mango as Uncle
1991
- Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves as Interrogator
- The Darling Buds of May as Mr. Sikkim
- Khooni Raat
1990
- Navy Seals as Villa Hostage
1989
- Shirley Valentine as Renos
- Saracen as Tarik Fathy
1987
- Aaj as Arun Bakshi
- Dak Bangla as Ajay
1986
- Foreign Body as Macho Escort
- Qatl as Ranjeet
- Shingora as Vikram Lamba
1984
- The Bill
- Bhavna as Ajay Kapoor
- Kamla as Jaisingh Jadhav
- Kanoon Meri Mutthi Mein as Sagar
1982
- Yeh Nazdeekiyan as Sunil Verma
1980
- The Sea Wolves as Ram Das Gupta
- The Merchant of Venice as The Prince of Morocco
- The Enigma Files as Steve Michelaides
- Buccaneer as Nasir
- Escape
- Dying Day as Eductor
1979
- Minder as Nick
1978
- Blake's 7 as Tarvin
- Something's Wrong as Indian Doctor
- Armchair Thriller
- Accident as Dr. Asif
1976
- Black and White in Color as Major Anglais
1975
- Space: 1999 as Security Lieutenant
- The Sweeney
- The Wind and the Lion as The Sultan
- A Private Enterprise as Ashok (as Marc Zubir)
- State of Emergency as A.J. Sharma
1973
- Penny Gold as Hotel Receptionist
- Orson Welles' Great Mysteries as Don Feredia
1972
- The Protectors as Kahan's Henchman
- The Adventurer as Kanarek
- The Regiment
1971
- The Onedin Line as Peasant
- Justice as Matthew Patel
- Jason King
- Insaaf as Munna