La Roche — The Princess and the Pirate Character Profile

About La Roche

The greedy Governor who kidnaps Princess Margaret for a massive ransom. He imprisons Sylvester, plots to ransom him as well, colludes with the pirate captain, and is eventually captured, revealing all his schemes.

Character Facts

Played by

Walter Slezak

Appears in

The Princess and the Pirate (1944)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• La Roche — Conflict Hostage Taker — Princess Margaret (Virginia Mayo)

  Corrupt official who kidnaps the princess for a massive financial payout.

• La Roche — Conflict Extortionist — Sylvester the Great (Bob Hope)

  Hostile captor who attempts to extort money from the disguised actor.

• La Roche — Alliance Co-conspirator — Captain Barrett / The Hook (Victor McLaglen)

  Partners in crime who collaborate to recover the stolen treasure map.

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More characters from The Princess and the Pirate

• Sylvester the Great (Bob Hope)
• Princess Margaret (Virginia Mayo)
• Featherhead (Walter Brennan)
• Pedro (Marc Lawrence)
• Captain Barrett / The Hook (Victor McLaglen)
• Mr. Pelly (Brandon Hurst)
• Don José Ramon Sebastian Rurales (Adia Kuznetzoff)
• Owner of the 'Bucket of Blood' (Hugo Haas)
• Landlady of the 'Boar's Head Inn' (Maude Eburne)
• Alonzo (Tom Kennedy)
• The King (Robert Warwick)
• Captain of the 'Mary Ann' (Stanley Andrews)