Man in the Iron Mask Huguenot Roux de Marcilly. After his master's execution in 1669 the valet was taken to France, possibly by capture or subterfuge, and imprisoned because he might have known too much about his master's affairs. In "The Man of the Mask" (1908), Arthur Barnes presents James de la Cloche, the alleged illegitimate son of the reluctant Protestant Charles II of England, who would have been his father's secret intermediary with the Catholic court of France. Louis XIV could have imprisoned him because he knew too much about French affairs with England. One of Charles's confirmed illegitimate sons, the Duke of Monmouth,
Lady in the Iron Mask Hayward had played the dual role of the imprisoned prince and his twin in the 1939 version "The Man in the Iron Mask" while Alan Hale, Sr. portrayed Porthos, and in what may have been an instance of stunt casting, the same part was subsequently played by his lookalike son Alan Hale, Jr. in "Lady in the Iron Mask" thirteen years later. Louis Hayward ... D'Artagnan<br> Patricia Medina ... Princess Anne / Princess Louise<br> Alan Hale, Jr. ... Porthos<br> Judd Holdren ... Aramis<br> Steve Brodie ... Athos<br> John Sutton ... Duke de Valdac<br> Hal Gerard ... Philip of Spain<br> Lester