James Garner as King Marchand

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James Garner as King Marchand is the charming, straight-laced Chicago mobster who becomes romantically entangled and comically confused by Julie Andrews’ gender-bending nightclub singer in the musical film "Victor/Victoria."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictionalCharacterPortrayal
filmCharacter
appearsIn Victor/Victoria
associatedWithNightclub Chez Lui (Victor/Victoria nightclub)
basedOn 1933 German film Viktor und Viktoria
characterName King Marchand
characterOriginCity Chicago
countryOfProductionOfWork UnitedStates
genre musicalComedy
romanticComedy
languageOfWork English
medium film
narrativeFunction maleLead
romanticInterest
sourceOfComicMisunderstandings
notableAspect attractedToACharacterHeBelievesIsAMan
embodiesConventionalMasculinityChallengedByPlot
notableTheme genderIdentityConfusion
sexualOrientationQuestioning
occupationInStory mobster
onScreenPartner Julie Andrews
onScreenRivalryOrConflictWith Lesley Ann Warren as Norma Cassidy
partOfFranchiseOrAdaptations Victor/Victoria stage musical adaptations (as same character)
personalityTrait charming
straight-laced
portrayedBy James Garner
releaseYearOfWork 1982
romanticallyEntangledWith Julie Andrews as Victoria Grant
linked to: Julie Andrews

Victor Grazinski persona
Victoria Grant
settingCity Paris
timePeriodOfStory 1930s
workDirector Blake Edwards
workWriter Blake Edwards

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Victor/Victoria characterRole James Garner as King Marchand